LOTHAR'S TESTIMONY

Dear Ben,

our church in Germany has 48 members, every sunday at 10 we have our worship, during the week we have several home groups
where we pray and dig deeper into the word of GOD. I preach ones a month and do the home group.

about me? how I became saved? Thats a long story, I will try to make it short.
I grew up in a christian home and was raised christianly but God doesnt mean to much to me, when I was 15 there was an evangelization in Munich ( I guess it was Billy Graham but I am not quite sure anymore) and my Mother was almoust begging me to go with her, I did, at the end of the preach when the preacher called for commitment I went to the stage and gave my live to Jesus- I doubt that I did it for real at this time.
But it didnt last very long and I fell back into my old life hanging around with my old friends and did stupid things and no interest in Jesus. When I turned 18 my father died - and God said to me what would it be when you would be here instead of your father.
That realy scared me and I said again, please Jesus take my whole life. I didnt last very long this time either.
I fell back in my old life again things got wilder ... I had a heavy motorcycle and car accident with intensive care - GOD saved me all the time but I didnt realise.
At the age of 26 I met my future wife, you met her at the Bass Pro shop, she didnt believe in Jesus at all but that was okay to me.
For my mother it was terrible - her son doesnt believe and now he lives together with a girl who doesnt believe either. When we were visiting my mother she always tried
to talk about Jesus - it went that far that I said to my mother- Mom if you dont stop to talk about Jesus I wont come anymore.
But what I couldnt prevent was praying for us when she was alone.
At the age of 28 I said to my mother, Mom I am gonna marry Elke. Elke was catholic - but I didnt care.
So we married.
Our first kid Markus was born on May 5 1990 - and he was baptised catholic - I will never forget my Moms face when that took place - tears in her eyes and full of no understanding.
At the age of 36 I had a very heavy car accident again - on our highways I overlooked a traffic jam and crashed with 100 miles an hour right into the jam, the car flipped over
several times and landed finally on the roof - I was hanging it my seatbelts like a bat - the only thing what happend to me I cut my finger on the broken window glass when I crawled out of the car. When the police came they asked me if I know anything about the people in the car - I told them its me - They couldnt believe it.
Nobody was severly injured - not the cars I ran into, not me.
After that - I got home and said to my wife - Elke I think GOD is talking to me again and I think its the last time he will talk to me - We have to change our lifes.
So we prayed to GOD to find the right church for us - GOD gave us a small baptist church close to us - The preacher his name is David Stevenson he spent alot of time in Destin
he went to the high school in Destin I guess and his father was in the Airforce - maybe you know him.
So Elke and I went to that church, we took Markus out of the catholic school- my mother was so happy to hear that and 2 years later Elke said she wants to be baptised.
(Elkes parents are strong catholics and it was a nightmare telling them she converts-but this is a different story)
And nowadays the whole family believes in Jesus - he is our all in all - finally we made it home.
I thank GOD that he didnt drop me - I thank my mother for all the prayers, that she kept on praying all the time for us didnt get tire praying.
It is so important that parents pray for their kids.

GOD bless you Ben