Eugene International Church of Christ

“Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 1:1-6

Recently, Robert and Natalie Wolf flew to Portland from Berlin, Germany, to visit both the Portland and Eugene International Churches of Christ. They wanted training in the ministry, encouragement, and to join us in the work of UpSideDown21 - as the new German translation team. Robert and Natalie visited with several Portland and Eugene leaders to learn about the ministry and about the UpSideDown21 international website. Their humility and hearts for God touched everyone they visited with. They wrote the following letter to the Eugene Church shortly after they touched down in Germany:

Dear brothers and dear sisters,

Thanks to all of you for the great time Natalie and I enjoyed with the Eugene International Church of Christ! We will never forget the sun flooded hours on the Eugene campus and the super fun times in all the cafés and restaurants of your beautiful little ‘big’ town…and especially in the open home of the Ciaramella mansion. We carry each one of you in our hearts and are fighting the good fight right by your side (to see us there, especially when the going gets tough, that’s faith). Every one of you can be proud of what the Almighty God has done through you for the German souls by setting us on fire through your natural love!

Dan, step out to turn your smartness into a sword for God which eventually evolves into being an evangelist for God’s Kingdom…Ryan, I know and I see God has huge, huge plans for you…Jacob, it consoles my heart to the core to know a brother somewhere is struggling with the same things I do in the very same way. Brother, you’re awesome! Chuck, a busload of “thank yous” for being after me with that scripture. It is really unusual that someone I have known for such a short time is so eager to help! Rich, it was a solemn and sophisticated but even more so a heartfelt pleasure to enjoy your wise presence! Jeremy, my dear brother in the Lord, thank you for this warm welcome that awaited us right at our arrival in Berlin after 17 hours in aircrafts…

“And a new day will dawn,
for those who stand long,
and the forest will echo with laughter.
And if you listen very hard,
the tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all,
to be a rock and not to roll…”

With love in Christ,
Robert and Natalie Wolf