The Mechelen Clock

From all of Mechelen, Belgium, the Sint-Romboutskathedraal (St. Rombold's Cathedral) tower is visible. It's brick and mortar structure stretches 97,38 meters into the sky, protectively standing guard over the city and demanding awe and adoration. Sitting in a little alcove cafe overshadowed by the tall cathedral tower, we listened as the story of the Mechelen clock was almost reverently revealed to us.

On a cold, snowy morning fifty years ago, the city of Mechelen was awakened to a thud that was said to resound for miles around. When the inhabitants emerged to investigate, they found that their huge, beloved clock had fallen from the cathedral clock tower and was now lying face-down in the snow, silenced, no longer ticking with the heartbeat of life.

Smashing Success

This last Wednesday evening, we hosted our first Women's event- and I have to say that we were incredibly blessed by the success that it turned out to be!

In planning the evening, our goal was to host a casual event where we could get to know the women in Pharos, relax and have fun together, and build each other up as sisters in the Lord. 

Terror and Triumph

So I have six minutes before I need to leave for the office (its 9:09 am here), and I thought that I would take this time to give you a glimpse into my life at the moment.

Talking to Students at Coffee Stall

So here goes…

Yesterday (Wednesday) proved to be what we anticipated- a killer day that ended in exhausted triumph.  The plan for every Wednesday is that over the lunch break we will do a coffee stall- in essence, it is street evangelism at its simplest level.  We literally set up a table with coffee and waffles in the middle of the student square and offer them free of charge to anyone passing by.  The catch is that while offering them free food and hopefully planting seeds of love in each person, we are also looking for opportunities to share our testimony and invite them to come to our Pharos events.  As you know, I am not the most outgoing person in the world and pushing things on people is one of the things that I detest the most- yet, funny enough, that is exactly what this task asked for from me.