Hey all,
Some of you will remember that I spent four years of my life in Fes, Morocco. Fes has an extreme climate, it is very hot and dry in the summer (45 degrees Celsius), in the winter, however, it never gets as cold as to the freezing point. Thus, coming from Germany where there is lots of forests, pastures and commons it was hard for me to get adapted to the arid climate. I decided that I had to grow some flowers to survive there. Somehow I got fascinated with morning glories, and it soon became a passion. As my parents both became sick last year, I decided it would be best to return to Germany, to care for my parents, but hoping that at one stage I may return to Morocco again. I shared my house with a Moroccan brother in Christ, but he had to move back to his Muslim family since I left, and is, of course, very unhappy about his present situation.
I have been helping him both by encouraging him regularly through emails and phone calls, and also financially since he is unemployed. Now I have, however, reached my limits where I cannot help him anymore. This is where the morning glory project comes in. While I was in Fes, God gave me a vision that one day from every balcony and garden in Fes, morning glories will greet the tourists and visitors from all around the world. You all could help in my vision becoming true simply by praying for it.
I thought, for the time being, I will share my vision with you and my own church. The idea is that we share our spare morning glory seeds, the money received from people interested in growing them would go in a fund that could help my friend in Morocco to finance his professional training with computers.
Thanks to all of you.
Martin
PS. Picture of a local church with the famous Mathias Grunewald paintings.
