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Stay focused "Are you still sticking to your plans?“, we were asked recently. "Of course, because what God said hasn't changed!" What plans? What did God say?Well, here’s the story ... Throwback After years of drug addiction, violence, crime and jail, Eddi had an...
HELP in Pattaya Hi there, today we are writing from Pattaya (Thailand). We have gathered as international HELP family in this place. It's not easy to live as community that is spread over three continents and seven nations, therefore such gatherings are vitally important...
When God speaks End of last year, I was planning this year's vacation and decided not to go on a normal holiday cruise but rather do an outreach. Yeah, an adventure trip to some place in this world. On HELP’s website, I found an outreach to Mongolia, however, there was...
Mission live: Michael My name is Michael - but everybody calls me Mille. In the year 2008, I came to Lüdenscheid in Germany to attend the REVIVAL SCHOOL. After graduating, I went for three years to Nagaland and helped setting up a ministry among poor and needy people. Two...
Get the hang of it Actually the outreach to Manila was announced long ago, but no one signed up for it. However, this changed immedately after Burning Hearts 2018 in Lüdenscheid. Suddenly registrations flooded in - in the end we even had to put a »stop« to these. In the...
Mission live: Let us run I want to run with Jesus … crossing my personal limits and go beyond national borders ...After my exam as a nurse I asked God for the next step in my life. For a long time, India has been on my heart, so I decided to do an outreach after my exam. However,...
Uncompromising Disciples It was no other but Jesus who said to us, his disciples, »Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. You have received freely, so give freely.« (Matth. 10:8) Because of those who went Since 1994 we have a permanent ministry...
His plans are higher than mine »I know the plans I have for you,« announces the Lord. »I want you to enjoy success. I do not plan to harm you. I will give you hope for the years to come.« (Jeremiah 29:11)A future and hope?! These words sounded strange to me when I came to Lüdenscheid...
Those who are waiting will be rewarded Well, you go to a conference, because you are interested in the theme or want to hear certain speakers, perhaps you also want to experience something ... and suddenly God speaks to you: »Go to this or that nations!« You wouldn't believe how often that...
Never say never again My name is Salome and this is my story … Before I was even one year old, I already sat in the first airplane, heading off to Mongolia for a three-month-outreach. A country that was at that time undeveloped, hygienically suspicious, and for a small...-
Everything is upside down!? Actually we had envisioned everything very differently:By middle of March we wanted to regularly be on the streets again. Around Floridsdorf railway station, where the need is greatest. It's a focal point of social issues in our area that almost feels...
Finally free! A seminar on inner healing Who cannot relate? To a deep yearning for health, freedom and well-being. The path there can be astonishingly simple at times. Whoever walks in crooked ways burdens himself with guilt. When we try to repress our guilt it can weigh us down, which can...
„I might as well go home!“ Why he is here? Well, his sister had told him he should go. She has been here before. That‘s what one of the teens said on Sunday, when the team arrived in our community. The following day he mentioned, he might as well go home. „I‘ve already experienced...
A different way to encounter Jesus Hi, I'm Steve and I've been given a new life by Jesus about half a year ago. I grew up in a desolate family in difficult circumstances. As a teenager, I regularly got drunk to the point of passing out and figured that there is no purpose in life. Throughout...
Do you know ...? »I thought I understood what it means not putting the Holy Spirit in a box, but when I came here I realized that I didn't at all. It was just amazing breaking down those walls and open up myself when it comes to worship. It was like heavenly worship,...
Encouragement pure! Light in darkness "I was really not aware, how Muslim Bosnia is" This sentence was heard repeatedly from one or the other member of our team. There is a mosque next to each school, everywhere you can see the minarets towering up into the sky. You can't...
Called to Serve When ordinary people leave everything behind to spend their whole lives on God and His cause, the impossible is possible. For 30 years the ministry of HELP-FCJG Vienna has been a place where God's wonders are obvious. Addicts are set free, spiritual leaders...
Our Burning Hearts Story Come into our workshop and see how »burning hearts for Jesus« are actually made. With lots of love and finesse, saw and sander, hammer and chisel, brand and color, our whole community works together ... and we are having loads of fun at the same time....
News, News, News »Do good and prolcaim the best!« This describes very well the motto of our newsletter. We are very happy to provide our latest newsletter edition of HELP-FCJG Vienna on this site. And we would rejoice if you connected and got to know us. You may visit...
30 years We take any opportunity to celebrate and invite everyone who wants to join us. And we literally have all reason to celebrate ... even more: We are celebrating something wonder-ful and you are warmly invited: In 2018 we are celebrating our 30th anniversary:...
Eying Revival Thank you, Walter and Irene Heidenreich! It is a privilege to know you and it was a special honor to welcome you in Vienna for a whole week. What God has done through you and your ministry worldwide as well as here in Austria is just breath-taking. Thank...
Let it echo from the rooftops We were full of excitement and anticipation towards the outreach of the REVIVAL SCHOOL Germany to Vienna. Finally they came ... seven cars and highly motivated: The whole REVIVAL SCHOOL - 21 students, seven staff and three toddlers. Immediatly the house...-
Life without purpose? As a former slave to ten years of drug addiction, I totally lost perspective for my own future. I had lost all hope and purpose in my life. All I had was broken relationships with family and friends, and huge debt. I was imprisoned and reached a point...
Hopebearer Life has not just been easy for Balti (17 yrs). Born in a slum, later abundant from his family he grew up with some brothers in the Father's House. He is the smallest of his brothers. School has been a big challenge for him, yet God said »YES« to him,...
I am Stella I am third in a brood of three. My father was a policeman and my mother was a housewife. We lived a simple life, tried to make both ends meet with the meager salary of my father. When I was 10 years old, my parents discovered my singing talent. I started...
Living Water »Water!« Over a period of three months, I heard this word over and over again while praying for our team and the new base in Tondo. In addition, God gave me pictures all circling around water. These were always refreshing and soothing, full of life and...
A vision unfolds We are planning to start our Tondo base this May. We are praying for a suitable house in a prime location. We believe that a good team will set out to impact people's lives around there, and trusting God for transformation of the area. Tondo Tondo is...
Mission live: Anna Jessica, Selina, Johanna, Paul, Timo, Anna - they are alle called to missions and each of them took some time out, left their home countries and went to one of our HELP bases in the nations to experience missions live ... Anna went to Manila! It's...
Cebu - Island of Hope Three years of praying and finally it happened! The Set Free Crew together with the City Mission Team of HELP Philippines went to Cebu to share Jesus and to worship Jesus. This outreach is a testimony of God's favor as He has poured out His provision...
The great Adventure Summer season in Manila! The Father’s House kids wanted to go camping during their vacation … and surely their wish was answered! Getting up at 3:00 AM in the morning is not so much fun, however, the excitement to experience and discover new things shed...
Faith in Action (RSotM) We serve a miracle-working God who not only made a way for the Isrealites, but also for you! It doesn't matter what background you come from. Where God calles, he provides! Read this amazing story ... Esther Esther G. is an REVIVAL SCHOOL on the Move...
Amazing grace, unending love! Twenty-seven years ago, God spoke to Apostle Walter Heidenreich about sending a team to open a Christian drug rehab in the Philippines. I believe God did it for me. He knew it was the only way for me to be set free from 22 years of drug addiction. Although...
#TONDO4JESUS With more than hundred people all wearing red T-shirts, we were marching an S-shaped route through Tondo, proclaiming God’s salvation in this place: »Jesus is Lord! Hesus Hari ng Tondo! Jesus alone!« Someone had an impression that heaven is open, and...
»Follow me ...« When Jesus called people out of their individual life's situation to follow him (see Matth. 4:19), he did not require them to be educated or mature believers. He was not expecting them to know it all. He did not call them to join a church program. While...-
Newsletter released! ‘Celebrate God’s Goodness’ was the motto of our anniversary celebration! For more than 25 years our staff members are serving people in need and in addictions. We took this anniversary to review those years but also to look to what lays ahead. Perspective How...
Set the Captives Free The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim...
Holidays in the Slum You want to find our „House of Moses“ in the slum during the school-holidays? Just follow the noise. Over 30 kids coming together, singing songs, hearing about Jesus and playing games can’t be missed! Such times make children laugh - and much more. School’s...
Steps into Missions When the Holy Spirit begins to speak about missions there are different ways to take steps toward world missions with HELP International. To go deeper on God speaking to you you can join for a vision for mission weekend, the Revival School on the Move...
Going after Him Some weeks ago our students in Germany went to the airport. One team is on the move in Mongolia to make Jesus known in one of the most remote provinces of the country and another team is staying in Pattaya City in Thailand. For their third trimester they...
Moving … forward! We are exited about this year 2019! We enjoyed a great Christmas-season with plenty of outreaches to our neighbours and to the slum-area. Here you can see some impressions on our Facebook-page how we spread the good news about Christmas and Jesus coming...
Joy Invasion For almost one year, we have been visiting this slum on a regular basis. This community was built illegally alongside an irrigation canal and over some generations it has developed to become a community unpleasant to live in with more than 200 household....
Worship and Mission We know Pattaya since more than 20 years. Almost five years ago we worshipped at Pattayas famous Beach Road for the first time. About 60 missionaries and leaders of our international fellowship expressed their love forJesus in public and tourists started...
New van There it is! We longed and prayed for a new car for „The Shelter“ for a long time. Now we finally could get this van for our crew. The generosity of the donators became to us a testimony of the faithfulness of God. It’s also a great picture to our „young...
Vision for Mission God’s heart is going out to the nations! He is the God of all peoples, all tongues and all tribes and his desire is to gather them all in His presence. Our recent Vision for Mission nights are all about missions: What is Jesus’ Great Commission all about?...
Newsletter available Hello Friends!Our latest newsletter Spring 2018 is out! We gathered some informations, staff updates, impressions from our recent trip to Cambodia and another testimony from our rehab-center »The Shelter« for you!Simply click here to open the file or...
In »The Shelter« In our different rehabs of HELP we witness the life-restoring and life-changing power of God's love every day. What this looks like in The Shelter im Bangkok is just amazing: Peace and a plan Dom's old life was marked by hanging out with the wrong kind...-
God is fond of the homeless As winter sets in, our place for the homeless gets to be packed with 50 people each week; all keen for a hot shower, solid shoes, a blanket, a warm meal ... Looking good When I stepped outside for a short breath of fresh air – among the smoking crowd...
Highs and Lows At our weekly event for the homeless, they are provided with clean clothes, a shower and a meal. Often, God will meet these needy people in special ways revealing more of His heart to all of us. Other situations confront us with needs we cannot meet on...
Everyday Life Our daily lives are full of encounters with people of very diverse backgrounds. Because of this we have so many opportunities to introduce God to them in very normal situations. We live close to a park, where many Chinese go to enjoy some leisure time....
God's Word is power No matter how and in what way God's word comes to us - if read out, preached on or spoken to us - it has power, for it is power itself! It deals with issues in our life that no human being, no sermon or any method could do. And the power of God's word...
Travelling the Silk Road The Silk Road – a trade route between China, the Orient and Europe, that was established more than a thousand yeras ago. The traders brought the different cultural and religious influences from the nations into China. In this way Islam gained a foothold...
Unexpected Fruit True mission takes place in our everyday life, not only in events. Therefore, we are talking to the people in our area - when we go shopping, in restaurants or when waiting at the ticket booth of the subway. There are people everywhere and they are happy...
More McDonald's News We've got news from our Hope team bible study group at McDonald's. This group is like a ray of God's light in a public place ... and what they are doing makes a dramatic impact. It's just too good ... No one dares to steal ... The McDonald's group is...
The other McDonald's We are having a Hope team! When you actually look that our Hope team, one could think that they are the least acquainted to bring hope: All of them are homeless ... however, they are special homeless people. They love Jesus, live with him on the...
No one else would be able There are many sick people who come to us – sometimes they are severely sick. They are living on the street, hear about us and come in order to ask for help. First thing we always do is praying for them and telling them about Jesus. We have seen powerful...
Open Doors What a huge nation - 1.5 billion people and rising - so many needs ... and then there is always the individual. This nation is always good for surprises ... No ticket »I only want to wash my hands!« The man was in his early 30s and stood in front of...-
Hot Summer in Mongolia Summer was hot in Mongolia - but that doesn't refer to the weather. We had a big celebration at Burning Hearts Mongolia during which we also celebrated the 25th annivesary of HELP Mongolia! There were many reasons to thank God for what has happened in...
Traveling to the Kazakhs Burning Hearts goes on ... After our Burning Hearts conference, we went to Bayan Ulgii to the Kazakhs. 7 teams visited 12 villages to bring the fire of the Holy Spirit to the Muslim population. We had many adventures with God. Sometimes we were simply...
Adventures in Bayan Ulgii In the winter season of last year, a group of students of the REVIVAL SCHOOL Mongolia went to Bayan Ulgii. This region is the most western of the 21 provinces of Mongolia and most of the population are Muslims of Kazakh descent. In 1992, when Walter Heidenreich...
Mission accomplished Outreaches are special seasons. You do things that you normally don't do in everyday life. Just recently a team went to Mongolia ...In the beginning of August, we went on outreach to the beautiful province of Arhangai with a German team and brothers and...
A new season Siberia - immediately we think of bitterly cold, long winters, of Tundra and Taiga and their versatile plants and wildlife. With its 38 million inhabitants, Siberia is only sparsely populated, endless steppe unfold before our eyes, however, it reflects...
20 years – a reason to celebrate What an honor! For 20 years now our HELP Mongolia leaders have faithfully been serving God. Through many ups and downs they have built and advanced the kingdom of God in Mongolia. Arrival at -43 °C On February 8, 1998, Tom and Heidi landed with their...
Jesus, you are awesome »Let’s go to Thailand to the HELP International staff conference 2018!« This was the slogan for some of our leaders and staff members at the end of January. Some of our Mongolian participants flew by plane for the very first time in their lives, left...
Because of faith Finally came the da that we have awaited and prayed for so long: UPRISING Mongolia 2017 – this international prayer and fasting movement took place in Ulaanbataar, the capital city of Mongolia, in October 2017. 400 young people from every region of Mongolia...
Kidshouse ... and more The Kidshouse in Ulaanbataar is not merely a house where we take children in to provide a home for them. No ... after a turnover in leadership, we are having quite a young team of Mongolians and Germans living together. They emphasize to develop a vision...
I don't let you go We believe every single word in the bible! We believe in signs and miracles! We believe that God is raising up people from death to life. We don't just believe in all of this but we are experiencing it.Ogii is a powerful man of God whose heart is reaching...
»I am burning within ... Michelle is 18 years old and attended in July 2016 UPRISING Korea. UPRISING stands for ›United Prayer Rising‹ and is initiated by young people for young people. The emphasis: Together they are praying and fasting for the young generation! the spiritual...
We serve a God of miracles Our REVIVAL SCHOOL Mongolia team is on outreach on the countryside. They learnt from one of their co-workers that she has been pregnant with a baby in the second month. Normally this is a reason to rejoice. However, one day earlier she was told during...-
Nevertheless, at your word... We are so happy to welcome Rocky and Janice to our Team. At the end of last year they decided to become part of Hfan. For a long time they have lived in Austin, pastored a church and are spiritual father and mother to many. They carry wisdom, a heart...
Luna's Story The Power of Prayer Our neighbors told us about this place. Drugs, violence and criminal activities were normal here, just recently they found two dead bodies next to the street. Stony point - One of the poorest neighborhoods in this area, just 5 miles...
»This is it« As I gazed over the city of Lüdenscheid, I heard again the words that would forever change my life: »This is it.« »Jesus, what do you want me to do?« In the months before that, my heart had been a puddle of confusion and doubt. For years I had worked...
Moving forward in Faith! At the end of last year we experienced the faithfulness of God in a wonderful way, and are excited to share the news with you: Donation of Land Nine years ago, William, a business man from Austin, bought the 10 acre property we are based on, and let...
Changed By His Power In the past two weeks we`ve been on the move with one message: The fire of the Holy Spirit! We believe that, more than anything else, this is needed today, especially in our western world: the gospel demonstrated with power. Let's take a look at...
American Dream American Dream...? A year ago, most people would look at our family and say, “Now, that is about as good as it gets”. We reside in a wonderful town, live in a custom-built home, have successful careers, serve in our church, have healthy relationships,...Go To Top
Miracle March Those words popped up in my head every time we prayed for the coming weeks. With great expectation of how this »Miracle Month« would look like, we did our last preparations for a warm welcome to our guests. Asian Teenager And then they came: twelve...
No Compromise »Come and follow me«, called Jesus the first disciples 2000 years ago. And he is calling YOU today!The disciples dared to leave everything behind immediately and followed Jesus wherever he went, doing the things he did. Would you like to do the things...
Come and follow me! Life is making history compiled of stories that individuals live through. Today, we want to introduce Jonathon to you who is living with us for some time: Somewhere in Texas Jonathon was born in Galveston, a Texan through and through. His parents are...
Jesus Lovers' Diaries »Go into all the world ...« With Jesus' Command in their luggage, lots of expectaiton and hearts full of love for God and people, a team of 15 from FCJG Lüdenscheid came to Austin. What a family gathering. Young and youngsters came with big suitcases...
Bed bugs with consequences ... or: How does faith grow? As they found out that the place where they had planned summer camp was full of bed bugs the youth group of the San Marcos Community Church, didn´t know what to do. What first looked like a huge disappointment turned out to...
And God is still greater End of August 2017. The news is filled with news about the situation in Texas. Hurricane Harvey dashed at high speed towards Texas’ cost. Within minutes there was destruction all around. The rain and masses of water swept along anything that was in the...