And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. (Phil.4.19)

During his missionary journeys and throughout the numerous challenging situations he faced, the apostle Paul had learned one thing: The secret of contentment (Phil. 4,12) does not lie in his current and personal circumstances, but rather solely in the person of Jesus Christ and His loving care. Circumstances - the good ones and the difficult ones - should not be responsible for whether one is content in life or not.

Quite often I meet people that give me the impression of standing with one foot in the tomorrow but rarely with both feet in the today. I would like to give an example: Some people come to Tauernhof in order to actively support the work here. As they are doing it, they already have one foot out of the door. They ponder what is coming next and think about what they want to do after Tauernhof. Before they have even started their first day of work, they are already thinking about the future. As a result, not few of them wonder why they never really "arrive" or why they don’t seem to be satisfied in what they are currently doing.

It is my impression that there are fewer and fewer people who really stand firmly with both feet in the present. People are constantly driven and their thoughts are wrapped up in a future that does not exist yet.

We all have certain driving forces in our own lives: Expectations at work, fear of failure, wanting to experience something extraordinary, jealousy, dissatisfaction in our private life and with our bodies, etc. All these can be things that push us into a constant restlessness and prevent us from living today and saying "YES" to the life God is giving us now. Instead of being content, we almost rebel against the today and ask God to improve our circumstances- hoping this would make us a little more content.

When I reflect on my prayer life, I do well to ask myself: Do my prayers reflect a desire of wanting God to change and improve my circumstances or do they reflect a desire of wanting God to change my heart? 

Contentment is not found in God improving our circumstances, but rather in God changing our hearts, making us realize: 

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. (Phil.4.19)

Martin

Dear friends of Tauernhof,
as long as we are not in heaven, in our eternal home, we are in transit. For us, one stop was the Tauernhof. We were lucky enough to grow close to new friends and siblings in Christ as well as to experience another part of Gods kingdom. Of course we also enjoyed the wonderful mountains.
On April 20th we moved back to Germany and now live in the beautiful “fränkische Schweiz” in Oberfranken. We are working for a company and will also take on more services in the Balkan.
We are grateful for the past 2 ½ years and wish all the guests and employees Gods rich blessing. 
Pfiat enk, Heinz und Ute Spindler

Angela, Mya and Tony Schenk

For the last two years we, as the family Schenk, had the priviledge to enjoy living and serving at the Tauernhof. Because of COVID and several personal reasons we decided to end our work at the Tauernhof and move back to the US.

We thank everyone in advance for supporting us in prayer, while we want to stay obedient in what comes next. 

 

 

Dinos Charalampous
 

Dear Dinos, it was our pleasure to stand side by side in ministry with you for the past 7 years. You were our Universal Soldier as a ski instructor, group leader, and so much more and we are happy to be able to remain friends and neighbors. Your helpfulness not only in your service at the Tauernhof but also when private help was needed, led us to be amazed over and over again and we are sure that you will be able to use your gifts in your new environment. Your love for Jesus comes from His love for you. This love will give you everything you need to be a blessing there too – Thank you very much!

Damaris Wetz

Having grown up in the beautiful North Hessian Ederbergland, I lived in Frankfurt for the last few years. I came to Tauernhof for the first time in 2003 during a ski holiday and have been in Schladming regularly since then – sometimes as a participant and often as a ski instructor in the winter season. Every time it was a wonderful experience. Due to the corona situation suddenly a lot at work changed and once again the desire for change in my life grew in me. During this time the head of Tauernhof presented a job opening for a permanent position in the office to me. If not now, when?! There was no longer any hesitation. Now I enjoy the direct contact with the guests and Bible students. I am allowed to be part of a great team here and allow God to use my gifts.

Tabea Kuck
My name is Tabea and I moved to Schladming from the beautiful Heidelberg in May of 2021. In autumn of 2020 I completed further training in the Hotel Management sector. After hearing about the job opening through a friend, I am now looking forward to the professional change, the community as well as the wonderful surrounding nature.
 

Oliver Wroe
Hello Friends, I´m Olly.
I am a brit who likes the mountains, mustaches and the annoying David Heinz. Tauernhof fascinates me because it combines God, people and nature in a holistic way. But I also really love all the wonderful people here. I`m looking foreward to be a part of the familiy.
Hopefully we´ll see each other soon,
Olly

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