The Belgium 6: The Battle of the Bulge, Brugge, the Beaches & a 1st time in France

Saturday, August 16, 2008

The Battle of the Bulge, Brugge, the Beaches & a 1st time in France

The men had a day out to see Belgian WWII military sites which include Bastogne (the location of the Battle of the Bulge).
check out all the places we went. http://remembermuseum.com & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmedy_massacre

The Henri-Chapele cemetery http://www.henrichapelle.com

Then the ladies had a day in Brugge, Belgium. It was super COOL! We can't wait to go together as a family.

Brugge is famous for handmade lace! Incredible! And it is also famous for it's canals that run throughout the city, and is known as little Venice. The old churches and architechture of the city buildings and homes are amazing!

Then we took a family day trip to Dunkerque (Dunkirk- in English) on the Northern coast of France, just across the water from Dover, England. Which is the site of the largest successful military evacuation in history. We had great weather until we got ready to go out and play in it. So as one of these pictures shows, we had a great time, but it was cold and started to rain 15 minutes into our time on the beach. That's one way to be able to get the kids to happily leave the beach and head to a WWII museum. While there Brian had a neat conversation with a German WWII vet. That was most definitely a first. The conversation was spotty with the friendly gentleman. He spoke in French, English and a little German. Brian was able to share the gospel with him, that was exciting. We had a fun time, and hope to r

eturn.

This is fun, but man are we cold!! Brrr!!!

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Brian met Heather during training for overseas mission work. Brian was headed to Western Europe, and Heather to New Zealand. Each one had a strong desire to walk with the Lord faithfully. They had individually laid before the Father their lives and said, "Take my life, it's yours, do with me as you will."

God lead Brian to marry Heather the following year, and with this Heather moved from Houston to Denver. That's moving up in LOTS of ways! No offense to all Heather's loved ones in Texas! : )

Brian and Heather began as full time missionaries in Denver, and moved into part time missions/ministry as the Lord began blessing them with children 3 years into their marriage.

The Lord seemed to be rekindling their desire to see the nations to come to Christ, seven years later. At first, they thought perhaps, this would look like a 2 week mission trip, but with a new baby less than a 8 months old, even that small of a commitment wouldn't be possible.

After much prayer, and more confirmations of the Lord leading Brian back into full time ministry, they sat down with the head over short term missions with the International Mission Board (IMB). He also felt this was possibly a calling of the Lord to work in the vast church planting outreach throughout the world.

At this point, the hours, weeks, and months of paperwork began - over a half-year later, Brian and Heather were accepted to be missionaries with the IMB. A couple months later, off they went. Selling just about everything they owned, in a few huge garage sales. They went to Field Preparation training in Richmond, VA.

What a blessing that was, besides being feed with the Word each day, mom, dad, and the children were blessed with training at their levels on the religions of the world, the relaties of life overseas, new foods, new people and much more.

Now it's April 2008 already, and the Zees are in Brussels getting settled, and seeking His leading each day through His Word and prayer. Who might they meet, where can they go to seek the lost? Here that isn't difficult. Lostness is everywhere. Less than 1% of the 10 million people in Belgium know Christ.

That sums it up, we are followers of Jesus, seeking interaction with the lost in Belgium.

Enjoy our blog.

Sometimes it's silly, sometimes it's mostly for the grandmas, but in these pages you'll find stories to hopefully inspire you to cry out to the Lord to change your heart, and follow wherever He leads.

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Saturday, August 16, 2008

The Battle of the Bulge, Brugge, the Beaches & a 1st time in France

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