Written by Helmut Haubeil

Helmut Haubeil is a business man and pastor. After successfully working as a representative for a shipping company, he responded at the age of 37 to God's call to join the ministry and worked as a pastor for 16 years. Afterwards he was the director of the Adventist nursing home in Bad Aibling, Germany. He is the founder and editor of the "missionsbrief" (mission newsletter in the German language) and since retiring he has played a significant role in helping build up mission work in central Asia and India.

"Why do we not hunger and thirst for the fit of the Spirit, since this is the means by which we are to receive power? Why do we not talk of it, pray for it, preach concerning it?" Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 8, page 22