Its so simple

I didn't want to work this week at Sonny's. I couldn't get a hold of my boss in time or catch him at a good time. I figured God had something planned for this week and the people I have been pouring into.

I was right. God loves these co-workers. He loves each detail in there life. He has called me to love them and to listen to them. By being willing, ready, and bold to follow Jesus, he has done some really great things in the Sonny's employees. Its so amazing to see.

"God, continue to work in each persons heart. Make them aware of your eagerness for them, your voice in their life."

How I love being a Jesus follower! Its so exciting. So full of love. grace.

"Lord, please continue to let people see Christ in me, Christ in my eyes, Your love for that person."
-speaking of that, every week so far, many times a week, people compliment my eyes. They see something is different. I am not afraid to declare that its all because of Christ, that I have changed. The glaze on my eyes is gone! The sadness is gone! A spark is in my eyes, and Oh Boy, its for YOU Jesus.

this is when I feel its every bit worth it. A light to the world. How I loveeeeee it.

Christ in me, the hope of glory!

this isn't Norway

but this is part of the reason I like the South so much.


Biscuits.

This is what I told my Norwegian friend about them (bad grammer and corniness ahead): "Just they are sooooo good. They make me happy. Literally. Happy. When there is a biscuit I get this warm feeling of happiness inside me. All of the memories with family. Knowing its going to just be soft and warm on the inside! Its great with any kinda dinner. So good!"

I am lame. Dear South: I will miss you and your uniqueness.

Leave one week from today. :)

hello

Back to Norway

Lord you said you will bless whatever I choose to do

2 years.

I am excited.


Bless the Lord, Oh my SOUL.

yup

I really long for Heaven. How sweet it sounds.

Lord, you are so sweet.

There is a bird bath outside my window. I think its a small taste of heaven because I get so much Joy watching the birds come dance, play, and jump in the water.

I am praying about what to do next. Two years in Norway? Why can I not make a decision.

God is Love.

Hi

So its a new time.

Something amazing about grace is that I am forgiven, and its forgotten. Every time I lose a battle and every time I mess up...When I seek God's face, its a brand new start. Fresh.

Things have been bad lately. But God is bigger than that. He is Stronger! So what am I going to do with this time while I am home?

Praying for direction in the small things. and big things.

Thank you for rallying behind me with prayers. Its very encouraging to be supported.

I have learned a lot lately. Something I like a lot is that I am God's son. His son. I can't believe the devil even dares to mess with me or you. Son and Daughter of the Creator of the universe. Thank you Jesus.

yup

The Joy of the Lord is my strength. Oh my Strength, I will watch for you.....

I don't want to be complacent. I don't want my experiences to be a mountain top experience.

I am in your hands O Lord. You are my Strength. You will never abandon me. I will worship you. I will stay steadfast. Even when its hard.

At the moment I hate being home. I feel like I have no purpose. No direction. No sense of being. Its real. Its culture shock. Its spiritual attacks. Its now. But God is bigger than that.

I would still love to have your prayers.

God, you are more of a reality than anything else.

I believe

in transparency and humility.
1) Its a testimony of what God is doing in your life.
-Which can encourage/teach others
2) It keeps the devil from having a foothold in your life.

I want to be honest and humble, but first a cool thought:

Have you ever wondered what a butterfly thinks? It goes from being this slow and fat insect to a breath taking beauty. What does it think when its just slowing losing all of its weight and growing beautiful wings? When it turns into a butterfly, does it have this past memory of what it used to be? What it was like? Did it ever get jealous of other butterflies or did it even know?

Just a random thought

Anywho, humility.

People wonder why I am home. Well I will tell you my testimony of how I got here.

I decided I was coming home to support my mom in her recent relational endeavors (good choice of words I would say). That is bottom line, but the thing that arose and caused constant stress in me is "What am I going to do afterwords?"
I was offered to stay in Skien, Norway for two more years as a Discipleship Training School staff. I would invest into people coming to do a DTS (what I did in Australia). My job in particular would be to make sure they get a heart for long term missions and a heart for evangelism. I would have been the "evangelist" on the team. But we will leave it as this....thats a very general description and it was actually a very exciting interest to me.
So I was torn between doing this, or coming home and following a peace God had given me in Berlin about finding out what I would do later. This peace, as described by Philippians 4:8, is a peace that can not be understood by men. An overwhelming peace. I loved that peace. Both seemed like very very good options, but one seemed a little silly. The silly one being going home and following this peace and now knowing what was going to happen. So this actually caused me TONS of stress. It was horrible and I made it much bigger than what it actually was. At one point my friend was telling me his hands were warm (Holy Spirit in his hands), and I had knots in my back. So he put his hand on my back and in the name of Jesus, he made the knots go away. I felt them, and he felt them ago away at that exact same moment (just a cool story). The devil is stupid.
I asked God to confirm with a small money donation if I was suppose to stay in Skien...and it never happened.
As I was sitting in my room one morning reading, I asked God to give me a verse about peace if he wanted me to follow this peace since he didn't confirm anything with money. I read and read and did not find anything about peace. I go out that day with Christian and do some evangelism. When I got back home, on my door was a note with a verse. John 14:27. A verse all about peace. So that was really cool. So Gods peace came flooding back into me that day. I was in the kitchen doing dishes and God showed up in the kitchen. I just stood there and cried because it was just so overwhelming to feel his peace and love. I enjoyed it so much.
So...if your still with me....I went to church retreat with a local church only knowing a couple of the people. Here is where I made the decision to just go home and follow this peace and something in me made me think I need to work things out with my family when I get home...whatever that might be. As I decide this, a man walked up to me and says "God wants you to go home and work things out with your family and then he will give you clear direction." Talk about confirmation. Then another man walks up to me, and God has been showing me tons about peace during this month and so on, and says to me "God has been showing you a lot about His peace, He plans on showing you and taking you even deeper into that." So that was way cool.

When I left, I really had a feeling for "two months" that I would be home and then I would leave again. I really am praying that this is true...but my timing is not always God's timing...I just hope it is God.

So here I am at home. Not knowing what I am doing. But thats okay, because when God tells you something, he will hold on to his word. I am in the right place, for sure. This is where I could use your prayers: for direction and for friends to have here while I am home that I can stay accountable to. I dont really know what I am suppose to do with my time, I guess God will show me. I dont want this to be a time of being lazy or irresponsible, that is not my heart at all. Oh, you can pray what I am suppose to do about a car as well. That would be great! :D

I guess that's about it. I usually like to make things short, but no cutting corners (although I probably did leave out some details, actually I just reread this, and I did, but you got the important stuff).

Have a blessed day!