4.23.2009
the man on the ferry
We were just traveling a short distance from our last place at the Bye household in Bergen to the Pederson household in Kopervik on Tuesday morning. I had been interested lately in getting more hungry for God and for the depth of His heart for me. I have not really been surprised by events such as the one that met me on the boat that day. As usual we drove the car onto the ferry and then all piled out to go up to the observation deck or to sit inside the passenger area. I always like to walk to the top and see the view. We did it together then I pulled away by myself. I found a little place in the back of the boat, away from the wind and still in the sun shine as it tried to peak through the clouds. It has been an extraordinary bunch of days in regard to the weather. Today is the only day that it seemed a bit cold and the wind had picked up over the water. I stood there behind the smokestack looking out into the expanse of water. It was a couple of moments to be alone, to not be the leader of the team, and to just hear from God. I started reading from 2 Corinthians. I of course sort of wanted Will to wander past me and enjoy the scattered sun and the view, but I knew that I needed to be there alone. A few minutes later a man came behind me and got my attention. 'Excuse me, Jeremiah 33:3.....I feel like the Lord reminded me about Jeremiah 33:3 for you.' He walked away. I shouted after him....'Thank you! Are you a Christian?' I figured he was but I just did not really understand where in the world he came from. Did he just see me reading my bible and figure I was a Christian....then pray for me and get a verse for me to find? I don't know, but one thing is clear----the verse he gave me was from the Lord for sure. As he walked away I had this thought that I should run after him and find out more. I felt the Holy Spirit slow me down. I stopped from following him. This was for me. The moment was made for me, for my heart alone. I turned to lean against the smokestack again, resuming my position of great revelation. I looked up the verse quickly. It read, 'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you did not know.' Hmm.....wow. I was inspired by this verse!!! I have been wondering what the next step for me is. I have been struggling with some strange things lately---some questions of why I was not improving my skills as a painter, artist, musician, or anything. I have stopped doing most of those creative things. I guess in that same regard I have stopped calling to God and hearing His answer. This was a needed calling out. BUT THEN>>>>>>>the greatest part of it comes last. I was looking closer to the verse underlined in my Bible. Sometimes I underline them when there is an event that brings about a revelation or something. I then write the date and the place where the verse came to me. So this is what I looked closer to find. Written there next to the verse was 'May 2006 Bye Family Bergen' REALLY??? Wow! We just left that house only hours ago!! I remember that Wenche Bye had given me that verse when I came with a Norwegian team after my DTS outreach. I had just experience a disengagement relationship and was dealing with the heartbreak of that. She encouraged me and helped me see forward to what God had planned. When this reminder about Jeremiah 33:3 came it was like the circle was completed and the restoration had come in my heart. Only a few days ago (April 18) I remembered the heartbreaking relationship split just 3 years ago. I was at the Bye house on that day. So......what a strange man on the ferry would not know was that he was a part of God bringing a completion to my broken heart healing. Amazing! God is good and He is doing great things----do I believe it? OH YEAH!!!
4.09.2009
the dawdler!
so...when Erika needs to take a day off...it feels like a month. I guess this means I do not know how to rest very well. I think I am finally coming into some good habits that I wished I had kept a long time ago. The habits like spending hours with Jesus in the morning, dancing, riding bike, eating a long and slow breakfast, and dawdling. I love to dawdle. Just walk slowly around and fiddle with things as I go. I think it can be so annoying for some...and maybe if I was watching me dawdle I would be annoyed too. But really, when would you get to pluck your eyebrows if you never dawdled?
we have been walking everywhere, and eating lots of bread. I thought I would be running with Will until I had a break down. No more running---just riding my bike until I can manage to breath while exercising. we have been cutting wood and making large holes and lots of noise to try and get those pieces of wood to stick together in the shape of a square. I feel like I am hosting a small scouts club---and Will is the only one who came. thanks. I think Helina would have been there if she was not drumming her heart out in preparation for the tour. Helina would have shown us how to make those wooden sticks into kitchen cabinets. I think I would hire her just to tell me how to do things better in my life. good thing she just helps for free.
There were some moments that I thought I was being a bit rude to Will...as he make the most noise....with his hammer and with is grunting---but later he told me that he liked that sassy attitude. sweet! Norwegians are not well known for their understanding of humor that is not their own. i have to admit that I have forgotten how to communicate to my type of people. Will is my type of people. I guess that is a good thing. I am sometimes shocked at how much he understands without me having to run through everything three more times...with new words in place of the hard ones and the milk has turned into water. It's so refreshing to be understood.
we have new neighbors. the old ones moved out and left a bunch of stuff in the garbage can that you are really really really not allowed to leave there. In Skien here they use advertisement on public buses to describe with photos and words what NOT to put in your garbage can. You are supposed to put the food in a green bag, the plastic in a blue bag, and other things in a white one--that is flipped inside out and tied. This is excluding all loose trash like a set of blinds, frying pan, a pillow, and a cardboard box with your mailing address on it. You can guess.....the items listed in the last sentence were the items we have found loose in the trash can. Oh yeah! So....anyway. They moved out. The new neighbors are nice. They remind me of the neighbors who used to live on the east side of our house. OH WAIT....that is because they are the same neighbors!!! The Persian-ish folks moved two houses down. Have you ever done that? I know it is strange but some people do it. I thought about throwing them a WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTY. It would be fun. I hope they are better with their trash.
tomorrow---finish the wooded frames and stretch canvas over them, read the Bible, eat a lot of food at various house invites, and hold hands with my boyfriend. I am so lucky!
by the way....this whole blog exists because I am dawdling before bed. see, I told you. :)
we have been walking everywhere, and eating lots of bread. I thought I would be running with Will until I had a break down. No more running---just riding my bike until I can manage to breath while exercising. we have been cutting wood and making large holes and lots of noise to try and get those pieces of wood to stick together in the shape of a square. I feel like I am hosting a small scouts club---and Will is the only one who came. thanks. I think Helina would have been there if she was not drumming her heart out in preparation for the tour. Helina would have shown us how to make those wooden sticks into kitchen cabinets. I think I would hire her just to tell me how to do things better in my life. good thing she just helps for free.
There were some moments that I thought I was being a bit rude to Will...as he make the most noise....with his hammer and with is grunting---but later he told me that he liked that sassy attitude. sweet! Norwegians are not well known for their understanding of humor that is not their own. i have to admit that I have forgotten how to communicate to my type of people. Will is my type of people. I guess that is a good thing. I am sometimes shocked at how much he understands without me having to run through everything three more times...with new words in place of the hard ones and the milk has turned into water. It's so refreshing to be understood.
we have new neighbors. the old ones moved out and left a bunch of stuff in the garbage can that you are really really really not allowed to leave there. In Skien here they use advertisement on public buses to describe with photos and words what NOT to put in your garbage can. You are supposed to put the food in a green bag, the plastic in a blue bag, and other things in a white one--that is flipped inside out and tied. This is excluding all loose trash like a set of blinds, frying pan, a pillow, and a cardboard box with your mailing address on it. You can guess.....the items listed in the last sentence were the items we have found loose in the trash can. Oh yeah! So....anyway. They moved out. The new neighbors are nice. They remind me of the neighbors who used to live on the east side of our house. OH WAIT....that is because they are the same neighbors!!! The Persian-ish folks moved two houses down. Have you ever done that? I know it is strange but some people do it. I thought about throwing them a WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTY. It would be fun. I hope they are better with their trash.
tomorrow---finish the wooded frames and stretch canvas over them, read the Bible, eat a lot of food at various house invites, and hold hands with my boyfriend. I am so lucky!
by the way....this whole blog exists because I am dawdling before bed. see, I told you. :)
3.31.2009
a week feels like a month!
I would say that over the last WEEK not only has my life changed dramatically....Will moving here and the Wellspring team's ministry takes off...but time has slowed WAY DOWN! Will was picked up from the bus stop last week Sunday! I just can not believe it has been so short. I guess he came just in time to get a busy week and weekend, just short of exhaustion. It has been good. The team has been bonding and getting to know each other. It is fun to be sort of teacher-like and provide a place where we can create, evaluate, and have faith. God is showing me great things in how to be a leader too. We were involved with everyone's activity last week. The base is sort of scarce these days and so if we want ANYTHING to happen it is going to be US who does it. We had three times of worship leading at a YOUTH WEEKEND at the YWAM base in Skien, a love feast (with all prep), leading worship at two churches in which the response to us being there was---one: the first church said they had never had anything like Wellspring here before and--two: the second church didn't really respond except for three people from the first church coming to the second and responding again. hmm.
WELLSPRING at Bethel Church in Gjerpen, Norway
I would not say that I was disappointed because that is not my job to do the responding for people when we worship God. I would say that I wonder if Wellspring can do a bit of a better job communicating what worship is. I think we can make it easier for people who have NEVER known what it means to worship---to understand and participate in it. I guess I am glad we had this opportunity right away in our travels. I don't think this is going to be the only time I have this burden on my heart.
As far as personally...this week has been super encouraging. To have Will here is like breathing better. Why breath worse when you can breath better? I can imagine that this time will be a breakthrough in many areas for us as a couple and individuals. Something will happen when we put ourselves together in various places around Norway and Europe. God is about to use us dynamically...but first we have to give each other a taste of what Jesus is like in our lives. I am prepared to let him affect me...and I think he is under the realization that 'I AM TROUBLE' for him too. Those are nice words especially if the Holy Spirit is that TROUBLE that will bring FREEDOM! Than BRING IT ON GOD! Will said he thought his mother would love me when we all met someday...(I think she does already) but she'll say 'OH ERIKA WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY SON? THANK YOU!!' I hope so. There are just some things that a beautiful girl can do to a boy that his mother can not....she just waits in intercessory anticipation. I pray that God can use me to bring Will into a new freedom and strength as a leader and as a man of God. He is a delight to me....and I am honored to spend this time with him. So.....there you have it!
Will tries Norwegian brown cheese....in which I DO NOT LIKE!
WELLSPRING IS ALWAYS UP FOR A LAUGH!
Maria begins her very successful percussion career.
WELLSPRING at Bethel Church in Gjerpen, Norway
I would not say that I was disappointed because that is not my job to do the responding for people when we worship God. I would say that I wonder if Wellspring can do a bit of a better job communicating what worship is. I think we can make it easier for people who have NEVER known what it means to worship---to understand and participate in it. I guess I am glad we had this opportunity right away in our travels. I don't think this is going to be the only time I have this burden on my heart.
As far as personally...this week has been super encouraging. To have Will here is like breathing better. Why breath worse when you can breath better? I can imagine that this time will be a breakthrough in many areas for us as a couple and individuals. Something will happen when we put ourselves together in various places around Norway and Europe. God is about to use us dynamically...but first we have to give each other a taste of what Jesus is like in our lives. I am prepared to let him affect me...and I think he is under the realization that 'I AM TROUBLE' for him too. Those are nice words especially if the Holy Spirit is that TROUBLE that will bring FREEDOM! Than BRING IT ON GOD! Will said he thought his mother would love me when we all met someday...(I think she does already) but she'll say 'OH ERIKA WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY SON? THANK YOU!!' I hope so. There are just some things that a beautiful girl can do to a boy that his mother can not....she just waits in intercessory anticipation. I pray that God can use me to bring Will into a new freedom and strength as a leader and as a man of God. He is a delight to me....and I am honored to spend this time with him. So.....there you have it!
Will tries Norwegian brown cheese....in which I DO NOT LIKE!
WELLSPRING IS ALWAYS UP FOR A LAUGH!
Maria begins her very successful percussion career.
3.25.2009
it's amazing and blue
I love my life right now. I have always been a fan of living, but if I could capture this time in a bottle and then revisit it every once in a while...I would. I don't know what I thought it would be like to have Will here. I maybe thought it would be good not to have to suffer my loneliness ALONE anymore. I perhaps considered my emotional instability to be resolved. I wondered if I would have a closer look at my future in an instant. But you know what I have so far? An overflowing fountain of bubbling joy. I think that is enough. I walk in the halls and I am just LIT UP! Helina, my roommate said to me that she was so glad to see I was joyful. As though other days I am not.....hmm. I think it's a new joy. I sleep like a baby at night. I go to bed on time! I awake to see the possibilities of the Holy Spirit. I think it has to be because of Will. But then I think I am giving him too much credit. He is a wonderful man of God.....but I think that God is much more credible. God has really healed my heart in the last weeks. I have been struggling with a judgement issue by holding unforgiveness in my heart. It started a month ago--and then I was walking through some practical steps of forgiveness and prayer. I felt just two weeks ago that I had connected with God in my heart over the issue and in forgiving this person for those things I can not change----there was freedom. I have seen a BREAKTHROUGH in the spiritual realm and even the communication realm here. It has always been hard to be here...but two weeks ago---it changed. I had several significant conversations and all of them....pretty significant (about me leaving) ended with peace in my heart. I was so careful to guard my heart and then realized that God had already let the overflow of peace flow out. AMEN! Of course that is the story before Will came. So now you might know how I can be walking on clouds. I wouldn't lie about stuff like that. I am a happy person but at times my emotions get me! oh they do. I have to tell them to STABALIZE IN THE NAME OF JESUS! It's good to be honest about how I feel---but not decide my identity because of it. I am constantly in a battle to put my emotions under the authority of Jesus. There is not enough time in this life to see all those thoughts in my head come to fruition. I get myself into dark messes where I am 'looking at my own navel'. So lift your head girl. Get under the authority of your friend Jesus...and LIVE!
Is this a message for you too? I wonder sometimes if we just don't know where to start with the thoughts so we don't ever start getting them under control. I guess my hope and message to you today if you are in this position....is to really ask the Holy Spirit to show you where the lies are....where the unforgiveness is....and what thoughts are not from God. And as a good friend of mine says, 'Have grace for yourself.' I suppose God has enough....but do we?
I must say that another amazing thing exists in BLUE GRASS MUSIC. I thought I would update you on the last weekend...before Will came and before it got REALLY amazing. Look here at these wonderful photos of the cowboys of Norway.
I could not believe I was with men over 45 who were passionate about blue grass all Friday! They loved to talk about themselves too....about how great they are, how awesome their equipment was, their studios, their tours, their experiences in AMERICA....and all the blue grass musicians that they idol. To tell you the truth...I don't really care. I just came to play the music. I had never played before and that was something these people had a hard time swallowing. They of course have wrapped thier lives around this music so to meet someone who is only 1% passionate about it....and 99% humored by it was not their time to impress. Nope.....didn't care about it all. I just had a really fun time playing those fiddle licks. It was a real music gig. I got paid and everything. The money I got will help me pay my rent for the rest of my time in Norway. YEAH! God knows my needs. Of course....how will we get to Poland for the evangelism week? Don't know...but we shall see how God works it out.
Any gigs you want to hire me for? blue grass, classical, irish? I am open to learning!!!
Is this a message for you too? I wonder sometimes if we just don't know where to start with the thoughts so we don't ever start getting them under control. I guess my hope and message to you today if you are in this position....is to really ask the Holy Spirit to show you where the lies are....where the unforgiveness is....and what thoughts are not from God. And as a good friend of mine says, 'Have grace for yourself.' I suppose God has enough....but do we?
I must say that another amazing thing exists in BLUE GRASS MUSIC. I thought I would update you on the last weekend...before Will came and before it got REALLY amazing. Look here at these wonderful photos of the cowboys of Norway.
I could not believe I was with men over 45 who were passionate about blue grass all Friday! They loved to talk about themselves too....about how great they are, how awesome their equipment was, their studios, their tours, their experiences in AMERICA....and all the blue grass musicians that they idol. To tell you the truth...I don't really care. I just came to play the music. I had never played before and that was something these people had a hard time swallowing. They of course have wrapped thier lives around this music so to meet someone who is only 1% passionate about it....and 99% humored by it was not their time to impress. Nope.....didn't care about it all. I just had a really fun time playing those fiddle licks. It was a real music gig. I got paid and everything. The money I got will help me pay my rent for the rest of my time in Norway. YEAH! God knows my needs. Of course....how will we get to Poland for the evangelism week? Don't know...but we shall see how God works it out.
Any gigs you want to hire me for? blue grass, classical, irish? I am open to learning!!!
3.23.2009
The wait is over....but has begun again.
Will has come to Norway!
I am so calmly overwhelmed by it all. It really was just me picking him up from a bus stop...but really-----IS HE REALLY COMING? IT'S SO SURREAL! I stood at the pink hotel (in photo) for a half an hour with my heart in my toes and a prayer on my lips watching for the bus to come around the bend to enter the city center. Oh that strange peace was over me. Then...
the bus came!
I wished I could see into the window of the bus to catch his eye, but I just waited until the man I recognized (with the great looking scarf and H&M jacket) came out to step upon the ground that I know----and is completely strange to him. In two seconds, there he was. I realized how nervous I really was. We hugged and got his bags from the bus before they pulled away. So......now what?
It's just strange and wonderful. He lives at the base in jail cell number 15! I lived there for two years myself (and strongly disliked its feeling of a jail). He will get the experience of this first hand which is a crazy way of doing life together. I am so thankful for this time. I guess if I ever talk about Skien, the jail, Norway, my friends from here and the food again....he will understand. I do not take that lightly. There is so much I can not be light about. God is truly good and making these things come to pass. My nerves are calmed, but my heart stirs. What is God really going to teach us while we spend three months in Norway with a small team and a skeleton sized YWAM base? I have the inkling that my relationship with God is going to be great....I will need to hear His voice on every level!
Perhaps you were unaware of the fact that this is my last year here. I will be finishing my time in Skien come June! I am very desperate to finish well here and be released from the leadership to move forward with my life. I am so grateful for what I have learned while here in Norway and will never forget the times God taught me great wonders in His name. I look forward to see myself somewhere else and there is peace in my heart. I have to be thankful for the fact that my heart is not running from Norway. It might have been some months or a year ago. I enjoy it here now....finally. Then as I decided to go the decision was harder---but God has been making it clear to me since last June and through this year. I made my decision last week upon speaking with the base leader here. Maybe Will likes it so much that he wants to stay? Well then we have to fear the Lord about that----and it will work for me to be in the states and him to be here. However, I just don't see that happening.....but God is in control.
I look forward to hearing from Will what he thinks of the culture, the food, the people, the clothes, the ministry....blah blah blah. I will try not to be overbearing but let him fend for himself a bit. That is the only way to get a real CULTURE SHOCK. I would be mean to not let him experience that for himself. It's the only way I could hear God speak to me. Culture shock is a way to get foreigners close to Him. It works.
This week is busy with many things on our plate----a leader weekend with worship and lots of practical work plus two church events on Sunday. And adding a member to the team is not an easy task either. So....there is much to keep in prayer as I seek wisdom from God. How to be the leader of this team and what He is speaking to us about these events coming up. The first couple times we are together as a team will indicate how we are for the rest of the time. I want to hear what God has to say about it. That is where the life is!
Thanks for reading my blog. To all of you who were faithful to declare your faithfulness to a blog that sometimes is a bit boring. I hope that this helped you. I got an inspiration to share a lot today....enjoy and please comment to help me clear my thoughts. any advice??
check out the new WELLSPRING blog at .... wellspringskien.wordpress.com
so yes, the wait is over as it is said on the title of this blog. the wait for Will to come is over...but in my heart I am still waiting. I am waiting to finish my time here in Norway. I enjoy it as I go...but I am in fact in another special count down. These next three months are so special to me. I wish you were all here with me too!!!
I am so calmly overwhelmed by it all. It really was just me picking him up from a bus stop...but really-----IS HE REALLY COMING? IT'S SO SURREAL! I stood at the pink hotel (in photo) for a half an hour with my heart in my toes and a prayer on my lips watching for the bus to come around the bend to enter the city center. Oh that strange peace was over me. Then...
the bus came!
I wished I could see into the window of the bus to catch his eye, but I just waited until the man I recognized (with the great looking scarf and H&M jacket) came out to step upon the ground that I know----and is completely strange to him. In two seconds, there he was. I realized how nervous I really was. We hugged and got his bags from the bus before they pulled away. So......now what?
It's just strange and wonderful. He lives at the base in jail cell number 15! I lived there for two years myself (and strongly disliked its feeling of a jail). He will get the experience of this first hand which is a crazy way of doing life together. I am so thankful for this time. I guess if I ever talk about Skien, the jail, Norway, my friends from here and the food again....he will understand. I do not take that lightly. There is so much I can not be light about. God is truly good and making these things come to pass. My nerves are calmed, but my heart stirs. What is God really going to teach us while we spend three months in Norway with a small team and a skeleton sized YWAM base? I have the inkling that my relationship with God is going to be great....I will need to hear His voice on every level!
Perhaps you were unaware of the fact that this is my last year here. I will be finishing my time in Skien come June! I am very desperate to finish well here and be released from the leadership to move forward with my life. I am so grateful for what I have learned while here in Norway and will never forget the times God taught me great wonders in His name. I look forward to see myself somewhere else and there is peace in my heart. I have to be thankful for the fact that my heart is not running from Norway. It might have been some months or a year ago. I enjoy it here now....finally. Then as I decided to go the decision was harder---but God has been making it clear to me since last June and through this year. I made my decision last week upon speaking with the base leader here. Maybe Will likes it so much that he wants to stay? Well then we have to fear the Lord about that----and it will work for me to be in the states and him to be here. However, I just don't see that happening.....but God is in control.
I look forward to hearing from Will what he thinks of the culture, the food, the people, the clothes, the ministry....blah blah blah. I will try not to be overbearing but let him fend for himself a bit. That is the only way to get a real CULTURE SHOCK. I would be mean to not let him experience that for himself. It's the only way I could hear God speak to me. Culture shock is a way to get foreigners close to Him. It works.
This week is busy with many things on our plate----a leader weekend with worship and lots of practical work plus two church events on Sunday. And adding a member to the team is not an easy task either. So....there is much to keep in prayer as I seek wisdom from God. How to be the leader of this team and what He is speaking to us about these events coming up. The first couple times we are together as a team will indicate how we are for the rest of the time. I want to hear what God has to say about it. That is where the life is!
Thanks for reading my blog. To all of you who were faithful to declare your faithfulness to a blog that sometimes is a bit boring. I hope that this helped you. I got an inspiration to share a lot today....enjoy and please comment to help me clear my thoughts. any advice??
check out the new WELLSPRING blog at .... wellspringskien.wordpress.com
so yes, the wait is over as it is said on the title of this blog. the wait for Will to come is over...but in my heart I am still waiting. I am waiting to finish my time here in Norway. I enjoy it as I go...but I am in fact in another special count down. These next three months are so special to me. I wish you were all here with me too!!!
3.19.2009
blog thoughts
so you want a new post?
I will do it very soon. I tell you there is
SO MUCH TO SAY---God has been transforming hearts and changing my whole team!
SO MUCH TO SEE---roommate adventures, Wellspring on the road to Mandal
SO MUCH TO SING--Will is coming to Norway in three days, a new season for creativity
SO MUCH TO SELL--this could happen....when I play with a blue grass band from Sweden!
SO MUCH TO SAND--we will be doing some hard core construction work on building a third floor
SO MUCH TO SOW---seeds of fellowship, health, and good time with Jesus! to ALL!!!
do you want to know more? let me know by adding a comment. otherwise it is just my boyfriend William who reads this and it seems funny for me to keep this blog going on if he is the only one who cares. so.....do you??
I will do it very soon. I tell you there is
SO MUCH TO SAY---God has been transforming hearts and changing my whole team!
SO MUCH TO SEE---roommate adventures, Wellspring on the road to Mandal
SO MUCH TO SING--Will is coming to Norway in three days, a new season for creativity
SO MUCH TO SELL--this could happen....when I play with a blue grass band from Sweden!
SO MUCH TO SAND--we will be doing some hard core construction work on building a third floor
SO MUCH TO SOW---seeds of fellowship, health, and good time with Jesus! to ALL!!!
do you want to know more? let me know by adding a comment. otherwise it is just my boyfriend William who reads this and it seems funny for me to keep this blog going on if he is the only one who cares. so.....do you??
2.22.2009
it's a matter of things
how you look at it, matters.
when i am in the glass, drowning in the juice things seem different than when I am on the outside looking at the juices.
sometimes I feel like I am in the juice and its over my head.
i am usually there because I am an 'all or nothin' girl.
either in the juice or not. somehow through brutal punishment to myself.
i like to be drowning!
this clarity has come because i have an amazing relationship with William!
he is outside the glass.
that helps.
when i am in the glass, drowning in the juice things seem different than when I am on the outside looking at the juices.
sometimes I feel like I am in the juice and its over my head.
i am usually there because I am an 'all or nothin' girl.
either in the juice or not. somehow through brutal punishment to myself.
i like to be drowning!
this clarity has come because i have an amazing relationship with William!
he is outside the glass.
that helps.
2.18.2009
Fiddlin' Around kind of
I have returned to Skien! The weekend was a nice trip away. I really can't believe that I quick went to England and found my sister there for a few days. I have been curious now as I am back why I did not miss more of what was happening here. There was no time to miss much. The trip was quick...but I had some great times. We ate at a great family's home on Sunday after church. Later that day we went down to The Beacon and I prepared for joining an Irish Band called Murphy's Law for a few songs. Here is a sample where the fiddle guy wanted to play fiddle not mandolin so we switched. I am on the mandolin and had never played it before. No one cared because first of all they could not hear us and secondly they had been drinking since noon. I guess the music was my style but nothing else. Needless to say we left after the bagpipes and the short drum lesson I got. Good times!!
This week Maria is gone and so Helga and I are thinking about what we are doing in our team. We are of course getting excited about the future and weeks ahead. I believe it is going to be fun to step out there and do some bigger things in churches and youth groups. I feel it is very humiliating to just go and do it on our own power so....we are praying GOD HELP US!
It's only a little over a month until Will comes to Norway! There are great things in store!
This week Maria is gone and so Helga and I are thinking about what we are doing in our team. We are of course getting excited about the future and weeks ahead. I believe it is going to be fun to step out there and do some bigger things in churches and youth groups. I feel it is very humiliating to just go and do it on our own power so....we are praying GOD HELP US!
It's only a little over a month until Will comes to Norway! There are great things in store!
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