mini outreach

This is the second and last mini outreach of the year. We went to a town 50 minutes from Ålesund to be with a small church, The Vineyard. The hospitality of the church was incredible we had meals with 7 different families because they all wanted to bless us. Some really awesome things we got to do while being there are...

Play games and talk about loneliness and being a good friend with a class of 8th graders and invite them to church.
Hangout with some elderly folks.
Help lead a youth party.
Pray with some many different people.
Love on some kids.
Help lead Sunday School.
Clean and help with some fixing at a lady's house.
Prepare a meal and clean for an ALPHA course.
Share with the youth group.
...

19 days till I turn 19

and I just got back from mini outreach and I really want to tell you all about it, so tomorrow, it is a date.

we create.

just an image for your day.
think of 5 people who have colored brains instead of an odd shade of pink...

image found on weheartit.com

That's not normal...

Here is a video that my lovely friends, Cher, Katie, and Alida made for the loneliness project.
They did such an amazing job. They are all so artistic in different ways and so their collaboration was super awesome to see. I spent a little time with them during the process and that was very fun to see the development.
Maybe you should watch it twice, one with your eyes closed because the sound track that Alida made is brilliant.
You can hear my little voice at the end... :)

enjoy

sing song along...

Oh the joys of living in a house with a recording studio!

My "one-on-one"/friend, Gabrielle Keli'i Clements aka Lille Lilla wrote a song and wanted a scratch recording so she gathered Josh, Justin, Gareth, and me to complete the sound and do a live scratch recording. It was really fun to be really artsy and free. I am singing back round vocals.

You can find it here. Turn up the sound cause it is recorded a bit too quiet.

It is called: the little shit who feed me shit

So click on that one... It is about the devil.

<--- this girl can sing

Hungary? YES!

I get to go to Budapest, Budapest. I get to Budapest, traalalala!

New information on outreach:

Dates are: March 7th - April 2nd

I will be in Vienna most of the time but we are traveling to Hungary!

Budapest: April 4th - April 20th (this isn't fo certain but with in a few days...)

Random plans:

Our main goal is to love on people.

The first week we are there we are going to be working with 2 other teams in an evangelistic event! Our part is creative entertainment. :)

In Budapest we are hoping to do a lot of evangelism through art and bringing color and life.

For our debriefing we are hoping to stay in the mountains of Austria, you know the hills are alive!

Farewell.

You are wondering about Japan, right?

I thought I would just be really honest about how I am feeling and then we can all continue praying just with a more unified vision for it.

Most days I don't want to go to Japan, and most definitely not Tokyo.

Everyday I think about it.

I have made so many excuses... But God you didn't say when. You only said Japan, not Tokyo. I could just do a short term mission. I could just go to a smaller part of Japan. Maybe by the coast? I could wait till I am older. Who will support a 19 year old? I can just go to UAF for one year, and then see.

They are all great arguments for a while but then I start to pray about it, and God reminds me that I promised to push on the doors. That he has confirmed to me the base in Tokyo. That he has never failed me. Right now, I am living in Norway, living in his perfect plan.

Yesterday, Fransiska, a missionary to India told her testimony about being there. She was in the same place I am. She did not want to go to India but now she sees why it was her who needed to be there.

God is good.