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We have found lately that storms can come and go in an instance!! While we were still in Macau a Typhoon hit the coast while we were camping on the beach. People came and warn us but we didn’t exactly know what a Typhoon is so why get worried! Besides this time of the year they usually don’t even get Typhoons thus it’s not suppose to go over an nr. 3, but it did.

I’ve realized that’s how things go… you get warned about a storm that’s going to hit your life if it’s in season for it or not.

How dark is the so-called dark continent of Africa?

Why was it in the first place called a dark continent? To be honest I’m not quite sure… But living in a traditional, local Zambian village opened my eyes and heart to a light that shines real bright!

This is one of the most intense, unpredictable, mind blowing, captivating, speechless processes I have been through in my life. Some days I just sit and stare because I don't even know where to begin processing or debriefing or evaluating the experience. Like a blank space just fills my head. I get up, take a shower, get on a truck with 14 other people, and go help clean a yard. And then it happens. That unpredictable thing. The pastor tells you that it is a gift from God that the team came today because it's almost their two year birthday...

They say doing a year like this is jumping into the deep end. But I experience it quite different. Jumping into the deep end only comes after doing a year like this. These people have been a part of every moment of my shaping and changing. They push me to be better. To press in when I feel like I can’t. To look up instead of surroundings. To pray first, always. They know me better than I’ve ever experienced someone knowing me, and I see Jesus in every single one of them so clearly. Parting from this family is to...

9Walking in the rural area of Krabi (Thailand), Adette and I found a little playgroup. Barefeet we entered the little cresh and statred to play with them. We bought them sweeties, toys and printed out photos of them to keep. "vrot eier" without a word is quite strange, but OH so much fun!!! They opened up really quickly and as if they understood us they gave themselves completely. It is amazing how a smile can reach the deepest corner of your heart and thet from a little Thai child who can't understand you, neither can you understand them. 2Corinthians 9:8...

I know that God is going to challenge me during this year and I know that I am going to experience a lot of things. India was our first country and there we worked hard and afterwards we would have childrens' ministry. I was not challenged by the heat at all, in fact we had great weather. I was challenge physically because of the long working hours. I got to know God as the One who listens to me... He hears my prayers! Nepal was a time of rest. God spoiled me in many ways and I got to experience...

  We just finished our first trip into the Nations... It was an interesting journey because of, for example the Kenyan buses, (Matatu) and all the people who want to sale you stuff all the time because you're a" Mzungu" (white person), the time we had to work with the kids at school, the prayer room we started, etc... But I want to focus my first blog on something different... I think the best challenge I had, was to try to apply what we learned during training into my daily life of team-member from Hidden World... Its a big challenge...

Have you ever felt like life is just a pass by? Felt like life is just a prolonged way of wasting your time? Have you ever felt like there is no purpose for your life?