Eating dessert and drinking coffee the way Americans do it. :)Thursday, January 8, 2009
China...Denmark...Texas...Denmark
So on my trip home to Texas over Christmas, I realized that there actually were people who followed up on my blog, little did I know, so I guess I do need to keep it updated more often. :)
The trip to China was amazing. Thank you so much for all your prayers and encouragement for our trip. The Lord went ahead of us and prepared the hearts of so many people. I learned not to put boundaries on what you think the Lord will do because he's always got much more in store when you are walking in faith! I was able to teach an English class at a Sports University for students who were just beginning to learn English and it was a blast. We also did some sports camps, English corners, Earthquake relief work and helped to encourage other believers who were living there. I have a heart for another part of the world that I never thought much about before. God is doing amazing things there and I just pray for more!
I was pretty much sick the two weeks between China and Texas. The jet lag was worse than ever, and I was exhausted and had a cold plus I started right away with a very busy schedule the day after I got back. I did not slow down again until I got home. After about 2 days in Texas with my bed, good food and my family I was feeling much better!
Martin and I had a great time in Texas! It was SO good to spend time with my family and friends. Of course, I don't feel like I got to spend enough time with people, but I guess that will always be the case when you are traveling. But, it was a blessing to be home! I spent a lot of time with my parents and my brothers, Yvette and David. I think by the end of the trip, David definitely remembered who his Aunt B was and I'm sure he's missing me like crazy already. :) We did lots of wedding planning and got to celebrate David's first birthday with him, so that was special.
The plane ride back to DK was great! It went by so fast (probably because I slept the whole way) and we had no complications until we got to Hamburg and one of my bags wasn't there. I'm still waiting on that one to show up, but hopefully it will come today. It didn't really phase me because last year I learned a lesson about that. :)
It was a good feeling getting back to DK yesterday. I was just thinking about what a blessing it is that I feel like Texas is my home and I can't wait to get there, but I also feel like Denmark is my home now. I got excited driving in and settling in my apartment yesterday. We were greeting with a bright sunny ski, cold, crisp weather and snow on the ground. It was perfect! Coming back to school today was also refreshing. I really missed seeing everyone, so it was good to be back.
It's definitely the time of year where Martin and I will have to start making plans for next year because of all our paperwork that has to go through to make it legal for us to live in other countries. Please pray that God will present opportunities for us wherever we are supposed to be next year. It's hard being away from home, but we just want to be exactly where the Lord calls us, no matter where that is. We are still waiting to hear whether or not he will be graduating early, but we know for sure that we will be coming back to Denmark after the wedding, we just don't know for how long. So we're asking for your prayers that God will speak to us clearly about our future and that we will be faithful in the meantime to what he has called us to.
Please also pray for our new Leadership with the teenagers that is starting now. It's quite different going from someone who just works along side the teens to being someone in charge and this is an area that we really want God's heart for. We want our hearts to be stirred up for these kids to really be radical life changers and fall more deeply in love with God. Please pray that we can be the leaders we need to be, which that is being desperate for Jesus.
More updates with pictures soon to come. You can find pictures from China on my facebook.
The trip to China was amazing. Thank you so much for all your prayers and encouragement for our trip. The Lord went ahead of us and prepared the hearts of so many people. I learned not to put boundaries on what you think the Lord will do because he's always got much more in store when you are walking in faith! I was able to teach an English class at a Sports University for students who were just beginning to learn English and it was a blast. We also did some sports camps, English corners, Earthquake relief work and helped to encourage other believers who were living there. I have a heart for another part of the world that I never thought much about before. God is doing amazing things there and I just pray for more!
I was pretty much sick the two weeks between China and Texas. The jet lag was worse than ever, and I was exhausted and had a cold plus I started right away with a very busy schedule the day after I got back. I did not slow down again until I got home. After about 2 days in Texas with my bed, good food and my family I was feeling much better!
Martin and I had a great time in Texas! It was SO good to spend time with my family and friends. Of course, I don't feel like I got to spend enough time with people, but I guess that will always be the case when you are traveling. But, it was a blessing to be home! I spent a lot of time with my parents and my brothers, Yvette and David. I think by the end of the trip, David definitely remembered who his Aunt B was and I'm sure he's missing me like crazy already. :) We did lots of wedding planning and got to celebrate David's first birthday with him, so that was special.
The plane ride back to DK was great! It went by so fast (probably because I slept the whole way) and we had no complications until we got to Hamburg and one of my bags wasn't there. I'm still waiting on that one to show up, but hopefully it will come today. It didn't really phase me because last year I learned a lesson about that. :)
It was a good feeling getting back to DK yesterday. I was just thinking about what a blessing it is that I feel like Texas is my home and I can't wait to get there, but I also feel like Denmark is my home now. I got excited driving in and settling in my apartment yesterday. We were greeting with a bright sunny ski, cold, crisp weather and snow on the ground. It was perfect! Coming back to school today was also refreshing. I really missed seeing everyone, so it was good to be back.
It's definitely the time of year where Martin and I will have to start making plans for next year because of all our paperwork that has to go through to make it legal for us to live in other countries. Please pray that God will present opportunities for us wherever we are supposed to be next year. It's hard being away from home, but we just want to be exactly where the Lord calls us, no matter where that is. We are still waiting to hear whether or not he will be graduating early, but we know for sure that we will be coming back to Denmark after the wedding, we just don't know for how long. So we're asking for your prayers that God will speak to us clearly about our future and that we will be faithful in the meantime to what he has called us to.
Please also pray for our new Leadership with the teenagers that is starting now. It's quite different going from someone who just works along side the teens to being someone in charge and this is an area that we really want God's heart for. We want our hearts to be stirred up for these kids to really be radical life changers and fall more deeply in love with God. Please pray that we can be the leaders we need to be, which that is being desperate for Jesus.
More updates with pictures soon to come. You can find pictures from China on my facebook.
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