torsdag, maj 31, 2007
Min mest elskede ven - My most beloved friend
onsdag, maj 30, 2007
Sam
fredag, maj 25, 2007
3 X konferencer - 3 X conferences
at møde gamle venner
at få ny venner
at spille Ligretto næsten hver aften
at svømme med Miriam og Marcus
at sludre med Hanne
at være sammen med min familie (far, Hanna, M&M)
at få god bibelundervisning
at nogle havde skåret grøntsagerne ud for en hver dag i 15 dage
at lære mine nye kolleger lidt bedre at kende
og tusind andre ting
En af de ting, der virkelig rørte mig var at være sammen med så mange mennesker, der bringer store ofre for at Europas børn skal lære Gud at kende. Nogle er langt væk fra deres kære, andre arbejder under ekstreme forhold, nogle lever næsten af "vand og brød" og andre i visse lande sætter faktisk deres liv på spil HVER DAG for at kunne pege på Gud. Og så kan man ikke lade være med at ryste på hovedet over den meget fremherskende holdning blandt kristne i Danmark for øjeblikket om, at vi ikke skal stikke næserne alt for langt frem og fortælle, hvad vi tror på. At vi blot skal nøjes med at vise vores tro i handling. Det er fint og rigtigt at vise sin tro i handling, men det er blot PRÆevangelisation. Hvis vi aldrig fortæller om de gode nyheder om Jesus Kristus, så vil vi blot nøjes med at PRÆ-ge vores omgivelser - aldrig forandre dem.
Hanne fortæller røverhistorier til M&M
Hanne tells stories to M&M
Hanne og jeg lufter vores nye sommersko købt for meget få Euro
Hanne and I showing of in our new summer shoes
Have been sitting and looking at all my pictures from the past 15 days in Germany where I attended three conferences with colleagues from all over Europe and beyond. And I simply want to put all my pictures on the blog (but will spare you...) Because it was some wonderful days. It was wonderful to
meet old friends
get new friends
play Ligretto almost every night
swim with Miriam and Marcus
chat with Hanne
be with my family (Dad, Hanna, M&M)
recieve good Bible teaching
that someone cut the vegetables for me every day for 15 days.
to get to know my new colleagues a bit more
and a thousand other things
One of the things that really toughed me was being with so many people who makes so many sacrifices so that the children of Europe can get to know God. Some work far away from their loved ones. Others work under extreme circumstances. Some have very little to live on and others in certain countries actually put their live at stake every day in order to able to share about God. And it makes me sad when I compare this to the very common view amongst Danish Christians at present that we should not tell about God but only show him through our actions. It is very good to show our faith in action but that is only PRE-evangelization and if we only do that and never share the Good News we are in great danger of only imPREssing people - not lead them to a changing faith.
fredag, maj 11, 2007
Lederkonference - Leadership Conference
'Wow, is it that complicated to leave to become a missionary in another country?' This was probably my first thought here at this leadership conference in Germany where we amongst many other things has had teaching about how to move to another country as a misisonary and how to adapt. Now we are also having teaching about how to interact in a mulitcultural team. First I felt quite overwhelmed about all the horrible psycological phases that I apparently will have to go through. It seemed to me like I was heading towards years of misery. But then I heard from some people, that it was actually a help to know what will happend to accept it much easier. And I already feel much better about the whole thing. I realice that I have tried to deny thinking about how hard it is going to be but now I dare to look at it with more open eyes. So that's a start. Right now I am in the leaving phase and actually I had already started doing some of things by myself that is really good and healthy in order to leave the country in a good way. So that was encouraging. Apparently I am quite normal :-)