Drømte mig en drøm - I had a dream

I nat drømte jeg en mærkelig drøm... Jeg gik på et opfriskningskursus i standarddans (schweizere er ret vilde med standarddans), men pludselig blev kurset forvandlet til min børneklub, og pludselig kom en af de høje herrer fra EB Europa ind i billedet. (Jeg ved ikke, om han kom pga standarddansen eller børneklubben.) Jeg fortalte ham om mine frustrationer med at finde en online bibelskole, og han sagde: "Jamen, jeg kan da hjælpe dig! Se her! Check denne web-adresse ud!" Og så viste han mig en webadresse.

Herefter vågnede jeg. Først tænkte jeg ikke mere på det, men så tænkte jeg: "Hvad nu hvis...". Jeg tændte computeren og tastede webadressen ind.... Og kom frem til en hjemmeside, der solgte løbesko. Og hvad er så meningen med det? (Udover at jeg faktisk burde købe et par nye løbesko...)

Last night I had the funniest dream. First I was at a refreshers course in ballroom dancing. (Apparently the swizz people looove ballroom dancing so I want to take that up again, by the way.) Then the course turned into my Good News Club and then one of the big leaders in CEF Europe came into the dream. (I don't know if he came for the ballroom dancing or the Good News Club.) Well, I took the opportunity to tell him about my difficulties of finding a good online Bible course and he said, 'Well, no problem. I can help you. Look this internet address up!'

Then I woke up and first thought nothing of it, but then I started thinking, 'What if???' So I turned on the computer and looked up the address... And it turned out to be a page that sells running shoes... So... What the meaning??? (Except, I actually need new running shoes...)

Fredfyldt forvirring - Peaceful confusion

Der er en del forvirrende ting i mit liv lige nu:

- Jeg skulle på bibelskole september-december men det blev aflyst, så nu må jeg tage mine bibelstudier online.
- Jeg har først arbejdstilladelse i Schweiz fra januar men har udlejet min lejlighed fra oktober.
- Jeg kan ikke finde et bibelstudie online, som giver mig det, jeg har brug for.
- Jeg har ansøgt om at komme på et kort lederkursus i Ungarn i starten af oktober, men har ikke fået svar.

Alt i alt: Temmelig meget kaos!
Vil sætte pris på jeres forbøn for, at Guds løsning må træde i værk.

There seems to be a lot of confusing things in my life at the moment:

- I should have been to Bible School in September but it was cancelled so now I have to do my Bible studies online instead.
- I only have work permit in Switzerland from January but I have rented out my apartment from October.
- I can't find an online Bible course that fits my needs.
- I have applied to a short leadership course in Hungary in October but have not got a reply.

Altogether: A lot of chaos!
I would really appriciate your prayers for God's solutions to take place!

Så fik vi Lea tilbage! - Finally we got Lea back!

I morges brød jeg mit ferie-løfte: Ikke at sætte vækkeuret i alle mine tre ugers ferie. Men som sagt: I morges MÅTTE jeg bare bryde det, for min gode veninde Lea skulle lande i lufthavnen efter et år i Sudan som læge. Hvor er det godt at have hende tilbage i god behold! Hun lignede sig selv, men mon ikke der alligevel er noget, der er forandret efter et år i et borgerkrigshærget land?

Jeg glæder mig til at tale mere med dig, Lea og byder gerne på en brunch, så snart du er "landet" rigtigt.

This morning I broke my holiday resolution: Not to set my alarm clock for my entire 3 weeks holiday. But today I had to set it because my wonderful friend Lea was returning from Sudan and we wanted to meet her in the airport. She has spend a year there working as a doctor. How good it is to have her back in one piece. She looked like her good old self but I guess that some things have changed after being in a country that are in the middle of a civil war.

I look forward to spend more time with you again, Lea, and would love to invite you out for a brunch whenever you are ready!

Det er den slags matematik, vi ka' li! - That's the math we like!

Igår mødte jeg et gammelt børneklub-barn, der nu er blevet teenager. Hun fortalte, at hun havde fortalt sin lille kusine om at tro, og at kusinen med det samme havde taget imod Jesus.

Der er nogen, der har sagt, at når man fortæller børn om Jesus, så starter man en gange-tabel, fordi de fortæller det videre og videre.

Og selv om jeg engang var en passioneret matematiklærer, så vil jeg nu sige, at det er denne slags matematik, jeg især elsker!

Yesterday I met an old Good News Club child. She is now in her teens. She told me that she had told her little cousin about her faith and the cousin had received Christ immidiately.

Someone once said that when you reach children you start a multiplication proces because they continue to tell others about Christ.

And even if I once was a very passionated math-teacher I must say that THIS is the kind of mathematic, I looove!

Buholo går til filmen - Buholo makes it to the movies

Jeg har mange tossede veninder, men Buholo slår dem alle!

Og i forgårs lykkedes det hende at få mig overtalt til at medvirke i en kortfilm, som hun igår skulle lave for at deltage i en film-konkurrence i København. På en eller anden måde endte jeg med hovedrollen og kom i mange mærkelige situationer igår - kan dog desværre ikke røbe noget, da konkurrencen stadig kører.

Håber, at du vinder, Buholo. Men jeg har altså ikke tid til at tage med dig til Holywood - jeg skal snart til Schweiz!

I have many crazy friends but Buholo beats them all!

Thursday she persuated me to act in a short movie that she was making Friday for a competition that is taking place at the moment in Copenhagen. Somehow I ended up as the main character and suddenly saw myself in many strange situations yesterday - but I can't reveal anything since the competition is still running.

I hope you win, Buholo. But I can't join you in Holywood - I am soon moving to Switzerland!

En rørende aften - A touching evening

Bare lige et lille minde fra sommerlejren, som stadig sidder i mig.

Den sidste aften skulle vi som alle aftener have aftenandagt med lovsang for de store børn. Det var Ida, der skulle lede aftenen, men få minutter inden start, kommer hun i fuld fart over til mig og siger, at jeg må overtage aftenen, da der er en lille pige, der har låst sig inde på toilettet og græder. Jeg går ind og finder lovsangsgruppen, som venter på besked om, hvad de skal spille. Det overlader jeg trygt til dem at finde ud af, og aftenen går igang.

Og nu kommer det smukke: Som aftenen går, bliver det de unge ledere mellem 14-18 år, der styrer aftenen. To finder sange, en holder andagt, en anden styrer lovsangen som om han ikke havde bestilt andet det sidste år, et par stykker rådgiver børn, nogle synes, at det er tid til et eftermøde. Og det hele foregår i en gudgiven ro. Og jeg læner mig trygt tilbage og ser det hele ske. Her står alle disse dejlige teenagere og tjener Gud. Jeg har kendt dem alle, siden de var børn. Jeg har tjent Gud sammen med dem på Teens To Children, og nu står de her og styrer det hele.
I bagklogskabens lys tænker jeg, at det havde været mere logisk, at jeg havde hjulpet pigen på toilettet og Ida havde ledt mødet som planlagt. Men jeg tror, at Gud havde denne oplevelse i baghånden til mig. Det var en dejlig måde at sige farvel til min sidste børnelejr, inden jeg snart rejser til Schweiz.

Just a wee memory from camp last week that I can't forget.

It was the last evening and time for the last devotional meeting for the older children. Ida was supposed to lead the whole thing but a few minutes before, she hurried up to me and told me to take over the meeting since she had to help a little girl that had locked herself into one of the toilets.
I went into the hall only to realize that the worship team were waiting for Ida to tell them which songs to sing. I handed over that responsibility to them!

And then the beautiful thing started to happen in front of my eyes. All those young helpers at camp, age 14-18 took over! Some found songs, another had a devotion, two counselled children, one was leading the worship like he had been doing so for years and so on. And I could just lean back and watch it all! How wonderful to watch all these young people whom I have known since they were children. We have all served together at Teens To Children too and now they were ready to take over.

Looking back on the whole evening I think it would have made more sense if I had fixed the toilet problem and Ida had been leading the evening as planned but I think this was a special gift from God to me. Because it was such a wonderful ending to my last summer camp in Denmark before soon leaving to go to Switzerland.

En hyldest til Minnie - A tribute to Minnie

Mens vi var på børnelejr, fik vi besked om, at Minnie Eskelund var gået hjem til Jesus. Minnie startede Evangelisk Børnemission i Danmark for tres år siden. De sidste mange måneder var Minnie syg, og Henry passede hende trofast.

Jeg har mange dejlige minder om Minnie!
Det første går helt tilbage til en solskinsdag i 1976. Vi sidder i haven, og Minnie serverer Fanta med vanilieis i under stor glæde, mens hun underholder alle ved bordet.

Et andet stærkt minde er fra kort efter, at jeg startede på fuld tid i EB. Vi var på en konference, og Minnie skulle undervise om bøn. At se og lytte til denne bønnekæmpe var en meget stærk oplevelse, jeg nok aldrig glemmer. Der var så stor vægt og autoritet i hendes ord.

Jeg husker også en gang i børneklub, hvor jeg var igang med at fortælle vores missionshistorie om Minnies liv. Da jeg fortalte om, hvordan Minnie som barn tog imod Jesus i sit liv, stoppede en af pigerne med at lytte til mig og tog på stedet imod Jesus.

Mit sidste minde er fra ugen før Minnies død. Jeg besøgte hende på hospitalet. Der lå et skrøbeligt legeme men stadig en stærk ånd og sjæl. Minnie stillede spørgsmål, der vidnede om, at hun stadig fulgte med i mit liv. Hun fortalte om den bog, hun havde ligget og læst i samme morgen. Jeg måtte endnu engang forbløffes over, at man kan være syg med så stor værdighed!
Minnie blev 92 år.

Tak Gud, fordi du sendte Minnie til os!


While we were at camp we got the sad news that Minnie Eskelund had been taken home to be with the Lord. Minnie was the founder of CEF in Denmark 60 years ago. The past months, Minnie was really ill and her husband Henry took faithfully care of her.

I have many fond memories of Minnie.

The first one is dated back to 1976. We were sitting in her garden and she was joyfully serving us Fanta with vanilla ice cream in it (try it - it's good!) while entertaining everyone at the table.

My next memory is after I joined CEF as a full time worker. We were at a conference and Minnie was speaking about prayer. And to watch this old prayer warrior talk had an impressive impact on me. She had so much power and authority behind her words.

Another memory is from one time in my Good News Club where I was telling the mission story of Minnie's life to the children. After sharing about Minnie's conversion as a child one of the children stopped listening to me and asked Jesus into her life.

My last memory is from the week before Minnie left us to be with the Lord. I visited her at the hospital and her body was so weak and fragile yet her spirit and personality was as strong as ever. She asked me questions that showed me how she was still keeping herself updated on my life. She shared we me about the book she had been reading that morning. (We both love novels.) And once again I was surprised to see the way she was carrying her illness with so much dignity.

Minnie became 92 years old.

Thank you, God, for sending Minnie to us!

Børnelejr - Children camp

Så er jeg vel hjemme efter lejr og er nu ved at dukke op til overfladen - "virkelig vågen"- overfladen.

Vi havde som altid en fantastisk lejr.

Vejret var strålende!

Lederteamet var helt fantastisk - jeg elsker jer!

Og børnene var bemærkelsesværdige velopdragne (ihvertfald de fleste af dem...)

Og min med-lejrchef Ida var også en rigtig god oplevelse. Det er første gang, at jeg har arbejdet sammen med en, der ligner mig selv så meget. Lidt skræmmende - for så får man jo alt, om man gerne vil have det. Det kan bestemt ikke være sundt i længden. Men for en enkelt uge var det nu skønt.

Da jeg sad og kiggede på fotos bagefter, fik jeg næsten lyst til at være 16-18 år igen og være hjælpeleder (også kun næsten). Jeg tror måske næsten, at det er dem, der har det allersjovest på lejren. Se selv billederne...

Home again after a wonderful summer camp. And now I am finally really awake again and ready to update my blog...

We had a wonderful camp!

The weather was wonderful.

The staff were fantastic - I love U!

And the children were surprisingly well behaved (welll, most of them...).

And my co-camp-director Ida and I also had a wonderful fellowship. Actually, I don't think I have ever worked with anyone so like myself before. Quite nice, I must say, because then you get everything as you like them to be. Can't be healthy for your ego in the long run but for a week it was quite nice, I must admit.

Looking at the pictures afterwards I started to envy the young teen helpers. 'Cause they seem to have had the most fun. Take a look at the pictures yourself...

Hvis jeg var en Simpson... - If I was a Simpson

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If I was a Simpson then I would look like this according to the webpage Simpsonizeme who analyzed the picture from my blog profile. And I just thought I would tell you that in case you need the information...