swedish fish.

Last week just about everyone from the base loaded up the vans for the 13 hour drive to Restenas, Sweden. The occassion was YWAM's 50th anniversary for the nordic and baltic nations including Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Latvia, and maybe a couple more that i can't remember.  There were a lot of sessions where we learned about what YWAM has done in the last 50 years, what they're doing now, and where God is taking them in the future.  I have to admit that it was a little difficult for me to sit through, being that I had only been a part of YWAM for 1 week. God still got my attention.  It's incredible the work that this organization does. First of all, no one gets paid. tens of thousands of full time missionaries relying on God to take care of all their finances. What an incredible test of faith. In one of the meetings we took an offering for the base where the event was held and raised 1 million swedish krone (about $150,000)  To pay off thier property debt.  This is in a room of about 400-500 people who don't get an "income". It was just an incredible faith builder for me. The fact that I still need $3,000 by January no longer worries me.  It's embarrassing how sometimes I forget that the creator of the universe takes care of me.

Ok, to be honest it's been a week since I started to write this post and I'm having a hard time finishing it so I'll just wrap up by saying Sweden was an adventure but I was so happy when we returned to Alesund. It's beginning to feel like home :)