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Some Photos of the Gallery/ Cafe where  we'll be working in Mexico

 and the surrounding area of Colima!

outreach announcement!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Today I am especially thankful because this morning we learned where we are going on our outreach From March 7 to May 1.  I am going to......Mexico!  A little ironic, I know.   When we were asked to write down our top three choices I felt like God wanted me to put Mexico down, but of course I thought it would be more exciting to go to Austria or France so I put Mexico as my third choice.  But God still got his way :) When I found out I was actually  really excited.  I feel like he has been preparing my heart to go there and I even feel like he's been giving me a heart for the spanish people and culture. I am really excited for the work we'll be doing there too. We will be spending a lot of time in Colima where we'll be working with a cafe and art gallery ministry.  It is run by Mauricio Palacio and his wife. He was the first teacher we had during creative week this year and they are amazing. I'm really excited to learn more from them and see their ministry first hand.  We'll also be traveling to other parts of mexico (still undecided but probably Guadalajara) and hopefully be woking in orphanages and with the homeless.  It will be so nice to be in a warm country where they have food with taste, and did i mention we'll be near the ocean! Once again i realize how spoiled I am.  There are 10 people on our team and two are actually from mexico, which will be very helpful.  I am hoping to brush up on my spanish before I go! 5 are from Europe and it's really fun to see their excitement to go to this exotic country! And then there are 2 americans (myself included) and 1 canadian. I would love your prayers in the next few months as I prepare to go. It's going to be an amazing and challenging time, I already know that.

love from Norge.

HELP!

So, I'm going to do this again at the risk of looking really desperate,

My last payment to YWAM is due on December 1st and I am still in need of $2,500  I know it sounds crazy, but if there's anything I've learned so far it's that God is BIG and he can do anything!  And to be honest I am really excited to see a miracle happen here! So, If anything in you makes you feel like you want to help me out here, I will love you so much! (Just kidding, I will love you even if you don't give me money!)  I have to admit, I really hate asking for money, but I think God is always asking us to do things we really don't want to do. Luckily he always knows whats best :)


Now for a few photos...

they said this dts was 9 months right?

just kidding! My small group decided to dress up as frazzled pregnant women last week. Pretty convincing huh?

Almost all of the girls decided to sign the 3 week "no makeup pact" haha, it's been very liberating!

explore journal.

where I...explore

catch up time.

So it's been a while since I've posted on here. Sorry about that. Here's what you missed...

First there was love feast, basically an awesome party that the staff put on for us with the theme of Robin hood. I had to dress us as a warthog which I think really suited me.
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During creative week we worked on sculptures and installations in groups.  Here's the outside of ours, haha. You can't really understand it without standing inside it. sorry.

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Last week the fine art track went on our first mini-outreach to a small town called Elnesvågen.  We stayed at a church there and did many different things. We planned 3 services; one for the teens, one for young adults, and one for the regular Sunday congregation.  We also did things around town including: speaking at a high school and junior high, teaching at a kindergarten, and handing out free coffee downtown.  It was such an amazing time of being challenged and working together as a team.  We learned a lot about each other and each other's stories and this made such a difference as we worked together throughout the week.  It was so cool to have God help us out with all our planning and preparations through prayer and to see how he unified all of us through that.  One of the most exciting things that happened was on Friday when we arrived at the high school. When we arrived at the room where we were supposed to speak to the high schoolers, but no one showed up.  Instead we decided to move out into the hallway where they were all eating lunch! So we went and stood at the bottom of the stairs, told everyone to listen up and one of our girls, Caroline, shared her testimony right there.  It was really awesome to see these high schooler actually focused on what she was telling them about God! It was like they were actually grasping the depth of what she was saying. Another highlight was getting to pray for a homeless Romanian woman that I met while we were handing out coffee downtown.  She didn't speak english very well, but once Silvia and I started praying with her she began crying. It broke my heart.  Right after that we met a group of teenagers and had a much different experience.  One boy was so excited to talk about Texas and how he liked to go there to shoot things. We didn't give away much coffee, but at least we met some interesting people! The week ended with a spontaneous traditional Norwegian sunday dinner of Meatballs, sausage, potatoes, carrots, and brownies at one of the family's home that we met at the church. I came away from the week feeling more blessed than I ever expected!

on the ferry to Molde

poor guy. Our only boy.

the beautiful Norge sunsets

My painting during worship

the town of Molde