Welcome to 2011! I came back to Norway just in time to welcome in the New Year and to discover that the Norwegians like fireworks on New Year's Eve more than Americans do on Independence Day.
It has been wonderful to have a break and absorb what has happened since I arrived in Norway. God has shown me so much of His goodness while I have been here and the crazy thing is I know that there is more yet to come. Tomorrow I head off to the Grimerud YWAM base for Workers Gathering, which is where all of the YWAM bases in Norway gather together to hear about what YWAM is doing throughout Norway and send off the outreach teams. While I do not go on my main outreach for another three months, I am going to Scotland in six days for a two week, mini-outreach. Other teams from the DTS in Skien will be going to Austria, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, and Tromsø (which is a city in the north of Norway). I will tell you about my work and adventures in Scotland when I get back, but if you want to pray for my trip, please pray for favorable weather conditions for travel, protection, unity within the team, for a good connection to the people in the church that my team and I will be working with, and that God would give us the knowledge of how we can be a blessing to the people of Scotland.
I think that it is not too early to share with you the country where I will be going for my main outreach before I end this update. For my main outreach, I and seven other people will be going to the beautiful country of Ethiopia. As of the moment, I do not have a clear picture of what we will be doing in Ethiopia, but I will know more after mini-outreach. I think that it is better not to know everything now so that I can set my eyes on Scotland.
