White flowers and songbirds.

as i walked home from a lovely party which consisted of me learning Norwegian, eating a lot of cakes, and socializing with both old friends and people i had just met i walked down the streets of skien back to my home... the base. one of the many simplicities i love about norway... all the walking. the amount of time i am able to use to walk to the places i need to go is such a blessing. so as i walked home last night Papa (God) kept on highlighting and showing me white flowers. i picked a couple, smelt a couple, and danced my way back home. it was such a beautiful time to bond with my Daddy and hear Him speak. as i picked or smelt the white flowers i was reminded of my purity and how He deems me as "clean." i have lived many years believing the lie that i was dirty. i don't believe i was fully aware of this lie but looking back and reflecting i see the control it had on me. i wasn't free... i was locked in a cage. i have been listening to a song entitled, "cagebreak" and i love how in the song it says, "hey little bird, hey little bird you weren't meant to live in a cage, you were born to fly." this lie of dirtiness was brought to light and to hear the words from my Father "you are clean" was and is so precious. i don't have to be trapped in these lies... i was made to fly. so i release what could easily entangle and deprive me of His love and choose to believe
i was made to soar.
i was made to sing.
i was made to color outside the lines... be limitless in where i go.
i was made to speak of the freedom i find by receiving from Him.




dancing in a field in Hamar, Norway. my freedom cry.



Heihei!!!

Fint å treffe deg... Nice to meet you! Here is one Norwegian phrase I have learned while being here!! Practice up!

I thought I would also share a picture of what my base looks like from the outside... at least the sign for UiO (Ungdom i Oppdrag) Youth With a Mission.

I will be gone the next ten days going to Stavern for Gofest which is a festival mainly for YWAM families and their friends and DTS staff training at Grimerud (another YWAM base.) I will be helping serve in any way possible at the festival and also listen to messages and spend time with my family here in Norway. Who knows what will come for my time at the DTS staff training. I am so eager to go to both places and take in more of the Norwegian culture in the east.

Please pray for the people to be touched at the festival and for passions to be heightened. Pray for an increase of faith and a fresh wind of revelation on obedience.
Please be praying for diligence in my time management as well as planning out goals and expectations for my time as staff. Pray for my heart to continue to be softened and have compassion and understanding for my team. Pray for the bond of peace to prevail in our unity for our DTS staff here at Skien.

Thank you so much.
Oh and please pray I would learn the language speedily!

Psalm 19:7

i am in SKIEN NORWAY.


i have been in norway for two days immensely blessed by Papa’s tenderness, love, and graciousness.


i had the amazing opportunity to talk with a man by the name of Edward who sings blues with his band all over the U.S. and all over Europe. i was sitting next to him on my airplane ride from chicago to stockholm and i was able to share why i was hoisting a 33 pound carry-on into the baggage compartment. i told him i was heading to norway for 10 months (this made more sense as i was also carrying around my baby blue winter jacket) and told him how my time in Skien would entail me being a leader at a missions school. i was excited as he said, "God does lead us to mysterious places." i nodded my head with much enthusiamsm and went on to say i read a beautiful passage of scripture this morning. he took out his nook contraption and went to the king james version link. he went on to read Psalm 16 and then bookmarked it saying, “i have to remember this.” i was so encouraged because my friend claire and i had decided to start memorizing this psalm as we were driving to the airport. my favorite part of the psalm is when David says, "The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance."


yes we have beautiful inheritances in being His children and having Him as our chosen portion. i am here in Norway soaking up what i have so dearly and simply missed. i am so honored to be going to the mountain with my Papa. there is no good apart from Him and so i choose to follow His voice, His footsteps, and His light.


i feel the Lord saying i have chosen the good part. i am choosing to equip myself with the Word... to cling to it so i can continue to have experiences similar to Edward’s. the Word comes alive as i sit and read it in quiet time and then as Papa gives me opportune times to share it with people around me.
the Word.
this adventure.
the provision.
my brothers and sisters… the body.
this is my beautiful inheritance.

I am going to the mountain with my Papa.
He has provided in so many ways that I will later share about.
So I step into this journey eager, expectant, inspired, and confident in His love, grace, and peace.