La Sonya

Dreams could very possibly be coming true for me right now. I am not sure of my future, of what will happen tomorrow or even in two weeks. But of this I am confident, God has given all of us passions and desires. He gave them to us and if He gives them to us He will give them to us in full. I believe this with all my heart. This is God's Word on the subject: "As soon as Babylon's seventy years are up and not a day before, I'll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for . "When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I'll listen. "When you come looking for me, you'll find me. "Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I'll make sure you won't be disappointed ." God's Decree. "I'll turn things around for you. I'll ...

It´s a friday night and I am sitting here in my friend, Rocio´s flat in Tyrifjord, the Norwegian Adventist high school. It is so great being an Adventist. You really have family all over the world. I met Rocio at a conference in Oslo last September. She invited me out to the school any time I wanted to and by golly I have taken her up on that offer. So here I am with my relatively new friend making even more new friends :o) Can life get any better. . . I think not! I´ll take more pictures tomorrow but let me describe what I see around me. The school is on a peninsula and it´s beautiful here. The fjord is actually no longer a fjord but the 4th largest lake in Norway. At one point in time it was a fjord but a town a few kilometers away dammed it up or something and now it is a ginormous lake. There is a field between the two dorms where they play soccer. . . OH! Excuse me, football. Though there is lots of snow it has not dampened their spirits they still play on the snow giving the are...

"Hello, my name is Sonya and I drink tea." "Welcome Sonya." "I drink tea when I am happy, when I am down in the depths of despair, I drink it when it's gotten cold, when it comes with tapioca balls (bubble tea),I drink when I am not feeling well, when I am cold, when I am at work, when I am at the train station. I drink. . . I drink tea." I have always enjoyed a cup of tea here and there. It is warm and comes in many flavors. While in university I found that I enjoyed the flavor of coffee but not so much the side effects, it made me jittery and I talked even more than normal. So I suppose this is where it all started (except I do remember drinking Earl Grey in the mornings before I left the house while I was in high school). While I was living in Tchad my family drank tea every morning. In fact Ama wouldn't really let me leave unless I had my cup of tea and if by chance I missed my cup she would hold it for me to drink when I returned. In conversat...

How on earth do we listen to God? Right now I have no idea. Silent, I should be silent. Perhaps I am to loud in my heart, because I feel it screaming out to God for direction, help and answers. To know where and what God wants me . . . Something. Anything. I just want to plan out my life. I am sorry God. I shouldn’t rush ahead. I am not, am I? I don’t want to put you in a box I have always just let my imagination go. Is it wrong? Is that somehow limiting you? I feel lost right now. What to do? I don’t feel like I should stay here or go. I don’t feel anything. I don’t hear anything. I have so many things on my heart these days and on my mind. I have been wanting for awhile to put my thoughts down again but how can I put them on paper when I myself don’t even know what they are? Jacob wrestled with God he knew God had promised to make him a mighty nation and if his brother killed him in a fit of anger that God’s promises would not come true. While he was wrestling he grabbed hold of Go...

I wrote this while in Norway. Funny thing is it still mostly applies to my life. What about yours? Where. . . . . . will i go next? . . . is my place in life? . . . do i belong? . . . is God? . . . is the path that i am supposed to walk in? . . . is God's voice? . . . is the sun? . . . will i be in 6 months? . . . will i be in 5 years? Where does my help come from? I lift up my eyes to the hills— where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD watches over you— the LORD is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. Psalms 121