The last time i blogged i was writing about following your heart, and just about not being sure of what to do after DTS. Well, guess what, God has put a desire in my heart to staff DTS in Chiang Rai for the next couple of years, so thats exactly what i'm gonna do! I'm SO excited and i can't wait to go back and see all of my friends there again! I'm probably going to stay with my amazing friends Graycie and Eunice during my training period, which will be 2 months before school starts. Its going to be SWEET!!
I will be leaving "home sweet home" sometime in October, and be back sometime next summer. My bestfriend Berit is going to get married then, and i got the privilege of being her maid of honour! So i kinda have to be back before then hehe:) I have known her since we punished kindergarden and we have been bestfriends since ages ago! She and her fiancee is actually gonna visit me while i'm in Thailand and i'm really looking forward to it!
My time back here in Norway has been really good. I was abit worried about how it would go with my relationship with God when i got home. Would he continue to speak like He did at DTS? I didn't even have to worry. God's promises NEVER changes, and He has been so faithful to me. What an amazing promise Jesus has given us in John 15:5
"Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing". I love having my quite times with Him and He has always encouraged me when i needed to be encouraged, either through His word, through friends and family, or even through giving me peace in the midst of troubles. I have learned how important it is to nurture my relationship with God, cuz i see that fruit are being produced in my life. God has helped me dealing with so many things that i couldn't deal with before, He has helped me to look at things from his view and to love people like He loves them. He gave me the boldness to pray for my moms hurting feet and my dads knee, and they both got better! For the first time in my life i got to pray out loud for my parents! God is good!!
Another thing that has happened lately is that God blessed me with an AMAZING boyfriend! God directed our paths and brought us both to Chiang Rai to do a DTS there. His name is Shane Matthew Beckingham AKA Mr. Sweet McGregor AKA Mr. Sud Yat ("kjært barn har mange navn" hehe! For all you english speakers, i'm sorry but i don't know how to translate that, you probably have the same prov
erb in english tho), and he's from Perth, Australia. He is really an
awesome guy, and i am incredibly blessed to have him in my life. Its funny how it all came to pass. Things didn't start to happen until at the very end of DTS, though we were on different outreach teams that didn't hinder us to get to know each other even more. Mobile phone is a funny little thing... But we both felt it was a blessing from God that he placed us in different teams. After outreach we only had a week to spend together, but that one week was really good! I got to see his family and also his friend Ryan, who all came for our grad.
Basically things are going great, and i feel like i'm on the path that God wants me to be in. I can't wait to see what He has for me during the next years to come. For all of you around the world praying for me, from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU!
Love, Kim/Kimster/Kimie/Kimberly/Kimbo (just A FEW nicknames i got during DTS haha! I LOVE IT!)
God bless you guys.
