Outreach (english)

 The wonderful south east asian team has finally comed home from outreach now this week and brought us lots of stories and news from their time there. They had been working with a pastor family and an orpahidge and were truly touched by all the kids they had met in the slum in one of the big cities. The girl’s were exited for wearing sari’s and punjabi’s as you can see on the pictures, and dressed themselves in many beautiful colors. They had an experience of a lifetime, as they let God touch their hearts and getting to experience to be used for his kingdom. They also have been on prayertrecking where they prayed for an unreached peoplegroup, and hosting many open air meetings where they got the chance to share the gospel and many of the dramas they had learned during the fall in Norway. It was seven changed and touched youth that came home last monday.

Outreach (norwegian)

Det herlige sør-øst asia teamet har endelig kommet hjem fra outreach nå denne uken og hadde med seg masse historier og nyheter fra deres tid på outreach. De hadde jobbet med en pastorfamilie og et barnehjem den første måneden, og var helt klart rørt av alle barna de hadde jobbet med i en slum i en av storbyene. Jentene var ivrige etter å få lov til å bruke sari og punjabi som du kan se på bildene, og de kledde seg i mange forskjellige vakre farger. De har har hatt en opplevelse for livet, når de lot Gud røre hjertene deres og fikk lov til å oppleve å bli brukt for hans rike. De har også vært med på bønnevandring i en uke hvor de ba for et unådd folkeslag, og arrangere mange open-air møter hvor de fikk sjansen til å dele evangeliet og mange av de drama’ene de hadde på høsten på Skjærgårdsheimen. Det var syv forvandlede og rørte ungdommer som kom hjem sist mandag.

Testimondy by Catharina, 20 years old from Skien. (only in english)

I have been in south-east asia on my outreach, and the last week we got the chance to work in the slum in one of the largest cities there. One of the projects in that city was “the treasure house”. That’s a place where children that are begging on the street is allowed to come everyday from 10.00 am to 15.00pm. There, they first get a shower, then we washed their clothes, they learn how to pray and worship, and then they get their only sure meal in the day. They also have pre-school for children so they have the possibility to learn some english. All these children are kids that have parents who only drinks and their house is a box in the slum. And the children are only allowed home when they bring home money so the parents can buy alcohol, so these are kids that dont receive almost any love at all. So one of the days we met one of the streetchildren when the team where out in the city, and I held the one girl’s hand. And suddenly I couldnt find the rest of my team, and the little girl was gonna help me find them. So we ran to find them, and suddenly I stepped in some mud, so we stopped and it came another streetboy and he gave the girl some paper and she started to clean the mud off my feet. And another day we treated the children for ice cream, and the girl that helped me the other day sat on my lap and insisted on sharing here ice cream with me. That really touched my heart, that the girl that owned almost nothing, gave so much love to me and said she loved me. She showed me Jesus!