Donetsk in sharka (heat)

I'm in Donetsk!

I've got a new bisyckle from Magne and Olga. It's pretty. In titan. An expensive one Magne got from a businessman in Norway or something. It's awesome. I can go everywhere with it! On all cracked trails.. In forests.. In narrow streets..  Everywhere! The roads are pretty "jumpy". So I suppose I'll probably get barren. But it's ok. It's worth it. I've allready considered that I will adopt all my kids anywy.

Earlyer I was afraid to get lost here in Donetsk. Now I really try hard to accually get lost. But wherever I ride, I see something I've seen before with Vicka or somebody else. The world is small. I like to be without handycaps!

By the way handycaps, I did my first bible-lesson in Russian yesterday. And the girls said they understood everything. Ofcourse they had to help me a lot. Especially Vicka is great. She knows my heart, and she knows the Lord pretty well also.

We have four girls altogether now. Two of them are very mature now. They'll both study at the word of life institute her in Donetsk from October. Two of them came this summer. They are cute, silent, very nice, but also very broken.. Their kids are the same.

-But u know what? Next sunday I'll get a roomie from Ywam in Kiev! Her name is Tanya, she'll serve with me for about a month. That's awesome! 'Cause Darina has taken a job in a company this year, and aren't able to serve in here daytime. But anyway, she's my friend of course. Thank God!

The center has got a new pretty garden, where we can barbeque shashlik, sing load in the evenings and play with the kids. We've got a lot of geese and heens. They are cool.  We'll eat them. They eat everything. and wakes up at 0500 o clock in the morning. Out next Next project will be to paint the wall. It will be beautiful.

Stay blessed! :D Hanne-Mari

22.8.10

Thoughts in the train about friendship…

I’ve spent some wonderful days in Kiev!  Being with Kiyomi is amazing! I love her!!!

Today I was with her at the goodbye-party for her friend Julie. Julie is an amazing girl. She came here tree years ago, to work and be a part of an international christian student-fellowship program in Kiev. Julie made friendship with them, between them, brought them to church and dicipeled them. Like Vicka, who is now leading teen challenge’s outreach-team.

 I met Julie last time I visited Kiev. Kiyomi was so sad, because she had to leave me for a retreat with the worship-group for one night. But no problem! Julie said ”I can hang out with your friend”. She did. Even though I had never met her before. We went for a walk.. Went climbing, but since it was mai 1 th, we went to visit her friends instead. I had such a good time with her! I didn’t expect such a warm including from somebody I would probably never meet again..

That’s what makes her so awesome! She knows how to love people unconditionally.. Non-profitally.. Voulentairy.. Without expecting anything back.

SO often we make friends with people because we want something.. People that might help us with something.. Make us look cool.. Give us the right conections, so we’ll succeed with business, or get married with the right one.. Or as among many of us christians, get a new soul to heaven and be able to bost a little on judgement day or in church on Sunday.

But Jesus calls us to just love. Like he did. He made friend with bandits, hyperactive fishermens.. prostitutes.. Criples.. He had nothing to get. Only to give. Because he gave his very everything,  he has billions of friends all over the world today. J

Nå sitter jeg igjen på flyet med retning Kiev, Ukraina.

Jeg har hatt en overakskende god sommer i Norge. Tjent penger, hatt ferie, tilbrakt tid med venner og familie. Syklet og løpt og flyttet jern. Og spist brunost og makrell i tomat hver dag. Litt brun har jeg blitt også, ikke takket være antall ferie dager med sol og bading, men takket være antall arbeidssdager med vedkasting og blåbærsanking på Trøgstad fort. TAKK GUD! (Og takk tante Anne og Onkel Morten for at jeg fikk tilbringe FIRE av helgene mine med dere!:)

På fredag var jeg i begravelse. Lørdag i bryllup. Søndag fikk jeg forbønn på OKS. Mandag fikk jeg ny PC. Tirsdag nytt kamera. Og i dag en ny mp3 spiller og en hyggelig avisomtale.

Jeg føler jeg har alt jeg trenger for å flytte til Ukraina nå. Dette til tross for at pappas fjøsvekt var noe unøyaktig, og at jeg etter meget strevsomme frustrerte søvnløse timer stod i innskjekkingen på Gardermoen med ELLEVE kilo bagasje. Jeg kunne hatt tyve. Men det værste var likevel.. Da min altforsnille pappa (som fulgte meg helt til sikkerhetskontrollen!) hjalp meg å putte alle de tunge bøkene mine over fra håndbagasjen til bagasjen, mens den snille mannen i innsjekkingsdesken smilte, kom pappa til å putte BIBELEN min i bagasjen!

Da jeg fant ut det, føltes det som om Guds nærvær hadde forsvunnet fra meg. Og det kan jeg ikke dra uten.:)