Bye Greece!

by hanna on December 13th, 2008

Friends, it’s time to say goodbye Greece. I cannot express how grateful I am for the almost two years God gave me in Thessaloniki. Too see a church be borne and to be a part of that family has truly been a journey of love.

Jana & me

But maybe the greatest thing has been to get to know my Heavenly Father more, His love for me has kept me through the rough days and has been my joy, even when circumstances seemed difficult! All I want is to know Him deeper. I believe He wants me to continue my travel adventure with Him. Again He’s giving me a chance to get more in depth with His word- in Australia! On January the 24th I’m off to Sydney study at Hillsong Leadership College, the worship stream. It’s nor cheap and finances has been a concern for me. Also parts of my family in Sweden is going through a hard season in life right now and it has been weighing me down.

So in the last couple of weeks I started loosing courage, thinking maybe I heard wrong. But the Lord then reminded me; “I told you we are going to the other side!”. Since Australia literally is on the other side of the world and just having studying the story in Matthew chapter 14, when Jesus told the disciples to ahead of him to the other side of the lake, I started to act on the words I believed I had. And this past week things really started to come together. I found a ticket for a reasonable price and got my visa 30 s after applying on-line, although Hillsong college and the travel agency had warned me an said it might take 2-3 months to get the visa! Also I got permission to let out my apartment (3rd year), this after my landlord clearly said no when I first asked.

I’m excited to see what the Lord has for me next.

From now on Annika and Amy are going to run this blogg. I look forward to being able to read about what the Lors is gonna do in Thessaloniki in the future!

Thank you those of you who has supported me in prayer and by giving me you love offerings! You are a part of all that God has done and is going to do in Greece!

And thank you for the wonderful surprise goodbye party! I will NOT forget the body surfing or the beautiful theater play you wrote Peggy! You guys are my friends 4-ever! I love you!