Stavanger Nostalagia

Having stayed in stavanger for these six months, it has become part of me. I have been involved in many things but mainly working with students at St.Olav,Hinna Skole, Kongsgård, st. svithun, University of Stavanger. I have also worked with the church youth Groups like Hillchill, and Fredheim.In all these I have been able to meet young people whose desire to know more about God has really impacted my life and created a hunger in me as well to love Him more and make Him Known.
But now the six months are over and I have to leave stavanger, oh I thouhgt about this company of friends that had become part of me, most of them it was now the time that i was begining to know them better and they were begining to open up and share their lives with me,to some they had began to share their free time with me and this is something am going to miss,others were begining to understand why I did all the things that I did with them, I mean the non Christians.. so leaving Stavanger at this point of time is a thing that if I had a choice i would not do!
But the fact that its our God who sets times and seasons, I embrace it as another season!...to be continued.

Febuary With God of Old Testament.

Febuary is a short months as many of know and although I knew this fact I never wanted it to go soon. But still it did, and all I can remember was that it was in this months that Stavanger recorded the Highest snow record since the 1940,s.
It was this months that Laget Office did its First Leadership Training in which over 30 young leaders were equiped with skills in Leadership.
It was this months that I saw God working in my life, challenging me to love him everyday than I have ever did, It was this month that had reflections in my life which i Think were from God, But first that Jesus was the best sacrifice that God could ever give which could substitute all the sacricifies that were, After reading the book of Lecticus I felt that Aaron and his sons had a bigger task and duty to do which non of our priests today would not carry, that is being in Gods presence morning-evening Everyday to interceed for a community of people who despite seeing the Hand of God remained to be Admant before their Leaders.
Secondly this months brought a thing in my life that i have never thought about,i.e thought about christianity and God, I thought about life of Christians today and then reflected about the God of Old Testament or we can call Him God of the Bible.
Then I realised that some of Us today we live just 'Organised lives' with in the Christian community where we avoid the 'Don'ts' and do the 'Do's' that the christian community sets for us. Then end result is that many people live in the Christianity community but without a relationship to the God of the Bible. I felt there is a need for me to live in fear of this God of the Old Testament who never entertained any uncleaniness or sin rather than living an 'oragainsed life' in the Church. Organised lives frustrates because I think its a life of Pretense,its living a pleasing life, where we are inclined to think that we can win Gods favour by our Good works and by our Do's. Think through your life also because I thought about Mine!.

The New year so far!!

The year so far is good and promising the best, am still stick to my resolutions and focused, the student ministry is exciting and I enjoy every day that passes as if if it was my last day on plannet. I desire to grow in the Knowldge of his word every day and I feel empty of Him every day. I long to see my 'bucket' full of Him. Stavanger is now like my home town Ibanda, I have friends who are concerned with what is going on in my life and this has kept me Focused even when it has been Cold I have found warmth in them andencouragement in the Lord.
Working among the students I now feel is the best that one can offer to the nation.
One student transformed is a nation transformed. This is my passion that keeps me going even when the odds show up,I rejoice and glory in the hope that one student will be transformed.. I am now in the school of Leviticus, and happy about what am learning there,the school has helped me understand why christ came, poor Aaron and his Sons they paid a big price for the nation of Israel.
Every time I feel slackness in doing Gods work I will always think of Aaron and his sons who offered sacrifices in Gods presence Morning evening everyday yet without getting tired. Am still pressing on to this year like Paul,pressing on to the Goal.

Impulse 2010

It was as big as Commisson Kenya and about 2500 people attended majority teneegers.
On they first night close to one hundred young people gave their lives to JESUS CHRIST. Impulse 2010 was under theme 'En Større Historie' that is One Big History.
The organisation was people friendly, all groups of people were there to make sure the spiritual needs of people were meet. Prayer, worship, exbition,seminars, were among other things thatImpulse offered. The High for Me was a sharing which was translated for me and the preacher,christopher shared his spiritual state as a young man as he wondered which denomination was right. he used this as an excuse not to be a christian. Using Mathew 22, he said many of us like pharasees at jesus' time know what is right but still we testing Jesus. His sharing, caused emotional tears among young people as I watched many embracing each other and crying! after the sharing.
Many stood in a que crying waiting to be prayed for, indeed Gods presence visited the young people.Not to be forgotten was the social reaction of the Teeneger! they offered clothes to help people that dont have and wrote to the Government( 2500 letter!) sugguesting that Norway should increase its donations to help other poor countries. Letters were collected and every week about 5letters are to be sent to the Government.

My Skieing Experience

It was on 15th Jan and we travelled to the south to a place called Lilleland, I had always had about skieing, this time I was looking forward to an experience.
Where we wewe to skie,it was a mountain and snowing,the day after we travelled to Sinness,which is about two lilland.I had always heard a phrase that Norwegians are born with skies on their feet. So I proved this when they told me to put on my skies, for it was time to skie. It was hard for me to do til someone well wisher assisted me. They asked me whether i wanted to go for cross country skieing or downhill but i didnt know the difference, i was their to follow they majority. so we went for cross country. it was easy at first on a flat scape until when we got to gentlesloping and climbing scapes that skieing became what it is. After about 3 hours of skieing, i still needed more one more hour to skie.
To cut the story short, i fall on slopes as i couldnot maintain the balance, the hills were hard to climb with skies on my feet!!
I strained my leg and for about a week i had to give up puting on shoes( in winter!) but those who asked me how was skieing i always said it was fun.

Never walk alone

Crossing The Culture,

I was from work very tired and reaching home I found Finn my collegue in the aprtment at home,Realising i was abit hungry he offered me slimps! aaha i laughed at him because i vowed to him that i will never eat slimps,and just as he can not eat grasshopper! He then sugguested that we cook a meal together and he said he had whale meat. I have never eaten whale meat before so i was curious to taste it.
off we go we prepared it,in a soup and served it with bread.
Ahaa, it look delious in my eyes so i filled my bowl, i took aspoon and i chewed the piece of a whale!!! my face turned and Finn asked whether I liked food. Because am an African, polite and never offending i Replied that i liked the food but I wasn't!
Testing slimps would be better than eating a whale meat I guess.

The Year 2010 the Year of Lords Favour.

This year is another opportunity that God has granted us to live again.
Its the year that many of us could have been waiting to see, but let me say you are blessed to see it cause many have not seen it.
For me this year is step to do more exploits in the students world. Making more friendship that can change lives

Exit 2009 exit to 2010.

This is a camp held every year by Laget and this year it was again at Hald in Mandal.
About 45 teenagers turned up for the Camp and about 10 leaders.
The Camp was a good opportunity again to see and learn from the teenagers. I facilitad a workshop the Taste of Uganda. We did alot games, danced and Quiz and showed Video Clips about Uganda. We went to Kristiansund for a day and there too we did alot of games even ones hard to do!! like a competion to hug strangers or mobilise strangers for a picture shoot.
Then came the newyear,there was fireworks everywhere from first hour,then second hour til midnight.