In less than three months I will be living and studying in southern Sweden! I am getting more and more excited for my adventure in Europe with every passing day--for a while it seemed so far away that it was hard to believe I was actually going.
While I'm there, for those of you who don't know, I'll be at a Bible school called Holsby Brunn where I will learn more about the Scriptures, about missions, and Christian leadership--and I'm sure I'll learn a lot more about myself, too! I'm really hoping to get a good feel for what the missions field in Eastern Europe is like--we'll have opportunities to do work projects in Estonia, Latvia, or Poland (to name a few places). I've always been interested in working with orphans, and I hope to visit an orphanage in one of those areas to see if God might be calling me to that kind of service sometime in the future.
The school used to be a health spa, and is located in a forested area in the Smaland region. I've only seen a handful of pictures, but I have already fallen in love with the school grounds. The main building looks like a big red barn, with white trim. There's a handmade swing with a wooden seat big enough for two people. There's also a tiny white chapel in view of the swing and in front of the woods. And it SNOWS there!!! I can't wait to catch some of Sweden's finest snowflakes on my tongue! There's also a ton of opportunities to explore the outdoors--there's a ropes course, camping, canoeing, rock climbing, and hiking right out the back door!
So, this blog is a place where I plan to record my adventures in Sweden and Austria (more about that later). I'll be gone for a full 12 months and I'm sure I will be missing you all terribly, so please feel free to comment on my blog!!! I will be writing mostly about how God is using and changing me while I'm away (so selfish!), but I still want to hear what's going on in your lives while I am away.
BUT, until mid-September I'm still around in Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz in the US. So, give me a call and let's get together before I leave!
4 comments:
Hi Emi,
Awesome blog and love your profile! I’m excited about traveling with you to Sweden and putting my hands in the dirt! I love your writing and look forward to reading more.
Love, Mama
ditto to all your mom said (minus the traveling with you to Sweden part) ;)
yay, a blog! i will definitely be keeping track of your adventures! (and living vicariously through you and kati)
Thanks Courtney! I was fearful that I would have the blog and nobody would read it :)
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