Thursday, May 7, 2009

Italia

If you don't already know, Erika and I found $25 flights to Italy and were able to visit my wonderful new cousin (she married into the family) Sarah! We were blessed beyond belief by her wonderful southern hospitality and knowledge of Venice. It was everything we hoped it would be and was such a great time of rest and rejuvenation for us, as we had just come off the tour around the west coast of Norway with the Wellspring band.

I actually have been talking to a guy named Georg Kivijarvi who was at one of our concerts at a cafe in Kopervik, NO. He wrote me on facebook and told me about how when he heard our music it made something in his heart change and he suddenly had an urge to read the Bible. It's amazing to see this 16 year old kid that isn't from a Christian family begin to search for answers simply from hearing a concert and hanging out with a few believers. We weren't sharing the Gospel, but simply let our hearts be known and the music speak. I love it when we are able to see such obvious fruit from our labors! Please pray with me as I continue to stay in contact with him that the Lord speaks to his heart and he joins the family!!

Before I get back to talking about wonderful Italy, I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm not done with my traveling. I'm joining YWAM Skien in their vision for an outreach called RISK. From here in Skien, Norway we are sending out teams to be in every European nation from May 20-25 to do strategic evangelism and simulataneous intercession and worship! It's a sweet opportunity to really bring the continent of Europe up in prayer and to plant seeds in the process. Erika and I are taking a team to Warsaw, Poland and are so excited to see what God will do through us while we're there! It's costing us about $300 to get there and I'm not sure about food and such while we are actually there, but we'll probably fasting some of the time... so that will help :) If you're interested in helping to specifically support me in this please contact me via my email (bihoasis@gmail.com) or send a tax deductible check to YWAM Denver, 12750 W. 63rd Ave, Denver, CO 80004.

Alright.... NOW to the good stuff...

THE ALPS!!!

Downtown Sacile, Italy, where my cousin lives and works with the Air Force

Sarah (my new cousin and our most gracious host)


A castle near Trieste, Italy

We made it to VENICE!!
From our view here we're looking at St. Marks Basilica









Enjoying some FABULOUS gelato!


Around every corner was another beautiful picture!



This week Erika and I are working on a recording project of our own original material and have been blessed to be joined by two of her friends Erin and Caleb Paxton who are amazing musicians of their own. They are here to help us with the actual recording and to put in their own artistic flair to our work. We're so excited to see this happen and hope that many of you will be blessed by the fruits of our labors. This process does take a lot of time and some money, so if you want to donate to the "Threshing Floor Project" then feel free to let me know. Thanks again for all the prayer and support that I receive to help make my ministry and life possible! I can't do it without you!




2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Absolutely beautiful photos! I want to be there. God bless you
Vicky Sharp

KD said...

Awesome! So excited to see God use you both and bless you with the beauty of all that He has made:)