An open door.

Wednesday Oct. 1st
On this day I was asked to be in a small group that would go to a youth group and put on a program for it. Through a couple of meetings and practicing skits we were ready. We traveled to a town outside of Copenhagen called Hillerød to a church called Grønne Vang Kirke. Going into all of this I was very nervous, i had prepared my testimony to share, I was in a skit and I had to run a game. I was nervous but also ready. We arrived at the church and was welcomed by one of the youth leaders Camille. We unloaded and set up. Then we went to the youth room where all of the teens had prepared dinner, we sat together around a huge table and ate dinner together. Already at this point I felt like a part of this church, a part of their family. They were so friendly and so nice.
My experience with danish people is that they aren't very friendly and they don't want to talk to you, especially about God. But these people were different.
After dinner our program started. It started off kind of shaky and I was nervous that they weren't going to like it and they were going to think we were losers. But once it got going and they played a game it was all good. They were laughing and having fun. Next was the skit I was in and it went so good, I didn't forget my lines and they laughed, it was great. After my game it was my turn to share my testimony. I had gotten my testimony down solid to what I felt like God was calling me to talk about. I walked in front of the mic and just started talking and for the first time I felt like I was speaking with passion, like God was speaking through me and I could feel his presence in me. For the first time I wasn't just reading my testimony, I was sharing what was in my heart. When I finished I felt so filled with Gods love and joy, it felt amazing. I knew that what I said was what God wanted me to say and he was speaking through me. That brought an end to our program and we went back to the youth room to chat and hang out. I ended up talking to one of the girls who sing on the worship team Irene. We immediately connected and ended up talking about our lives and our family. She has three brothers who drink all the time and are always getting into trouble and I have one brother who does the same. We had that connection and we were able to confide in each other and share our feelings towards it. I was able to share with her how I handle it and ultimately tell her that she is a light to them and the most she can do for them is pray. It was so awesome to be able to connect with her, I could feel Gods hand in all of this. Well it was getting late and we needed to head back to the ship, so we said our goodbyes and we were on our way. We stopped just down the road to pray. I was asked to pray, when I opened my mouth thanks to God just poured out. I was so overwhelmed with joy and when I was praying I felt Gods presence more than I have ever before.

God was doing major work.