Tour through Kerstin's appartment

HI everone, I blogged on my new appartment just now. Here is a litle tour ...enjoy!!!

WEEDS

Today we were working at the church again and here is an example how a practical thing can become a lesson in faith. I went to help and as I arrived there was one task laid out for me: Get rid of the weeds in our garden. I started with one side and Pastor Xavier did the other side. While I am weeding I am thinking of the spiritual application of things. I pray: Lord, please weed the garden of my heart, please tear out what hinders me to be with you, Jesus. After a while we took a break so Pastor Xavier and I talked: Isn’t it interesting that it is quite easy to remove the small weeds, to recognize the small weeds. Yet, when the weeds grow stronger and bigger, it is sometimes hard to distinguish from the plants (the truth) and the weeds (the bad stuff in our lives). Sometimes the weeds position themselves very closely to the plant, that makes it even harder. The harder it gets the more skills and the better tools are needed. It is the same with how the bad stuff in our lives if left to grow/if ignored it grows and then there comes a time when it is very hard to distinguish between the truth and the bad. Have you been there? I have and I was quite astonished about how the practical action of weeding could remind me of an important truth: Let God get rid of stuff that is not His truth, stay accountable, be real!!

HAVEN

Hey ho, I found a place that I can call my own, MY OWN! After I had been praying for quite a while…(since December last year) – I know that a lot of you joined me in that prayer over the months…, I found a place last Monday. The Pastor helped me find it. It was perfect: Kitchen, Lounge, Balcony, Bedroom, Bathroom, Guestroom: all furnished. I pray my rent per month which gives me more flexibility especially now that I leave for the US/Germany in July. I tell you this is such confirmation of Jesus knowing the desires of my heart. I have been longing to have a place on my own. Don’t get me wrong, I loved having roommates…some of my favorite friends have been roommates one way or the other….but it is time now that I have my own HAVEN. My HAVEN where I can retreat especially being with a lot of people. My assignment is being with people which is awesome but it is not always easy. It brings me to my limits and then it is awesome to come home to my own place. It was such a blessing to stay at Granny Jenny’s place for more than 1 year. As she put it in her note to on Thursday (my moving day) : GO FLY, BUTTERFLY. So here I am, I spread my wings and I fly. This is a new chapter, a new season! Enjoy the pictures of my apartment No. B 13 and praise God with me!!