Jesus I just gotta empty my pockets

Ragnhild and I are excited to be able to spend a week in Redding, CA at Bethel Church. This church has been growing and expanding under the power of the Holy Spirit. What an opportunity to see God moving, to mess us up for sure, and to reconnect with people we love. It has been just this.....Ragnhild and I are messed up now! Thank you Jesus.
We are eating as best as we can here. Traveling is always hard on the stomach. Ragnhild, Will & I cooked dinner together before the conference started on Wednesday. We were a great kitchen team and it tasted very fit for life! Sweet potato, asparagus, mushrooms, tomato, spinach.....goodness!
On the first conference meeting we met four high schoolers from Alaska. They came for this Open Heavens encounter with God too. They were fun....we sat by them the rest of the week...laughed....and were blessed by thier youthfulness. In the photo: Drew, the girl with the closed eyes, Drew's sister, Olivia, Will, me, and Ragnhild--still receiving peace and love from God.Our hosts in California were Micheala & Irene (Ragnhild's best friend from Ålesund). It is awesome to hear the inside scoop from the school they are attending: Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry. There are things we have questions about...and it is humbling to know that they had them too and yet God is using the time in the school to transform them. Fun girls...real girls...awesome!
Ragnhild & I at the last session of the Open Heavens Conference. We have had to really wonder what God is doing. The time has been good....although uncomfortable. It is probably the fact that we are encouraged to pray that the Holy Spirit will 'mess' us up. We committed to praying that over each other daily. All I can say is....God is faithful. I think we both hit a wall. The whole trip has been very overwhelming for us. We are tired in our hearts and in our minds. This trip has shaken our worlds....and collided them (see my blog). Honestly, we did not have FUN all the time. There were times that we could not even worship because our hearts were being seriously worked on. God was so present and our weak feeble hearts were set a blaze. We need another month to figure things out. oi. Flights....to Denver, Omaha, Chicago, Brussles, Oslo. See you in Norway-----all messed up.

--Erika