Finally back...

What was supposed to be about a 10 hour trip from Stockholm to Skien, ended up being around a 20 hour trip... our bus broke down in the middle of Sweden yesterday afternoon... We arrived back in Skien at 10:30 this morning... long night I tell you.. but we are finally back and safe... good to be back.. we are taking the day off from work... start up again tomorrow... well.. my mind is kind of mush now.. so I will try to write some more interesting stuff later... until then!
-Jordan

Leaving from Poland...

Well, we are at the airport in Gdansk now.. leaving in under an hour... or.. about an hour... We have had a fun weekend... I have experienced a few interesting things actually.. I witnessed a man die on the streets and I watched while the paramedics tried to revive him... he slipped away... Andreas, Einar, Arne, and I all were praying, but he was already gone I think... It was quite heavy to watch... later that night us four got a fine on the train for not buying a ticket in the train station.. we did not know we had to do it at the station.. we though we could just do it on the train... so whatever... it was kind of funny to look back on... they first wanted about 80 bucks from all of us together, but we didn't have that much in cash on us, so we got away with paying like 15 dollars instead... It was an intersting weekend for sure... I will be back here in about a month also. We are bring Reboot to Poland for two weeks in October... Well, we are about to go through customs now... until later!
-Jordan

Leaving for Poland...

Well, in about 50 minutes, we will be driving away from the base... We are driving to Örebro, Sverige (Sweden) where we will sleep for the night, then will continue in the morning to Stockholm where we will catch our plane to Gdansk, Poland. Wish us luck!

It's Monday and all's well....

Monday has began, and we are soon starting work for the day. Another day of planning and scheduling the show. We are in the beginnings of getting a plan for the year, and trying to decide which countries to go to. Our first tour will be in October in Poland. We will be two weeks in Poland. The base will also be going to Poland this weekend for a few days of ministry and relaxation. We leave on Friday afternoon for Stockholm, and will fly from there to Gdansk, Poland on Saturday. I may have forgotten to mention this earlier... but yeah... I am going to Poland this weekend... haha... I will write more later today or tomorrow, but for now, I should get to work...

Day 1

It's official. Today at 12:30, we will begin whatever it is our first day back on the job entails. I am looking forward to see what it will be. This is a nice time of the year for the staff, because it is mainly just practical work around the base. After dinner, it is just time off to relax and hang out with each other. It is very nice to be able to just be the staff and relax with each other for a while before things really start getting busy. Now, most of the staff have arrived and are crammed into the base, and we will be getting underway in a matter of a couple hours. I'll let you know when I know what we are going to be doing. Until then!
-Jordan

The end

Full Support is now offically over, and I will be heading back to Skien tomorrow. It has been a great and informative seminar. I really feel that I have come away with a lot of useful knowledge. I am confident that this year will be more financially sound. Aside from that, I have been enjoying being with some firends. Now, I have just spent some hours at Andreas´ place eating Grandiosa, watching CSI, and playing x-box. It was lovely. He beat me pretty bad, but that´s ok... it just shows that I am not an x-box nerd like he is... haha... I am looking forward to getting back to Skien to see what is in store for us. The DTS this year looks to be rather huge... already we have 32 that have taken their place, and we are waiting on 4 more to accept their place... that is a sick record if we get all 36... unbelievable... a real blessing! We don´t know how to fit them all, but we will figure it out. Most all of the staff will have to move out to make room... that is just how it is... That can be a good thing.. I am hoping and praying that God provides a good solution for us.

Anyway, this could get too long if I continue bantering, so I won´t.. I will leave it as is. Until next time!
-Jordan

Full Support

Well, now the worker´s gathering is over, and we have begun a Full Support Seminar. Full Support is what YWAM Norway is now doing, where all staff in YWAM Norway must acheive a minimum monthly goal of about 4,000 Norwegian Crowns. That is approximately 700 US dollars. During this seminar, we are just learning support raising techniques and also learning how to understand our situation better. We are learning about which perspective we need to view our lives from. It is very inspiring and encouraging. I should get back to listening now because it is starting again.. so I will talk to you all later. Until then!
-Jordan

Worker's Gathering Summer 2006

I am now right in the middle of the YWAM Norway staff conference in Hamar; a place north of Oslo. It is over tomorrow, and after that I will continue to be here for financial support seminar. Hopefully I will learn something... I guess we will see. After all the stuff here is over I will be heading back to Skien to get started working on the base. We have a lot to get fixed up before the students start coming in. I am not going to be working with the students directly this year because I am on this traveling evangelism team, but the base still basucally functions around the DTS schedule... I am looking forward to it though. There will probably be a record amount of DTS students this year. It could be around 35. That would be a nice record. Anyway, I guess I will be on my way now.. Talk to y'all later.
-Jordan

The time has come...

Well, here we are. The first day of the Worker´s Gathering in Hamar... I am now getting ready to leave in about a half hour for Hamar. First, we are going to make a stop in Oslo for some hours, then we will be on to Hamar this afternoon. I am a bit tired right now, so I think I will be sleeping in the car.... =) The joys of not driving.... Anyway, that´s about how my day looks at this point. Until next time!
Cheerio!
-Jordan

Soon og skikkelig soon...

yes, soon shall we be on our way to another YWAM Norway Worker´s Gathering. I leave early Thursday morning, and I don´t believe I will be back in Skien until the 16th or 17th or something like that... The past days I have just been hanging out at the base.. relaxing in the sun... getting much needed sleep before work starts up again... hanging out with a few friends... really nice... oh, and I got a great new devotional in the mail today, My Utmost for His Highest. It is one of the most sold books second to the Bible. It is an awesome devotional. I am really looking forward to getting into it. Anyway, I best be going now.. I have to pick up a new staff from Germany at the bus station in a little over an hour. Be blessed everyone!
-Jordan

random thought for the day...

If it takes the light from the stars thousands of years to reach our sight, did Adam and Eve see stars? If the universe was made in six literal days, they wouldn't have seen them. If the universe was made in a figurative six days where a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as a day, then they may have. I guess we won't know until we go to Heaven. I thought that was an interesting thing to think about. What do you think? Any thoughts? These are the kinds of things I think about. Is it just me? Anyone else have similar thoughts? Let me know.
-Jordan K. Ernst

yes... well...

I have renewed my visa today... trying to figure out something else to do... sitting on my computer is one option... If I had money, i could go to Oslo or someplace.. but I don't... so that is scratched... If I had creativity, I could figure out something to do in Skien... but I don't.... The weather is not so nice... overcast... so, no sunbathing, or waterbathing for that matter... I could go help old ladies across the street... but they would most likely be more confused and annoyed than anything... my room isn't so dirty, so I don't need to clean it... I don't have enough laundry to do a load of laundry yet... Skien is basically a really boring place to be when there are no people around... hmm... what to do... I've got it.. I can go watch a movie downstairs... that should pass some time at least... Talk to you later!
-Jordan