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The Road Less Traveled
Katie's Missions in Austria and Europe
"Be strong and courageous because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their anscestors to give them." Joshua 1:6
YWAM Norway
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A landmark located nearby to where I staffed in YWAM Rogaland, Norway. These 3 stone swords are Massive.
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A campus-wide meeting for all the staff and students of Rogaland, held every week.
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Is this Norway or the Shire? Many houses have grass on the roofs, and every now and then you wonder if you're on the set of Lord of the Rings.
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At Rogaland, the students and a few of us staff went through an intense one-week course on Biblical missions called "Kairos". Here, we graduated!
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My School of Pioneering and Leadership at graduation in December 2013.
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From YWAM Grimerud's website, here is what Norway's "mother base" looks like in the summertime. =)
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School of Pioneering and Leadership at graduation, celebrating!
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In April 2014 Grimerud's Discipleship Training School graduated. Here, those of us on staff surrounded them to pray a blessing and send them out. =)
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The staff here in YWAM Norway is very international. Here is one of my best friends, Tony, from Mexico. (Photo by another closer friend, Esther, from India).
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Photo of YWAM Grimerud campus during the winter months.
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A few girlfriends of mine at YWAM Grimerud in Norway. From right, Ingunn (Norway), me (USA), Esther (India) and Karolina (Lithuania).
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In the middle of our Pioneering and Leadership school, we had the opportunity to spend 2 weeks of our classes in Geneva, Switzerland and Amsterdam, Netherlands. Here are some good friends from my school and I in Amsterdam!