My life in California

This fall I am going to a bible school at Weimar Campus, California. The school is called: AFCOE (Amazing Facts Center of Evangelism) - trains people in bible - Teaching about main themes of the bible, and how to share our knowledge efficiently. We dig deep into the bible, for instance we learn about prophecies, the sanctuary, doctrines, the mission of the church. We are also trained in bible work and how to preach. I have also choosen a health track, which will learn me about some principles in health evangelism, and how to have health seminars, etc.

We are around 51 students in our class. I experienced the spiritual atmosphere right away, when I arrived 5th of august. The first days we had biblestudies at the dorm, good talks, prayers together. These things have just continued since.

The first week have been an introduction week, with classes. We have also had a week of prayer, about the theme: Revival.

I live at Hillside dorm, with great friends and fellowship. My room mate is from So-Cal, originally from Philippines.

The nature here is awesome! There are mountain lions in the area, which I haven't seen yet. I hope to see one :) There are also several deers and squirrels that are running through campus.

The temperature so far have been up to 35 C. It is very dry in the area, but there are many trails here to hike and you find green plants as well. The other day when we were hiking, it felt like we hiked in a jungle for a while.

We have tons of blackberries around here! I have also seen grapes and apricots :) There are channels through the are which is almost perfect for air bed race :D

It is nice to also have a Swede on campus: Rebecca Sahlin. We are teaching some of the students swedish, and they are doing pretty good.

Some of our teachers are:

Don Mackintosh, Wes Peppers, Eric Flickenger, Doug Bachelor, Tammey Steenson.

The classes so far are awesome!! It will be pretty busy here with everything we are doing, such as classes, homework and outreach. We can sense that the devil is attacking us in many different ways. But God is stronger!

Please pray for me.

I miss you scandinavians!

Christian

"When you walk, your steps will not be hindered,
And when you run, you will not stumble." - Prov 4:12

Cell Phone vs. Bible

I got this story from a friend in an e-mail. It is really thought-provoking.

"Have you ever wondered what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phone?

What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?

What if we flipped through it several time a day?

What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?

What if we used it to receive messages from the text?

What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?

What if we gave it to Kids as gifts?

What if we used it when we traveled?

What if we used it in case of emergency?

This is something to make you go....hmm...where is my Bible?

Oh, and one more thing.

Unlike our cell phone, we don't have to worry about our Bible being
Disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill.

Makes you stop and think 'where are my priorities? And no dropped calls!

When Jesus died for us, he was thinking of you!"

An incredible story how simple natural remedies can help us to a better health

"Many years ago, the Lord was working on my heart when I was just a medical student doing my residency. At the hospital, I met a patient named Tom, an engineer, who was a millionaire inventor with a very creative mind. But he was also aging, and he came into the emergency room with shortness of breath. To save his life, I had to intubate him, which means putting a tube down his throat to help his lungs breathe. It took nearly three weeks to get him well enough to leave the hospital, yet though we tried everything medical science had to offer, Tom could barely do anything without getting short of breath. When we finally released him, he had to go to a nursing home for special care. While Tom was in the hospital, his daughter had come to visit him. During her time in town, an evangelistic prophecy series was being run at a nearby church. She attended the series, accepted the last-day message, and was baptized as a Sabbath-keeping Christian. It was a very exciting thing to see! She also had a weight problem, and a caring church member guided her to a special health program that follows biblical counsel on health. There she lost weight and felt better than she had in years. It made her very excited about the health principles she had learned. Soon after, her father had to go to the hospital again because of breathing problems. To be honest, I believed his body was so weak that I didn’t think he had much of a chance. He was also extremely depressed. Again we treated him and sent him back to the nursing home many weeks later in a wheelchair. However, his daughter told me, “He’s not going back to the nursing home.” Instead, she was going to take him to the same lifestyle center she had attended. My colleagues and I diligently advised her it would be unwise because Tom couldn’t make the trip in his state of health. But she had already taken care of the arrangements and took him despite our “best professional judgment.” 

A Healing Testimony 

“This isn’t good,” I kept thinking. “I’m glad she’s accepted Bible truth, but maybe she’d gone too extreme and could even do her father harm!” Well, it so happens that I was doing a few shifts at that same center and had the opportunity to check on Tom just two weeks after he started treatment there. When I arrived, I was stunned to see Tom walking on his own power to the cafeteria. I asked, “Tom, what happened?” I learned the center was using simple remedies, not drugs, and a vegetarian diet to treat Tom — and the transformation was absolutely radical. Tom explained, “They’re not feeding me any meat or cheese or eggs. But the food is good, so I’m going to write my old hospital and tell them they need to be serving this food!” On just his fifth day of treatment, Tom got up and was able to walk! What I haven’t told you about Tom is that he was a lifelong atheist. I had the privilege of hearing him issue his first prayer to God. He became a believer through the healing ministry of Christ. This is what God has called Amazing Facts and Weimar to do in this new powerful union and shows what is possible when we follow Christ’s method of ministry. When we follow Christ’s example, nothing can stop a great harvest for the kingdom of God." 

 Written by: Neil Nedley, president of Weimar Center of Health and Education 

 Found the story at: http://www.weimar.org/PresidentsCorner.aspx 

'Resources: 

• Lifestyle TV
• www.3abn.org, - TV-channels about physical, mental and spiritual health 
• www.weimar.org
• www.fredheim.org - Fredheim Helsesenter, Norway
• Empower Missions