Summer is here

The summer weather has come to Norway, or at least we hope so! If you peek between the occasional rain clouds, you can find the sun! Here at WorldBase we know how long and hard a winter in Norway can be, so we have been soaking in the sun as much as possible whether it is pulling weeds, sitting on the deck with a cup of coffee, washing houses, taking a bike ride, or a taking day hike.

Otherwise, all attention at the WorldBase has been focused on preparation for the coming teams -- the first arrives on 20.june and will depart on 29. june. They will be coming from South Shore Fellowship in Washington. They will be assisting with painting the houses on the WorldBase property and also working at Cafe Jabes. The second team is from Pasadena, California, and they will be helping to run an outreach during the Quart Festival -- Norway’s annual music festival bringing bands to perform from around the world. The Festival is held each year in Kristiansand and brings thousands of visitors -- a prime time for sharing the love of Jesus.

WorldBase has new member

WorldBase welcomes new team member -- Mindy Matson!

Mindy comes from Seattle, Washington and will be with us until 29.july. We’re so happy to have her here! She works with me most of the time which is so nice to have some one to talk with while doing the practical work.

Keep us in prayer as we work -- that God would work through us to reach the community for Jesus, inspire us with joy, and bring many people to the café.

Cafe Jabes

We had a pirate ship docked in town and Mike invited the men and 2 women to come to jabes for free coffee, so 10:30pm comes and 15 or so men came in from the ship. We had so much fun with them as they danced, laughed and getting to know our staff. The next day Mike invited them to his place for food and a warm shower and there were about 20 people crammed in their little apartment above the church, but we had fun eating with them and sharing fun stories of what we do and the places they have been. They came from Czech Republic and Praha just to travel around letting the wind take them wherever. They hadn’t planned on coming to Kristiandsand but we know it was God who blew them our way.

The next week they came to Jabes every day to hang out, use the internet, and they even helped with many of the projects we were working on. After a week they set sail for a destination unknown but that night they returned duw to bad weather and they stayed for another week. The next weekend faithful they were at Café Jabes, first ones there and last ones to leave. We invited them to help with the running of the café and they jumped on the opportunity, so side by side we worked together loving them and being Jesus to them and building trust. We all got many opportunities to share with them why it is we do what we do here in Norway and with out a doubt the love of Jesus was brought into all their lives. I don’t think it was by chance there was bad weather the day they tried to leave, and I don’t think it was by chance they wanted to hang around us every day. God wanted to show Himself to them through us and I know a hand full of seeds were planted inside of them. They came for a safe place to dock and they sailed away with the impact of Jesus’ love in their life.