My road to LOBC

14 maj

I was raised in a christian home in the Netherlands, but we had our problems and in my teenage years I started drinking with friends and going to parties.
But 2 years ago I realized where my friends were heading and knew I didn’t want such a life, an average life. I knew God could give me better one, so I decided to go for Him.

At the end of my final school year all my friends asked me about what education I was looking at after school? It was pretty stressful since I didn’t know – I didn’t know my future. Then I realized my promise that I would live for God, and how I really wasn’t, because I had not even asked God what He wanted me to do.

The next day I decided to pray, asking God for forgiveness for this, promising Him I would do whatever He wanted for me. A supernatural peace came upon me, I just knew that God would lead me and I didn’t worry a bit. It is indescribable how I didn’t had any doubt and the secure feeling came to me.

Immediately after I prayed I went on the computer and typed: ’Sweden – The Netherlands’. And I saw a blog from someone that moved to Sweden, so I decided to email her and ask her how she came to Sweden. Then I read she went to bible school, so I googled some bible schools but I thought; “Boring”… Within 15 minutes I got a email back, and I immediately thought: ‘Wow, this has to be God’. And I opened her email, and she didn’t even really respond to my questions but was just talking about the school. And I just knew that I needed to go to that bible school!

As I went back to my email overview, I saw another email from my brother who was actually now living in Sweden – an email that arrived 1 minute after the one I got from the girl. When I opened it, the first sentence was: “When you will be coming to Sweden? Why don’t you go to bible school? I know a good one: Livets Ord”! I went back to the email from the other girl, and as I realized she was speaking about the exact same bible school, I was shocked. That was it. I would go to bible school and I do whatever God wanted.

Getting on that flight for Sweden was the best thing I ever did! Now I am here at the International class of Livets Ord bible school and having the time of my life!! All honor and glory to God!

Joni Voorhaar
The Netherlands