it's here

ha i made it, well more IT made it

but before i share about the moment when i received a very important letter a few thoughts on what had happened a few days ago.

i was away for a planing weekend with my youth church as i am part of a youth trip in the summer time (we will head down to greece for two weeks). i am one of the leaders and on the weekend we planned the trip and divided the tasks among each other.

well but this is not about the trip, this is about a special moment i had with god.
i was out alone walking around and talking with god (some people call it praying).
as i was praying i asked god to talk to me and well he did.
i realized that day that if god wants me to go to syria i will get my visa a letter from god including my passport and the visa and if he does not want me to go, i won't.

i came back from that weekend very happy and relaxed and i honestly can say that i said to god "it does not matter if i go or not". well this afternoon my dad comes home and hands me a envelope, THE envelope. i sat down and prayed and asked god to help me to accept what ever is inside (well i knew it would be my passport but the question was if with a visa or without). i opened the letter and found my passport including my visa. hallelujah praise the lord.
now i can truly say i will be going to syria.
the amazing things is that i had called the embassy and asked how much time it would take and they told me two to three weeks (at that point i had 9 days left).
i told them it would be urgent and they only said send it as fast as possible.
i did and i put a note in the letter telling them the urgency.
i sent it via express on wednesday afternoon, which means it got there on thursday morning. well the letter was sent from the embassy on friday morning, which means they did all the paper work on thursday and sent it out again on friday morning. that makes less than one entire day for the paperwork at the embassy. i could not believe it.
but its true god has made a way and i am so thrilled that i will be going on friday.
ha that does sound unreal as it is so soon.

thanks for all your prayers and support, means a lot.
blessings sebi

visa

hmm seems like i will have problems getting a visa.

please pray that everything will work out.

sebi

god is good

well i thought it is time to let you guys know what is happening in the future.
i tried to be as open as i can about what is next but this time i needed to wait before i was putting it on here.

but now it is the right time.
i will be going to syria for one month.
today was the day i booked the flights.
i will leave on the 30th this month and come back on the 29th next month.
it is a great opportunity for me to see the country to get to know the people and the culture and well to find out if this country really is the right place for me.
i know that a lot of you have prayed for it and i want to say thank you for your support in this.
without you i would have not done anything, so thanks for being there to be talked to,to listen and well to give advice. means a lot.

i will fly down to damascus and form their take a train up to aleppo, which by itself is an amazing trip. i will stay with a team in aleppo and come down the same way.

as this will be a trip into a area of the world where i will not be able to be as open as i have been so far i will have to take this blog out of the net right before i leave. so i will not be able to keep you guys up to date on what is happening, but i will let you guys know what happened as soon as i come back.
well that would be it for now. if you have any questions please just post them and i try to answer as much as i can.

please keep me in your prayers
thank you for your support
sebi

a late good bye and the end of an era

boredom or learning skills for the uni?

well not many people know that but my mum is kind of an artist.
out entire flat is full with pictures she made over all the years.
she is painting in all kinds of stiles watercolor, oil, pencil, man no clue what you call the other stuff.
but anyways i asked her if she could teach me some.
well and before i could have said "superkalifragilistikexpialigetisch" i found myself equipped with a pencil and a peace of drawing paper.

and here the result, not bad ha?!


in real it does look a lot better...of course ;)
kind of my first real try.
i let you guys judge me :)

blessings
sebi

god is amazing

just one more thing for now.

i am sitting in the kitchen (it is 10 to 2am) and i was thinking about my future jamming on the guitar and just blabbing things out, asking god to speak to me.
well as my eyes went through the room i saw a little book.
it is a little book for a daily devotion.
well i opened it for today and started reading and it had the bible verse mark 16 verse 15.

" he said to them "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.""

god is amazing, as i had struggles to find peace about a few things, but this sign gives me the peace i need and help's me to trust that i can do all things with jesus and that he has a plan and purpose for my life. all i need to do is being patient.
thanks lord

sebi

good days

i just came back from a friends birthday.
it was a small group just close friends, it was amazing to be there and a huge honor for me to be invited. i was surprised how easy it was for me to re connect with these friends. it only took a few minutes and i felt kind of home with them.

i realize again and again how important good friends are in our lives and how god is using them. it has been a blessed day and all i can say is thank you GOD, thank you so much for blessing me this way.

i am excited about the future as a opportunity came up for me to do something one more time before i have to study, but more to that when it is official.

be blessed friends.
sebi

I made it

I am back home and the first 2 days are over.

I arrived on Sunday night at 3am in the morning it was a horrible train ride as it was busy and to many drunk people entered the train in cologne (told you peeps cologne isn’t that nice). I could hardly sleep and was happy to get off the train as soon as it came to a stop.
it hit me in the face as I got off the train. Mosbach was warm even in the night I was able to survive with only a light jumper but in essen BOOM it was freezing. I had no clue that it would be that cold. Well I could have done nothing to prepare myself as all my jackets and big clothing is packed in boxes and on the way to essen. My parents picked me up and as they tried to light the New Year’s candles I walked towards them. We did not talk a lot on the way back, the only sound you could here was the garnishing of my teeth.



The first day went by fast and was all in all a good day. Woke up in my brothers room and was surprised that he was there as well. When I fall asleep at 3:30am he wasn’t in the room so I was a little confused when I woke up and realized that there is a second person in “my” room. I first thought it might be kyle or ben until I realized “no more ship”.
I went to church and it was really nice. It was a smaller service and as we still have holidays not to many people were there. I enjoyed the service and found myself laughing about message and songs, as they fit into my mood and situation I am in. my friends greeted me well and I was happy to see them again.

Today has been my first day alone back home, well half alone. Mum and dad went to work in the morning and little brother and sister went to school. Well so I was most of the time alone in the flat and found myself looking through my old journals that I had left back home as I came to visit after 12 months. Horrible I tell you, man what stupid stuff I wrote at the beginning and how my focus was. Man it hurts reading that stuff and after just a few minutes I found myself on the floor asking god for forgiveness, as his name never appeared in these entries.
in the afternoon I went through the flat and found the DVD’s of Long way Down I am not sure if you know what that’s about. It is about the actor’s ewan mcgregor and charley boorman who are driving with bikes all the way from Scotland to Cape Town. I started watching it and well it made me homesick ;)
as the family started to come back we started talking and when beni came back I asked him to show me his drum he got. Well and before I even knew I was jamming with him in the kitchen. We had a good time and well our parents loved seeing their kids playing music together.



This day comes to an end and I have to say I am happy for how it went.
I will be meeting with my pastor tomorrow to speak about some future options, please pray for that.

I am fine in the moment, because I try not to think about certain things, but I am sure that from time to time it will hit me. well my dear friends thank you for reading and for praying.

be blessed
sebi

home

the day has come
today i will leave mosbach and make my way to essen.

i will be leaving at night and arrive in essen at around 3am.
the time here has been a huge blessing with ups and downs, but it have learned a lot and i am ready to move on. it is sad to leave friends behind and to not be able to see them, but gladly the most of them are in germany so i can stop bye ;)

we had a really good time in the last few days with a lot of X-Douloids around 30 people. i got to talk to some of the people i never thought i will see again. it has been a huge blessing. some of them already left last night and i well missed them, but you never know how long it will take and you open the door and a familiar face will trow a smile at you :)

i will go home and i have to sit down and think about future plans.
well at this point if you do have any idea please post it, so that i got some ideas ;)

this will be it for know the next post will come from essen with pictures of my family
god bless

sebi

pictures

on the way to vienna......an amazing sunset colored the mountains in a nice pinkone of the amazing buildings in vienna
the three of us jenny, jana, me and katrina
vienna what an amazing city

It's been a while

hello friends
it has been a few days since i gave a sign of life.

well i am doing fine.
i have had an amazing weekend in autria with jenny katrina and jana.
we went there for the long easter weekend and had an amazing time.
pictures are coming later sometime.

i had the chance to shut down a bit and to just enjoy the time with friends and jennys familie. vienna is an amazing city and yes seing all these old buildings after being in singapore for such a long time has been strange.
we went into the city two days in a row and also visited the vienna ballet (zauberflöte). it has been the first time in my life that i went to the ballet and i have to admit that i loved it. amazing stuff ;)

we are back in mosbach since monday evening.
in the moment there is a training for some officers and engineers going on in the mill. so i do have the privilagde to see a lot of the officers and engeneers again that i met on the ship. great people who have been a huge influence in my life. people like: chris huges, david williams, jarkko alastalo, drew given, pat tracy and so many others. they will stay until saturday, which by the way also will be the day that i will make my way back home to essen.

yes my time here is coming to an end and i have to say i have been incredibly blessed. i am thankful for all the conversations i was able to have and the time i was able to spent with my friends.

thank you for your prayers.
be blessed
sebi