Well, it is almost Sunday. We were supposed to leave for Amsterdam on Thursday, but because of the volcano erupting in Iceland we have been delayed! I'm sure everyone has heard the news of that, but thought I would let you know we were also affected. Thankfully we hadn't left town before we heard the news and were able to come back home and wait it out. That is the good news!
At this point we are not sure when we'll be able to leave again. Hopefully early on this week- it's anybody's guess at this point. We're trusting in the Lord to bring us there when it's time! :)
Blessings all- we appreciate your prayers for strength and patience during this time!
Love to all :)
~A
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
7 days
In 7 days, I will be sleeping in my house in the Netherlands!!
Yes, the doors have been opened wide, and I am finally going to be able to return to the Amsterdam area to work with the FireChoir. I will literally hit the ground running!.. Ok, maybe figuratively, but it might as well be literal. I will arrive Friday, April 16th and have 3 days to recover from JetLag. Monday and Thursday we have 2 practices for the choir, and then Friday the 23rd and Saturday the 24th will be the FireChoir concerts!
Sounds like a LOT for 2 weeks' time- and it is! :)
Enough said, I need to get back to packing.. my plane leaves soon, and I don't want to miss it!
THANK YOU for your faithfulness and Love & Support. :)
Love you all
~A
Yes, the doors have been opened wide, and I am finally going to be able to return to the Amsterdam area to work with the FireChoir. I will literally hit the ground running!.. Ok, maybe figuratively, but it might as well be literal. I will arrive Friday, April 16th and have 3 days to recover from JetLag. Monday and Thursday we have 2 practices for the choir, and then Friday the 23rd and Saturday the 24th will be the FireChoir concerts!
Sounds like a LOT for 2 weeks' time- and it is! :)
Enough said, I need to get back to packing.. my plane leaves soon, and I don't want to miss it!
THANK YOU for your faithfulness and Love & Support. :)
Love you all
~A
Sunday, March 21, 2010
CUT!
Well, I did it! I decided to cut my budget nearly 40%! This means that now I only have $900 in monthly pledges left to raise, and then I can leave for the Netherlands! My cash budget is also nearly fully raised, so once that is complete, any cash offerings that come in will go directly towards the monthly pledge need. For example: If someone gives an offering of $120, it will be divided into 12, $10 for each month. This brings the needed amount for monthly pledges down.
The concerts are April 23 and 24, so I NEED to get back SOON so that I can have time to practice with the choir- I will be singing 1 solo for sure- and also be a part of the mic'd ensemble. It's urgent! :) The desire of my heart is to bring God glory by doing what He has called me to do, and my heart-strings are being tugged, even as I write this to you! I hope that you hear the excitement that I feel as I look toward this incredible opportunity with great anticipation and joy. How refreshing to follow God's plan, and be in His hands!
Please email me at: aliciathomassen@gmail.com if you feel that God wants you to support this ministry. I will get information to you :)
Many blessings and Love!
~A
The concerts are April 23 and 24, so I NEED to get back SOON so that I can have time to practice with the choir- I will be singing 1 solo for sure- and also be a part of the mic'd ensemble. It's urgent! :) The desire of my heart is to bring God glory by doing what He has called me to do, and my heart-strings are being tugged, even as I write this to you! I hope that you hear the excitement that I feel as I look toward this incredible opportunity with great anticipation and joy. How refreshing to follow God's plan, and be in His hands!
Please email me at: aliciathomassen@gmail.com if you feel that God wants you to support this ministry. I will get information to you :)
Many blessings and Love!
~A
The Beauty of Boldness
Hebrews 4 says, "15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need".
How amazing to know that Jesus knows exactly what we are going through at all times because, not only did He form us, but He actually lived as a human being! This amazes me. I often forget that He understands me completely- God created every fibre of my being, and knew me intimately before I was even born (Psalm 139).
God is teaching me boldness; if God had a cafe, I would order "Boldness, with a side of Grace, please!". All too often, people mistake healthy boldness for a license to wrecklessly demand whatever they think should be theirs. But I counter that a healthy boldness will always be lined in Grace and Love.
The Bible says to come boldly to the throne of Grace.. to receive mercy and grace.. Does that mean we come to God with our list of things we want (or even think) we need, and "Demand them"?? No, definitely not! We come boldly: meaning without shame and disgrace- because Jesus has taken that on for us- and we can stand in God's presence with freedom and without guilt.
~A
How amazing to know that Jesus knows exactly what we are going through at all times because, not only did He form us, but He actually lived as a human being! This amazes me. I often forget that He understands me completely- God created every fibre of my being, and knew me intimately before I was even born (Psalm 139).
God is teaching me boldness; if God had a cafe, I would order "Boldness, with a side of Grace, please!". All too often, people mistake healthy boldness for a license to wrecklessly demand whatever they think should be theirs. But I counter that a healthy boldness will always be lined in Grace and Love.
The Bible says to come boldly to the throne of Grace.. to receive mercy and grace.. Does that mean we come to God with our list of things we want (or even think) we need, and "Demand them"?? No, definitely not! We come boldly: meaning without shame and disgrace- because Jesus has taken that on for us- and we can stand in God's presence with freedom and without guilt.
~A
Monday, March 15, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Upcoming Concert
I am SO excited to announce an upcoming event. Some friends have volunteered to help me with a Benefit concert to raise money for me!
Here are the details:
Worship Concert
When: On Saturday, February 20th
What Time: 7pm
Where: Life Assembly of God, 2409 Clearwater Rd, St. Cloud, MN, 56301
Cost: Free--- there will be a Free-Will offering taken.
Please come! Invite everyone and anyone- you will not be disappointed. The people that are playing and singing with me are absolutely phenominal vocalists and instrumentalists!
Blessings- Hope to see you there!!
If you have any questions, please email me: aliciathomassen@gmail.com
~A
Here are the details:
Worship Concert
When: On Saturday, February 20th
What Time: 7pm
Where: Life Assembly of God, 2409 Clearwater Rd, St. Cloud, MN, 56301
Cost: Free--- there will be a Free-Will offering taken.
Please come! Invite everyone and anyone- you will not be disappointed. The people that are playing and singing with me are absolutely phenominal vocalists and instrumentalists!
Blessings- Hope to see you there!!
If you have any questions, please email me: aliciathomassen@gmail.com
~A
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Faith Promises
To get back to the Netherlands by the end of February, it will take: Faith, money, and prayer!
Financially, I need:
25 people who can commit $25 per month
35 people who can commit $20 per month
50 people who can commit $15 per month
60 people who can commit $10 per month
Will YOU be one of these people?!
Please email me at: aliciathomassen@gmail.com for more information -OR- read the preceeding blog about how to go online to sign-up. I need to get these faith promises in as soon as possible so that I can leave asap!
And don't forget- you are not limited by the amounts listed above- if you want to give more, or less.. that's wonderful!
God bless you. And I Love you!
~A
Financially, I need:
25 people who can commit $25 per month
35 people who can commit $20 per month
50 people who can commit $15 per month
60 people who can commit $10 per month
Will YOU be one of these people?!
Please email me at: aliciathomassen@gmail.com for more information -OR- read the preceeding blog about how to go online to sign-up. I need to get these faith promises in as soon as possible so that I can leave asap!
And don't forget- you are not limited by the amounts listed above- if you want to give more, or less.. that's wonderful!
God bless you. And I Love you!
~A
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
I like things to be easy...
Don't you? I think we all like something that isn't hard to figure out or do. Like bill-paying----- we all "get" to do that, and really, it's not all that fun. BUT.. I like the feature that some bills allow, which is direct withdrawals from your bank. That way, you're never late paying a bill, because it is always done for you. How easy is that?
Well, in honour of technology as we know it today, the mission that I work through has made it just THAT simple for you to support ME in my ministry! How awesome is that!? I know, amazing.. You can make your monthly donations online here, or you can have them take them out for you on a credit card. OR you can give random offerings anytime you please by going to this link:
https://secure1.ag.org/contributions/detail.cfm?LedgerID=f76e503a-c7d5-4a7e-87ab-06d2be661bbb
If clicking on it does not work, then you can copy and paste it into your web browser, and it should work just fine! Just make sure that my name is on the page!
OK, that's all for now.. I hope that I have made your life a little bit easier ;)
~A
Well, in honour of technology as we know it today, the mission that I work through has made it just THAT simple for you to support ME in my ministry! How awesome is that!? I know, amazing.. You can make your monthly donations online here, or you can have them take them out for you on a credit card. OR you can give random offerings anytime you please by going to this link:
https://secure1.ag.org/contributions/detail.cfm?LedgerID=f76e503a-c7d5-4a7e-87ab-06d2be661bbb
If clicking on it does not work, then you can copy and paste it into your web browser, and it should work just fine! Just make sure that my name is on the page!
OK, that's all for now.. I hope that I have made your life a little bit easier ;)
~A
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
FLU!
November 6th was just supposed to be a normal day. I had been at my friends' rehearsal dinner the night before. Friday was just going to be a relaxing day, preparing to sing 2 songs at their wedding.
I woke up, and felt like a ton of bricks had fallen on me. I was coughing, had a fever, my chest hurt with congestion.. just an all-around yuck that slammed me that morning. I stayed in bed all day, drinking water and tea, and sucking on cough drops, just hoping and praying that I would be able to sing at 5PM!! I made it to the church around 4:15. I sang the first verse of both songs for a sound check, and then stayed away from people as much as I could so that I wouldn't transfer any SICK to them!! The wedding coordinator was a gem- she brought me some hot water and 2 tea bags, and kept checking on me to make sure I would be O.K.! Other people in the wedding party and family of the soon-to-be-betrothed checked on me too. I wanted to crawl back home, but my friends were MORE important than sleeping at that point!
Somehow.. I made it through the service--- sang BOTH songs without coughing or sneezing or having to blow my nose in the middle--- and did a decent job of being on pitch too! haha. It was a gooooooood moment, and a good ceremony!
Afterwards, I said hello to a few people, then went straight home: Do not pass go, do not eat reception meal... only HOT lemon-honey water, cough drops, and SLEEP!
It was a miserable few weeks. I called the FLU hotline, gave them my symptoms and they said PLEASE STAY HOME, you have H1N1! SO I called a clinic for a second opinion, and they said the same thing. I don't think I saw anyone for 10 days because of that thing!
Eventually everything went away, except the cough. I still am getting over that, but it is FINALLY almost completely gone, hallelujah!
Unfortunately being out of 'commission' for 2 weeks served to put me majorly behind in EVERYTHING! So.. if you have emailed me or sent me a check/faith promise--- DON'T Worry! I have not forgotten about you, and I WILL get back to you SOON!! :)
That is all for now :) Hugs all!
~A
I woke up, and felt like a ton of bricks had fallen on me. I was coughing, had a fever, my chest hurt with congestion.. just an all-around yuck that slammed me that morning. I stayed in bed all day, drinking water and tea, and sucking on cough drops, just hoping and praying that I would be able to sing at 5PM!! I made it to the church around 4:15. I sang the first verse of both songs for a sound check, and then stayed away from people as much as I could so that I wouldn't transfer any SICK to them!! The wedding coordinator was a gem- she brought me some hot water and 2 tea bags, and kept checking on me to make sure I would be O.K.! Other people in the wedding party and family of the soon-to-be-betrothed checked on me too. I wanted to crawl back home, but my friends were MORE important than sleeping at that point!
Somehow.. I made it through the service--- sang BOTH songs without coughing or sneezing or having to blow my nose in the middle--- and did a decent job of being on pitch too! haha. It was a gooooooood moment, and a good ceremony!
Afterwards, I said hello to a few people, then went straight home: Do not pass go, do not eat reception meal... only HOT lemon-honey water, cough drops, and SLEEP!
It was a miserable few weeks. I called the FLU hotline, gave them my symptoms and they said PLEASE STAY HOME, you have H1N1! SO I called a clinic for a second opinion, and they said the same thing. I don't think I saw anyone for 10 days because of that thing!
Eventually everything went away, except the cough. I still am getting over that, but it is FINALLY almost completely gone, hallelujah!
Unfortunately being out of 'commission' for 2 weeks served to put me majorly behind in EVERYTHING! So.. if you have emailed me or sent me a check/faith promise--- DON'T Worry! I have not forgotten about you, and I WILL get back to you SOON!! :)
That is all for now :) Hugs all!
~A
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