A brochure in a dusty drawer

29 April

Tara was planning to move house late 2008 and as expected was throwing out several things she had accumulated over the years. A brochure caught her attention and she felt led to give it to me. At the time we were both working on something similar for our church and so she thought perhaps it would help me get some ideas. The brochure was for Word of Life Bible Centre in Uppsala, Sweden. I began to read through it and was stirred with such excitement that I immediately looked it up online. I had no idea what was happening but I was caught by the Spirit and knew I was to go to the Bible school in Sweden. The amazing thing was that I’d never heard of Word of Life or Ulf Ekman before. It was new to me and so I wanted to see for myself what Word of Life was all about.

I soon made arrangements to attend the youth conference in 2009 hoping I would get talking with some students from the Bible school. When I came to the Youth conference I was greeted with the love of God from beginning to end by teachers and students alike. This left an impression I could never forget. I knew this was to be the place for me for a season in the future.

Now I look back in awe; to think it all started with a friend cleaning her house and a brochure! It just shows God can use whomever and whatever it takes!

Niamh Kelly