The life of ... Mirko!

The last thoughts!

Mirko — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:14:34 +0000

A couple days ago I had my 48 take off this year … launch and landing is the really critical time during the flight. When the plane is in the air … then it flies.

At the crash of Madrid a few weeks ago, the plane was about 20 meters off, then crashed on the runway and about 10 seconds dire straits before it exploded. The whole thing is filmed by a video camera from the airport.

When the explosion was in the Quantas plane a few weeks ago, it lasted 45 minutes, until a forced landing was possible. 45 minutes of uncertainty, whether it ever comes to landing and also succeed. There are photos from inside the plane, where you see people with bibles etc …

I always wonder what I would do … 45 minutes is long – but would I read the Bible … yet quickly finish the plan, for the case that it matters in heaven?

Would I talk with passengers, telling them about Jesus … or would I write a letter to my wife and put it in my underpants (it is the safest place where you can have the most opportunities for things to be found – if they will not burn) …

But when you have just 10 seconds after take off … I notice that I always close my eyes, thinking about the option to burn in a moment in a huge fireball …

In such a moment, the thoughts are very honest, free … and if we fly and everything is good, I think about my thoughts.

This time I had for the first time the idea of “Thank you Jesus” … Thank you for the last few years, for all those years with my friends …. for everything.

And my thought are with my wife …

My land …

Anja — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:16:03 +0000

Here in the UK, everyone buys his own house when he’s young … many of my friends already have their own house and garden when they’re about my age.

Today, I bought a piece of “land” near Laphroaig … 30cm x 30cm (1ft x 1ft) … we’ll see, maybe I’ll build a skyscraper there or something like that … where does the unrestricted airspace start? There, I should be allowed to build wider … or I’ll just dig a deep hole … we’ll see, there are tons of possibilities …

… tired!

Anja — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:38:03 +0000

On sunday, I worked for 12 hours selling coffee somewhere and it was really cool, working as a barkeeper again … but there’s still so much to learn.

Now, it’s getting stressful with that first essay I got to write – international mentoring … I read about 20 books and now need to write all my “knowledge” down … I’ve already written almost 24 pages, in the end it mustn’t be more than 20 … and there’s still one third of the whole content missing … man!

This weekend, I’m in southern France … for our JF international.hang.out.gathering with all non-german-speaking Jesus Freaks …

Keep rockin’!

… COFFEE!

Anja — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:43:03 +0000

I’ve been looking for good coffee ever since I came to Belfast … and I really have to say that it hasn’t been easy once Wolf started it.

Every saturday, there is a market, similar to the Hamburg fish market, here they call it St. George Market. Whenever I have time on saturday, I go there for breakfast, have a brownie and some coffee in the, as I think, best café in town … almost as good as Wolf’s.

Well then, people have conversations and once in a while I wondered whether I should ask Martin for a job as a barkeeper … but I never did.

Last saturday, he asked me if I wanted to help out on saturdays … of course I want to … it’s just awesome – and a bit of extra pocket money.

My new little friend …

Anja — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:05:15 +0000

Since last saturday, like Haso I’m the proud owner of an Asus eee. For months I’ve wanted to buy that thing, but it never worked out financially.

A few weeks ago, my wife and I agreed that I could by it if I get a better job and a higher wage … both worked out, but it’s still hard financially, because I didn’t have enough income the last months.

In the end, I found an offer at ebay, to buy the Asus for 1 Euro if I join a mobile phone contract for 9 Euro per month … no extra costs … all together, it’s 24×9 Euro for my new little friend.

God really is faithful … and He provides ways that are worth going … in any case, it’s more than exciting.

… to kill and to live has its own time!

Anja — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:33:36 +0000

Our jesus.w.freak:08, formerly known as WillowFreak, is over now and it was an awesome time for me. Even though I hate flying by now (this weekend I was on my 20th flight this year) and my back hurts after sitting on these Ryanair seats.

But Willow was cool, lots of nice people, awesome God and a movement on the move. I was sad hearing all those people saying thank you to me for still being there … but it’s only been 16 years … sad, because there were quite a few people from my/our history that I missed and I just realized how much …

On saturday I had the feeling to read this bible verse … that everything has and needs its own time … that was really cool, because my wife, who wasn’t there when I read it, read the same passage that evening …

Everything has its own time, and there is a specific time for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pull out what was planted,
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build up,
a time to cry and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to hug and a time to stop hugging,
a time to start looking and a time to stop looking, a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear apart and a time to sew together, a time to keep quiet and a time to speak out,
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

The Bible, Ecclesiastes ch. 3, v. 1-8

… the last day!

Anja — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:57:03 +0000

A few days ago I signed up with some job finder agencies here in Belfast and then … there’s a saying: Either it comes fast or it doesn’t come at all!

It came fast, last thursday I had a job interview, on monday they said “yes” and now it’s my last day at McAfee.

Starting on monday, I’ll be an “Assistant Purchasing Administrator” at www.caf.net!

Well then … life is exciting!

… study!

Anja — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:19:37 +0000

Once again I was working on an essay for my studies. For the past weeks I’ve been reading books and now I’ve got to put it all into an essay about “Mentoring & Coaching”.

I was looking for a few quotations in one of Robert Clinton’s books and there, one excerpt from a letter just hit me … the Lord is truly faithful …

“I see how God is teaching you through a form of isolation. It is a mixture between your own choice and circumstances guided by God. With these forms of isolation God wants to teach us one or more of the following lectures:

a new perspective for our ministry
a new-awakened feeling for our call
flexibility and openness for new thoughts and changes
enhancement of our point of view through other people
inner conviction through His word
His guidance

It’s up to you whether you react positively to this process of isolation and understand the lectures that God has prepared for you.” (own translation)

… short update …

Anja — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:03:38 +0000

I’m still in good old Belfast, leaving the house every morning at 7.15 and coming home at 6p.m. – and I’m more than happy with this situation.

I don’t mind working 40h per week – it’s what you gotta do … but I earn so little, that I gotta think intensely about every pound I spend … and that can’t be right.

When I work all day, shouldn’t there be enough money to support my family …

I work all day, spend hardly any money and got no time for myself and my private life … when I get home in the evenings, I’m too tired to do anything … and on the weekends I need the time for my studies, which don’t go well either, because once in a while I also need time for myself …

Oh man! … but in all this chaos I still get the message from the Lord that He wants me to stay, that this is the place where He wants me to be and wait … „great thing, Lord …“

Well, then He has to take care of all this financial crap!

Today I signed up for a few job agencies … to see if there are better jobs – i.e. more money and more time … or the same money for less work or what ever!

Habemus Cartam…

Anja — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:52:05 +0000

A title that you’re about to read on quite a few blogs these days … we’ve finished the Charter and it’s turned out really cool.

You can probably read more about this on the other blogs … my weekend was really stressful because of it, friday I went to the airport by bus straight from work, to London, from there to Frankfurt Hahn and then with a fast and very nice car 450 km through the night to Großlohra, place of the Charter.

Arrived around 3 o’clock, had a quick beer and cigarette … and then until saturday 10 p.m. worked on the Charter.
Today at 10 a.m. to Alzey, had a coffee with my wife, then to Hahn, London and tonight maybe a nice concert in Belfast … and tomorrow it’s St. Patrick’s Day, so that means a beer after work … because, how do they say, “On St. Patrick’s Day, we’re all Irish!”