Have you ever had a moment when you’ve felt like you don’t have enough faith for something? I have! There have been many times in my life when I felt like I did not have enough faith to overcome that particular mountain, the overwhelming amount of work, that painful heartache or the unbearable sickness! …
In January 2013 I enrolled at Hillsong International Leadership College in Sydney, Australia. I’m from a small town of 4000 people in Switzerland, and had moved to a huge city where millions of people live. I was studying leadership for the first time, yet I already thought I knew a lot. One thing I …
In August 2017, I received a letter of a refusal for a visa that I had applied for five months earlier. During that five-month process, I worked hard and did everything in my ability to get this visa so I could go back to Australia. I was shocked and disappointed when I received the letter. …
Press Forward Every year, in March and October, I go through a time of around 1-3 weeks, in which I have very little strength, no motivation and sometimes even symptoms of depression. I don`t know exactly why this is or where it comes from but I assume it`s a part of a biological cycle of …
Don`t give up! Have you ever had a situation in life where you wanted to give up and stop doing whatever you are doing or whoever you are being? I have! I think back to the time shortly after I lost my second kidney transplant. My level of disappointment was so high that I didn`t eat, …
Gratefulness First After my second kidney transplant failed in 1998 I was devastated in many ways! Especially at the realisation that I’d have to go back to having Dialysis treatments three times a week again. One day a driver picked me up from school to take me to my Dialysis treatment that afternoon. I sat …
Heavenwards When I was a child and teenager, I had a very strong desire to be in heaven as soon as possible. My constant focus and strong desires to be in heaven were developed because of the pain, trials, circumstances and endless battles I had to go through with my chronic illness. It was …
The Never-ending Battle It`s been a while since I’ve written a blog, because of a speaking trip to India in September and October. . This is probably the first time that it hasn’t felt hard to write something as I`m fighting a big battle right now and my life looks anything than rosy! …
The never-ending arrival I`ve already spent over 10500 days in this world so far. That`s a lot of days, and I hope there will be many more for my life but also for your life. You personally might have more or fewer days lived in this world so far. Whether we have more …
Refreshed Have you ever longed to be refreshed in your life? Do you know what it’s like to feel the burdens or pressures of everyday life? Whatever this might be for you, maybe school, work, home, family, relationships, finances or even your own body, is there anything that feels like a burden to …
Living life on the edge 2012 was probably the most difficult season of my life, when it comes to living life on the edge. Or in another words, getting out of my comfort zone or overcoming fear! It was a season of preparation for moving to Australia, where I would be living and …
Change the Game In 1993 when I was 4 years old, I had a stroke that put me in coma. For two weeks I was in a very critical condition and the doctors didn`t have any hope that I would survive! They told my parents that I would either die soon, or if …