October Fun!

Time flies... Its November! WOW! Its been quite a challenging fall, with TOO much stuff going on and too little time to enjoy it in...

Its been busy, and it will still be for some time. My exams are coming up, and I am not ready. Not yet. Hopefully I will be the day Im sitting there... November 19th and December 9th. And then its christmas!!!

The team is fun! I love us.. I love them! Camilla is in York right now. I miss her, the team in not complete without her. So thats good... :) Schools been fun as well. And I went to Crete with my family, my whole family! 20 people. Wow. It was fun! Lots of people. Sun. Crete. Our own swimming pool... Im not complaining.

One of the things Ive been doing a lot this fall is traveling in and out of Oslo with AFS. Its soooo much fun, they did my exchange year sometime GREAT and now I get the chance to give other exchange students that opportunity. And this yeah Im also helping out getting the Fall Seminar ready, so there has been some extra trips. Ive enjoyed it, and used the time to hang out with friends and catch up as well.. ;)

I have some pictures. I think they are all from Oslo actually!

yeah, that was fall for me. Now winter is calling.. It snowed today. Christmas is getting closer, and Im liking that... :)

-Peace

Yeah thats us..!
I love her SO much!
Tonje and Kaja-kozejentene
Jan Erik stopped by...!

Kajs og Mais
Jesus de Venezuela

Elizabeth de Columbia
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I had dinner with Marie and David- de var i slaget!

LIFE:

Ole- the worship- dude!
3 fantastic boys at the youthgroup! They are FREAKs future, and that makes med EXCITED!!!!

Church!

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It kinda weird, I am in Norway!!! Its fun, I love it, but there are times I wake up after a night of sleep, wondering where I am. Mexico still feels so close, yet so far away. Its been 3 months. Over 3 months. And I didnt get how long that is before I got to see Jessy, Teyus and Kayia when they came to Norway a couple of weeks ago. Teyus is the number 1 example of how long 3 months are!!! He had gotten SO big, a walked, were everywhere and looked more like Ingvar than ever before.

I had a lot of fun hanging out with them talking, and it made me think about Mexico ones again... Wow, I learned so much from being there!!

Jessy
Lena Anette!
Mother and son

Lena Anette and Emilie

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Oslo: Went there on an AFS meeting, and got to hang out with Tonje and Marie as well. :) YAY for friends!!

Livet i den gamle pastorboligen….

Jeg lever enda. Jeg trives enda. Jeg smiler enda.

Den siste tiden har gått fort. Nesten for fort. Føler ikke helt at jeg har hengt med selv, men etter å ha takket nei til et par jobb dager denne uken, pluss levd litt på det at jeg var syk i hele helgen, og halvsyk frem til i dag, har jeg funnet meg selv igjen. Mer eller mindre.

Mye er nytt siden sist. Jeg har flyttet hjemmefra, og inn med Pål, Eirik og Camilla. Sammen utgjør vi FriTeamet i Hamar Frikirke. Kort sagt driver vi Ungdomsarbeidet og alt det har å tilby, samt små ting her og der rundt forbi i kirka og ellers. Og det blir mye småting her og der, og det er gjerne det som drukner meg… Jeg skal innrømme det, jeg føler kanskje at jeg har tatt meg litt vann og hodet til tider, men det er så mye gøy her i verden! Men nå roer det seg litt, og i dag har jeg hengt opp det siste bildet på veggen på rommet mitt, og har en mindre ting å gjøre på lista mi.

Du lurer kanskje på hva disse småtingene er, men livet mitt ser altså slik ut: Fulltids studie på Høyskolen I Hedmark- Bedriftsøkonomi, Ungdomsarbeid og cellegrupper, søndagsskole, Cafe UNO jobbing, Skobutikkjobbing, annen jobbing, Regnskap, lesing, AFS, trening, matlaging, team møter, One on ones med Jesus, stabsmøter, AFS leirer, sosiale sammenkomster, og jommen skal jeg har tid til litt dødtid for meg selv også! Så uka blir full! Men det er gøy!

I forrige uke satt jeg i det da uferdige rommet mitt, og satt å så ut av vinduet mitt. Jeg storkoser meg. Jeg er så takknemlig for at jeg får være her nå, med disse menneskene, på dette tidspunktet, med disse målene. Jeg koser meg. Jeg gjør det. Ja, det blir mye, men det handler mer om meg enn noen andre. Dersom jeg blir spurt om å ta en ekstra vakt på jobben og jeg vet at jeg egentlig ikke har tid, ja da må jeg bare si nei da! Jeg lærer sakte, men sikkert…

Heldigvis er folk flinke til å la med teste ut sånne ting. Linn er et eksempel på det. Hun er min venn, men også min sjef på UNO. Jeg digger hu. Hun vet jeg har mye, og velger derfor å ikke tvinge meg til å jobbe mer enn det jeg selv vil. UNO er et fantastisk sted, og jeg jobber der gjerne. Når jeg har tid. Krefter. Ork. For det er litt der jeg er. Prøver å finne en balanse. Jeg sliter med den av og til. Men jeg har det gøy i livet mitt nå, og da går det bra. Riktignok ligger boka til bedriftsøkonomisk analyse nesten urørt ved siden av meg. Men det går bra. De andre 3 fagene har jeg fått et mer eller mindre godt grep om (kan ikke si det samme om lærerne, det er noen som ikke burde jobbe i den jobben de jobber i!). Prioriteringer. Det er det det handler om. Akkurat nå er jeg først og fremst på team. Jeg er her for Gud, og jeg er her for ungdommene. Å ha studiene på en andre plass er ikke alltid like enkelt. Å ha noe som går foran blir ofte litt travelt. Jeg har lært det, og jeg lærer. Så vi får se. Mitt motto er at det er bedre å gjøre det bra i 3 fag og ta opp igjen ett, enn å gjøre det halvdårlig i 4.

Livet i et bokollektiv kan være både gøy og vanskelig. Personlig har jeg sett mest til det gøye ved det så langt. Vi har der koselig sammen, og passer på hverandre. Middag en gang i uken hver er fast- de andre 3 dagene er vi stort sett for oss selv, og det er som regel de dagene der krasjer med andre ting- jobb, UNO eller skole. Vi har det godt i teamet tror jeg, alle har noe å lære av hverandre, og det er virkelig noe i det å bo litt tett på hverandre over lengre tid… Nå har vi alle litt tid fra militæret (ok, det er bare guttene) og Ungdom I Oppdrag, så det å bo tett innpå folk har vi vel for så vidt trening i fra før av… Men her er det snakk om virkelige ting, vi starter et kollektiv, vi flytter ikke inn i et! Så derfor er det en pågående diskusjon, hovedsakelig mellom Camilla og Eirik, om teppe på badet. Jeg ler hver gang jeg går inn på badet og det ligger et annet teppe der, da har en gått drastiske skritt for å få vilja si. Det startet med at det lå et litt slitt teppe der da vi kom. Så dro vi på IKEA, og resultatet ble dette:

Det var ikke Eirik like fornøyd med… Dermed har Camilla fått skylden for alle ting i huset med farger, blant annet den blå pizza skjæreren vår. Men det er all spøk, med litt alvor bak, og jeg merker det er godt. Vi tørr å si meningene våre og står opp for oss selv, så her er det ingen som blir overkjørt. Og det har bare blitt sånn, foreløpig er det ingenting vi har måttet jobbe oss frem til!

…og for ordens skyld står det to typer smør i kjøleskapet. Jeg er vant med et tredje slag, men bryr meg ikke så mye, så jeg velger fritt. Hvilken type leverpostei har også være temaet, og melketypen! Det er utrolig hva en har med seg fra hjemmet sitt, som man ikke tenker over! Og det er utrolig hvor lang tid det tar før en vender seg av med det….

Dessuten har jeg kjøpt nytt kamera. Det var ikke helt forventet, men sånn er Gud. For jeg tror jeg har fått det i gave fra Gud. Tusen takk. Vi innvier kameraet med en billedserie om mitt liv akkurat nå. Haha

huset i hagen... For det meste er det Påls lille krypinn...
Finn en feil!!!

Utrolig- i flere uker har jeg gått å ventet på denne IKEA kommoden, og da jeg satten den opp klarte jeg å gjøre en feil. Hvem i huleste klarer å gjøre en feil når man monterer en IKEA kommode?! Vel, jeg gjorde det, og jeg skyder på Marie og Angel fra El Salvador/Costa Rica, som jeg snakka med mens jeg monterte det hele. Marie snakket så mye og dypt, og Angel bare lo av meg og sa jeg var matcho. Jeg vet ikke om det er positivt når det kommer fra en Latin Amerikaner, men et er greit. Uansett har jeg bestemt meg for ikke å ta hele greia ned igjen, men å la den være som den er- litt unik, men i sann IKEA stil.

Denne jenta hjelper jeg med spansk, og jommen hjelper ikke hun meg tilbake- med hjelpe meg til å tenke spansk, og bruke det litt... Man glemmer fort!

THE UNO LIFE...

... Der kor ingen kunne tru at noko kunne bu...

...der bor det ingen heller, men vi har hytte der!

I went to my cabin earlier this week. Just to chill, have some time away from home, during my 3 days vacation... It was great! What I did? Nothing. I slept. I red. and I chilled. It was amazing. I took some pics; here they are. Just for you to see what I did. Which was nothing. Well, at least you get to see some nature.. 
The cabin. 
To get water you walk to the creek, fill the buckets and walk back. 

Oh beautiful (rainy) Norway

This is where we get water from... 
The walk from the car to the cabin...

The swing from my childhood years where still there, but they´ve made....:
a soccerfield!! This used to be more wood and a creek back in the day (that would be when I grew up... Um, actually until like 2 years ago.)
view point my brother made by my cabin...


"Downtown" Røros. 

...and then I went for a walk around my cabin. The cabin would be in the middle of the woods you see right there....   


No electricity, its all done the good old fashioned way. 

This is some of what I did... Reading, chillaxing and sleeping. YAY!

Alright, time for another blog update...

I am still good. I love Hamar during the summer!!!! Its super nice out, Koigen is crowded with people, and we hang out all the time!! 

Right now I am actually stuck on the couch, icing my ankle... I twisted it trying to walk over the stonefencethingy at Koigen about 1 hour ago. Result: I had to call into work and tell them I couldnt make it, just because I simply cannot walk, at least not yet. I feel bad for my colleagues, but what to do!? Nothing.... 

Norway is nice. I havent been doing a whole lot these past weeks, but what I have done has been meaningful and good. Ive gotten to see a lot of people, talked a lot, had a couple of coffees, had some bbqs, chilled out, and most recently: worked! And thats whats on my calendar for the next couple of weeks too, no counting the AFS goodbye camp Im leading next week. Its gonna be grand. 

No pictures, i dont have a camera anymore and I find it surprisingly nice not having to feel like I have to take pics all the time... But I will try to get one soon, whenever I get money.... haha

See you!

Home, Sweet Home. 

I am home. In Norway. 

And I miss Mexico, but in a good way... And I have fallen in LOVE with Norway, once again! It is BEAUTIFUL!!! When i came back after my DTS I was miserable, for some time, but this time... aaaah, NORWAY!!! 

...I still wonder when I cant find a trash can next to the toilet, I struggle to keep the speed limit and not go 20 over, that the sun doesnt set before like midnight still freaks me out and that there are NO taco stands on the corner, open to like 4am. 

...but I love Norway!

So Long, farewell…

 

Pues, aqui estoy en la cama de la Erika en San Diego, California. Aiiii santo!!!

 

Another season of my life is over. The last couple of years it feels like Ive had a lot of seasons. While Kindergarten, Elementary School and Middle School all were seasons that took place over many years, these past seasons has been short, but oh so full of fun and knowledge… My year as a foreign exchange students in Kansas, senior year of highschool, 6 months of working, DTS, 4 months of working, and then these past 8 months of serving as a missionary, in so many ways. But now it is over. Wendnesday I can finish the chapter and close the book, and my goal has been to finish it off with an explanation point!

 

I am done!

 

…not to mention sad. Its been such a great experience, understanding more of who God is, and learn so much about myself and other people. I find myself back at the point I was exactly one year ago, when I wrote in my journal about how life is never going be the same again. Ever. Back then I had just finished my DTS, and I was chilling out in Ensenada until June 10^th, before I started on the trip back to Norway. June 10^th this year, I will take the train to LA where Jenny is meeting me, and after hanging out with her for some hours, Im gonna board my plane to Oslo, with a layover in London. I am going back home. Just like I did last year. And the feeling is the same- things will never, EVER, be the same again.

I am not sad. Really; I am not. I am so so SO thankful!! I have had an amazing year, a second DTS you might say, and I have had so much fun! Yeah, life has sucked too. My everyday life was not like a DTS, where you are in a bobble and people invest in you 24/7. But God has been so faithful during these last months, and I am so thankful. He gave me the opportunity to come back to beautiful Mexico, and I got to invest in people. And see a whole different perspective of a YWAM life. Not only by not being in the DTS, but also by letting me travel and see other bases, different lifestyles and new people.

 

I have loved it.

 

Ok, so I am a little sad… But not in a bad way. I knew it had to come to an end, and June 10^th has been on my calendar sense like September. Still, the last couple of months went by so fast, and I have no idea what happened to this last week… But that’s how it always is. And I am ready. For change, for new challenges. It is good. It is going to be good. And Im excited. 

But nothing will ever be the same.

 

I was hard saying goodbye. I left early this morning with Erika, she came down to visit and pick me up. Last night I said goodbye to some, this morning some, and there were some I never got to say goodbye to. But hey- its YWAM- its never “goodbye”, its “see you later”!!!

 

This year has changed my life. And formed my life. Changed who I am. How I think. Now I am sitting here, in San Diego, amazed by what God has done and how he works. I am going home. All my plans changed during this year. I am going home, home, to Hamar, to study at Hihm and work with my church. Nothing like I expected, but then I have stoped believe in expectations anyways, cause they will only let you down. Not in this negative way, but honestly; if you expect something you always have to exclude something else. And by doing that you put limits on people, God or things. And somehow you will end up getting disappointed. Getting an A- on a test when you expected an A disappoints you. And then it doesn’t help if A- is a super good grade. For you it is still gonna suck because your expectations were different. So don’t expect- believe. Have faith! If you have pure faith you do not exclude anything.

 

Sorry, this ended up being a lot of talking. I am done, I am off to bed, I running LOW on energy after a week of carelessness when it came to curfews, 5-6 hours of sleep every night, and just a lot of things happening. And last night ended at like 3am, and this morning started about 3,5 hours of restless sleep after, so I am dead. Almost. (and that would be the excuse for all the spelling mistakes, I am not even gonna read over this to correct it).

 

I AM GOING HOME. AND I HAVE HAD THE YEAR OF MY LIFE.

 

THANK YOU JESUS.

 

..next step…

Just some random pictures from my last week in Ensenada.

Sienna Darling... Isnt she beautiful? 
They look like they´re in love, but they are not. They are just great!!
Baja 500 is a known big rase that starts in Ensenada, and this time Giezi, Martin, Jacob and I went to pre run the race from like 9pm to 2am. It was awesome, dusty and fun. Im gonna miss Giezi´s jeep. 

Ana Gaby and Amanda threw me a goodbye Party!! It was so fun and so great and I love these people!!

Walter was the Carne Asada man- it was like a real tacostand!!! haha!!
JP, sarvia, Paola, Jacob, Giezi and I went out for one last lunch at Baja Fruit after church on sunday. I loooove these people!!