Thanksgiving 2010

Happy birthday Anne Berit

Paris

We decided to travel to Paris to celebrate that we were finished with our neuroscience exam

Casting crowns

If We've Ever Needed You lyrics
Songwriters: Hall, John Mark; Herms, Bernie;


Hear our cry, Lord, we pray
Our faces down, our hands are raised
You called us out, we turned away
We've turned away

With shipwrecked faith the idols rise
We do what is right in our own eyes
Our children now will pay the price
We need Your light, Lord, shine Your light

If we've ever needed You
Lord, it's now, Lord, it's now
We are desperate for Your hand
We're reaching out, we're reaching out

All our hearts, all our strength
With all our minds, we're at Your feet
May Your kingdom come in our hearts and lives
Let Your church arise, let Your church arise

If we've ever needed You
Lord, it's now, Lord, it's now
We are desperate for Your hand
We're reaching out, we're reaching out
We're reaching out

If we've ever needed You
Lord, it's now, Lord, it's now
We are desperate for Your hand
We're reaching out, we're reaching out

If we've ever needed You
Lord, it's now, Lord, it's now
We are desperate for Your hand
We're reaching out, reaching out

We need You now
Revive us now
We need You now

Last sunday I went to a Casting Crowns consert in Bjerkreim. It was really awesome. Here is the lyrics from one of their new songs. Today I had an exam, I and coudn't get the this line out of my head: "If we've ever needed You Lord, it's now... " An exam is not the worst situation I could have been in, but I think it's nice to know that God is always with us. Even when we have to really focus and do our best on a test or an exam. If you haven't heard this song you should listen to it!

Happy Birthday Emme!!!

I hope you are having a wonderful day Emme! I wish you all the best.

I miss you very much

birthday hugs from me

Who said the summer is over?

Today we went on a biking trip, and it ended with a refreshing bath:-)

hiking with Friends

This weekend I have had a good friend visiting. Yesterday we were so lucky with the weather that we decided to go hiking. We hiked from Ulrikken to Fløyen, a trip witch is called Vidden. We made pancakes on the way, and enjoyed the fall colors up in the mountains.

Happy annivarsary

Happy 50th anniversary (11.09.2010)

Recipe for carrot cake

5 dl hvetemel (2 cups flour)
4ts bakepulver (4tb bakingpowder)
5 dl brunt sukker(2 cups brown sugar)
2 ts kanel (2ts cinnamon)
(Dette blandes først...)(mix these ingredients first)
4 egg -et om gangen(4 eggs, one at the time)
1/2 ts salt(1/2 ts salt)
3 dl soyaolje (1 1/4 cups soy oil)
8 dl gulerøtter(3 1/3 cups graded carrots)

Stekes i 30-55 min på 180´grader (30-55 min. at 350 F´degrees)

Krem: (toppings)
200gr Philadelphia ost(7 oz philadelphia cream cheese)
200gr smør(0,45 pounds butter)
400gr melis(0,88 pounds powdered sugar)
1ts vaniljesukker (a little bit vanilla essens)

...but this is a good alternative

Im back in Bergen.
School has started.
The weather was nice at first,
but now its rainy.
And I have gotten a cold...
But its great to be back in town.
Nice to meet my friends again
And hopefully I will feel better tomorrow
Have a great week!

I will miss this...

Last day at home

...It's a little bit weird because I haven't been much home this summer. I feel like I have been living in a suitcase most of the summer. First I spent 4 weeks in East Africa. That was a great experience and I made a lot of new friends. When I look at my pictures I really miss Kenya. Im really thankful that I got the opportunity to travel back to Africa. People there are so open and welcoming. They share everything they have, and we have a lot to learn from them.

After that I went to Norway, and a couple of days later my brother got married. It was a wonderful wedding, and I was also so lucky to have my american grandparents visiting. They came to celebrate their 50th anniversary. We had a lot of fun traveling around in the southern and western part of Norway. We saw a lot of places that I never saw before. Maybe I should start travel in Norway instead of going abroad, hehe... There are so much beauty in Norway! I just wish that it was cheaper in Norway. In africa you can buy 4 coke, for the price of one in Norway. Or something like it...

When I came back home I went hiking with friends in the mountains. I just love to get up and spend time at our cabin. It's so quiet and you can really relax. No tv or stress! You don't hear any other noises than the wind, birds and sheep. We were also so lucky that we had nice weather some days and went swimming. It was really cold! But it was very refreshing...I think Im spoiled after swimming in the indian ocean(Zanzibar)... The water in Norway is always so cold...brrr!

Back to my busy sommer... When I came back from the mountains I went to a christian youth festival, UL. They had great sermons, and I meet a lot of friends there. At some of the sermons there were more than 3000 people attending. The music was also awesome. One night I was sitting in one of the first rows, and when I turned around and saw all the people praising God I was amazed. Often we feel alone and small as christians. But we are all part of a great fellowship, and one day everyone will worship together in heaven. That will be a very special day!

After 3 days at UL, I went to another christian youth camp in Kristiansand. I spent a week there, helping with the dinner serving, and telling about our trip to Africa. We also had a fundraising day to collect money to CHRISC in East Africa. We got in more than 320 000 NOK (more than 50 000 $) in one day! We had tournaments, a race and some other competitions. It was fun to see that people were doing so much to collect money. And what is even more inspiring is to think about how much money that is in Africa. The money are going to be used to train leaders and make sports activities available for more children in East Africa. It's cool that sports can bring all kind of people together, and be used as a tool to spread the gospel.

Yesterday I came back home. It was nice to sleep in my own bed again. But now I have to start packing my things for Bergen. I will start school again on Wednesday...

Where did the summer go????

Trip to our cabin

We had a great weekend:-)

Seafood for dinner...

Today we went to the famous fish-marked in Bergen. We wanted a special meal today. So we bought fresh shrimps and crab claws. And then I made a salad and we had eggs with it... MMmmmm!!!! Delicious...

tourist in own country...

-what a beautiful country I live in!!!