Hello from currently sunny northern Norway!
It has been a couple weeks now and I think my mind is finally able to concentrate on writing a post along with adding a new template for my site. I’ve been doing some adjusting, its definitely a different world here; slower, quieter, lots of room for contemplation. The Discipleship Training School ended two weeks ago and the base is moving into a less hectic summer time mode. Many of the staff have left for the summer season and some of the summer programs have fallen through, which was a bit disappointing, but now I will have more time to concentrate on learning the language and really getting the hang of how things run in the office and even work some organizational magic. The Nordtun website, that I have been working on, will soon go live (hopefully this week).
I will be attending a Culture Conference in the southern city of Skien next week and in the beginning of July I will also be a part of a ministry team that volunteers at the Træne Music festival. A secular music festival held on a really small island a few hours from here. Our goal is to be a positive witness and influence among the attendees.
The sun has been perpetually setting this evening..well, as it does every evening. I can never really tell what time it is. Only by the heaviness of my eyelids do I know that it’s way past my bed time. Midnight seems to be the norm and Im grateful for the dark shade in my room. My diet consists of muesli, open faced sandwiches topped with mackerel in tomato sauce or a mild white cheese or a very tasty brown goat cheese. I had the wonderful opportunity to eat whale steaks (norwegians claim to be very responsible whalers) It tastes very much like beef or venison and looks like it too, its the beef of the sea and just as healthy as any fish.
all for now!
Ha det bra!
Pictures: Me at 10:40pm, whale Steaks, the town of Engavågen