More Paris

Just want to tell you that if you want to see some more pics from Paris, go to some of the links on the right;
Julie, Ragnhild and Ingeborg in Paris + Ragnhild and Ingeborg's joined blog. Sorry to all you non-norwegians, their blogs are in norwegian:)

If you want me to add your blog to my link list, just tell me!

Academie de louange 2007

That is the reason why Torgeir, Anne Marie and me went to Paris, a worship camp thing. The main thing though was to see how the mission field is compared the the english. It's interesting to see what the differences and similarities are. Last Tuesday, the two Paris volunteers, Ingeborg and Ragnhild(the pic under), met us smiling at the train station. Ragnhild's boyfriend, Leif Magne was also there. After a few days of just getting to know each other and central Paris, we left for Academie de louange. It was a camp for teenagers, they were about 16 and 17 i guess. It lasted from Saturday til Tuesday, yesterday that is.
Hmm, what can i say, it was great! Ingeborg got sick though, the day before leaving. She sat on the train with a 40 degrees temperature, not something i envy. After lying in bed the first day, she got on her feet and continued being the extremely funny person she usually is:)

The one thing that we (T, AM and me) were both exited and worried about, was the language! None of us speak french! But, i had heard rumours about some of the youth being malagasy, and we were hoping that they all knew some english. We were lucky:) There was one girl from Germany, so me and Torgeir got to practice our german (i spoke english..) Some of the cool guys spoke spanish, so Torgeir got to show of, hehe. And, i got to speak malagasy! I promise you, the way one of the malagasy girls reacted when i spoke malagasy to hear, i thought i was gonna wet my pants! I asked her in french what her name was, she said Misa. It's a common name in Madagascar, so i asked in malagasy if she could speak malagasy, hehehe:) You should have seen the look on her face!!

Enough about that, i'm tired. I should get unpacked, that is truly the most boring part of traveling, you have to unpack...

Teachers like it when their students can narrow down materiel to one word. If i was to do that, it had to be the word "laughter". I can't remember when i last laughed this much!! I had muscle pains in my stomach! Thanks goes out to the fantastic people i got to hang out with, i've had so much fun!!

Back from Paris!

About two hours ago i came stumbling through the door with my over-sized, way-too-heavy, painfully uncomfortable bag. But, i think that is the only negative thing about this Paris trip:) I've had a FANTASTIC time! I just realized that i don't have a picture of all of us, but i'll try to get every one's face out here on the blog.
I wish i had the gift of writing things down in an exiting way, but i don't, so i'll keep it short. One of the funniest things happened before even leaving London; let me tell you!
After taking the train to Waterloo, we are about to check in on the train. I say: "This will be so cool, i can't wait to get on the train" i am very hyper at this point and have butterflies of joy in my stomach. I continue: "Come on! Let's get out are passports and get going!" I look at Anne Marie, she's got this confused look on her face that suddenly turns into sadness, anger and guilt, why? She has forgotten her passport... You might think Torgeir and me got angry, but no. Anne Marie was a bit embarrassed though, hehe:) We started laughing, met a nice french security man while trying to get through the passport control with no passport, and got tickets three hours later. Torgeir put on his ipod and guarede our stuff while me and Anne Marie caught the first train back to twickenham to get the passport. It all sorted out without any big problems, i find it hilarious!

I'll tell you some more about why we went to France.

Je ne pas parle le français(???)

Last year i lived in a country where french is one of the official languages. But, i didn't learn anything! I know "hello" and "my name is Kristin" (no idea how to spell it though), but that is pretty much how far as it goes. Anyway, these coming days i will get the chance to learn som more! I'm going to PARIS!!!

Oh yes:) On tuesday Anne Marie, Torgeir and me are boarding the train and will hopefully end up in Paris. We'll stay with the two Norwegian volunteers working there, Ragnhild and Ingeborg to get a glimpse of their busy lives. We're also going to participate on a camp thing, i have a leaflet, but it's in french... Anyway, i am so exited!!!!

I'll tell you all about it when i come back:)

The rest of the lovely U-turn team, are going in April. It's a bit sad that we can't go together, but i think it'll still be great!!

So, as you probably understand there won't be any activity here the following ten days, HURRAH!!!

oh lovely bed

It's past my bedtime. Something tells me i won't have to count sheep or struggle in any way to drown into the world of dreams. I usually sleep quite good. I'm one of those lucky people who falls asleep on planes, buses and trains if there is time. It's a good gift to have.
Anyway, the reason why i'll pass out soon is because i've been sick. The kind of sick when you become best friends with your toilet and wants mum and dad to bring you coke. But, i was on my own when my body battled against the food coming in, deciding to throw it out again. Ok, it's a bit disgusting to talk about it, so i'll save you from more information. You all know what i'm talking about anyway.
If you're wondering, i'm alright now. It was in the dark hours of sunday morning it all happened, i was back to work today.

So, i just wanted to share some of my last experiences with you:)
Hmm, it there anything else i should mention? let me think..... No, i can't think of anything, all i want is to go to bed really.

"I will lie down and sleep in peace,
for you alone, O Lord,
make me dwell in safety"
Psalm 4.5

Good night!