søndag, desember 17, 2006

Decorating the Christmas Tree













On friday Hildegunn, Jill and my self went a bought a christmas tree. A really nice one I must say. And spent the day decorating the tree and making the house ready for christmas. And as you can see there is a lot of room under the tree, but alot of thanks to my aunt and uncle for sending me a present. Looks very nice, and I can't wait to open it...






fredag, desember 15, 2006

Billy Elliot

If you are planning a trip to London, this is one place you should stop at. Billy Elliot, the musical at Victoria Palace theatre. This is a great and fun musical. If you liked the film, you are going to love the musical. Absolutly love it.

As you all know there is alot of musicals in London and they are all very different. Up till now i've seen We will rock you, (queen musical), Footloose(twice), Les Miserable and BIlly Elliot. They were all great, but Billy Elliot had the best dancing of them all. Billy was played by a 14 year old boy, and he was just amazing. ballet, tap, break, lyrical...e.g. He was great.
This I a absolutt great place to stop if you are going to London, and it really dosent matter were you sit. We sat as far away and high away from the stage as possible. Great.




Billy Elliot is the story of a boy from a humble Tyneside background, whose mother is dead, and whose father and brother are caught up in the bitterly fought community-splitting miner's strike of 1984. Billy's father wants his son to learn to box, like him and his father before him. But instead Billy becomes fascinated by the grace and magic of ballet. BILLY ELLIOT is about Billy's gritty and determined struggle, at first in secret, but then with the wholehearted backing of his family, to dance his way to the brightest of futures by winning a place at the Royal Ballet School.
(picture: 3 of 5 boys that playes Billy, the one that played yesterday isent in it)

lørdag, desember 09, 2006

Happy Feet


There is one film you should all see this Christmas. Happy feet. This is one of the most adoreable films I have ever seen. If you havent heard of this film before, this is the plot;

Antarctica is brought to life in this story about Emperor penguins finding their soul mates through their own individual song. However, one young penguin has to rely on his ability to dance.

I totally loved it and hade a good laugh. This is a film, actually a musical, for kids as well as adults. Loved it...

By the way this film beet James Bond in America!!!
NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE
1. Happy Feet ($42.3m)
2. Casino Royale ($40.6m)
3. Borat ($14.3m)
4. The Santa Clause 3 ($8.2m)
5. Flushed Away ($6.8m)

tirsdag, desember 05, 2006

Happy Birthday to Alexander

The 18th of Nowember my nephew turned 1...
Look at this beautiful face. Can't wait to see him again...

Huff, huff

Today something BAD happend... The team was in Whitton High street, for lunch. And just when we were hedding back for our bible study, this happend. I was looking through a window, at some mickey mouse stuff and accidently bumped into a tree. (AU) It hurt a bit but I was okey after 2min. After that I realised that my cell was in the same pocket as the side that hit the tree. So here you can see, the status of my cell for the moment... not good...


The funny thing is(well not so funny), is that the phone is still working. But I can't see a thing. So reciving texts arent that funny... huff huff...And a very sad thing is that I probely lost all my texts and pictures... Please let me know if anyone knows how I can manage to copy everything to my sim card... I want a new phone for Christmas..

lørdag, november 25, 2006

torsdag, november 09, 2006

I'm Fine

It's been some time since I last wrote anything in my blogg. It has bee almost 2 weeks since Øystein left and no matter what anyone says, I’m fine. It was off course great seeing him, and anyone in there right mind would miss their fiancé. But everything is fine. Just fine… Last Sunday I had my very first Sunday school which I really enjoyed. I had five lovely girls, from 9-13. They are just angels. And I am so happy about the whole thing. Thanks Stewart...

fredag, november 03, 2006

mandag, oktober 30, 2006

Finally my baby came


Finally my baby have visited me her in London. We had a great week whit lods of fun, and laughing. One of the greatest weeks ever. But it was very sad leaving him at the airport.

søndag, oktober 15, 2006

Make Poverty History


In the church today, St. Paul, they talked a lot about poverty.
I don't know if you have heard about the Make Poverty History campaign. But you might have seen some people wearing the white bracelet; I think you can get at Kirkens Nødhjelp, in Oslo.



After the service today the whole church went outside and

made a bracelet around the church, and said grace together holding the bracelet.

PIZZA, AT PIZZAHUT

The boys are busy eating..... guys with food means no contact....
These girls really can't live with out chocolate.....

And in the morning i'm making waffles!!!






Yummy waffles from Norway, with lots of brown cheese. On Friday I had my day off with Kristin and Hildegunn, and we made waffles. Oh I love waffles, and it reminded of my dad and my soon to be dad in-law. Norwegian men love waffles, right dad? Thanks a lot to Hildegunn’s parents for buying her a waffle iron… bless…





Even Olli, the dog, enjoyed the waffles. So did Joe, the son in Hildegunn’s house, but he really hated brown cheese… even on waffles.

onsdag, oktober 11, 2006

Sunday school in St.Mary

Now I’m going to try to write my blogg in English, after Sarah said that she would like to understand what it said. She wanted me to do as Kristin does. I can try, but please don’t say anything about my spelling. I’m not as good as I should be, and would like to be. But hopefully it will get better during the year. I have to inform you all about something that I’m really, really happy and exited about. Stewart has asked me if I would like to start a Sunday school in one of the churches that I work in, St. Mary. This is the only church in the parish without a Sunday school. They have about seven young people coming every Sunday, (from 9 to 13 years old). Till now they spend there Sunday school in the back of the church, doing different craft work, reading or playing. This is because there is no one that would like to start a Sunday school for them. But today I have spent all day in my office trying to find out how I can do it. And I have to say that I have a lot of ideas, but as my mum said I can’t get ahead my self and what I can do and what I can’t do. But I have until 5th of November to plan this thing. So I’m going to try my best, and I really hope that I can do this… If you have any ideas, please let me know…


My personal sunday school forlder...

Kristin og moi fra våre beste sider










You go Kristin!!!


torsdag, september 21, 2006

Bare begynnelsen...



Jeg har en stor ting å fortelle dere alle:) Øystein og jeg har forlovet oss :) :) :) Nå har vi fått på oss ringene våre og vi gleder oss til alt som kommer på vår vei :)

søndag, september 17, 2006

The Vicarage

Dette er huset som jeg bor i, sammen med Jill. Rommet mitt er øverst til høyre, bak alle buskene.



Her er spisestua, der vi oftes har middag. På dette bilde har jeg dekke opp til middag for hele englands teamet. Lasange for sju, med Trifle til dessert. NAM..






Etterpå ble det film titting, You got served, i en helt utrolig god sofa, som minner meg egentlig litt om den hjemme:)



lørdag, september 16, 2006

Dukketeater og kakebaking


Holy Trinity Church ligger rett i High Streeten her i Hounslow(handlegata) og kirka har vært kjempe smarte og kjøpt opp plassen foran kirka slik at de kan bruke plassen til absolutt hva de vil. Idag arrangerte de et dukketeater med tale, sang og musikk. Det var hysterisk morsom å se på og det var utolig kreativt gjort.






Slik ser forresten Holy Trinity Church ut. Og det er fra denne vinkelen man ser den fra hovedgata. Den er enda finere inni enn utenpå. Kirka har også både en kafè og en bokhandel som en åpen 6 dager uka, og det er veldig mange innom iløpet av en dag. Et utrolig trivlig sted.




Imorra skal det være et kakesalg i ungdommenes regi i Holy trinity. De skal samle inn penger til å helpe å finansiere ei jentes tur til Tanzania. Så idag måtte vi bake kaker:) Til slutt besto bake teamet av Jeff (ungdoms arbeideren her), Vidar, Tim(en av ungdommene) og meg selv. Litt færre enn det som var meningen men, morro var det.





Så er det jo ikke bare bare med gutter på kjøkkene,
eller hva Vidar og Jeff. (hmm, hvordan funker denne tru?)









Vidar i dyp konsentrasjon når han skal skille " det gule fra det hvite". Tim derimot, leker med melet :)








Jeff er ungsomsarbeideren i Holy Trinity, han skal dessverre slutte og forlater oss i slutten av September.
Han er fra Brasil. Og her lager han en kjempe sandwich, men brasiliansk innhold. Hold deg fast; tunfisk, majones(masse), oliven, tomater, salsa dip, salat, mer oliven, ost og på toppen gulrøtter. Spennende.



fredag, september 15, 2006

mandag, september 04, 2006

Fremme i Whitton, Hounslow

a nå er jeg endelig fremme i England, nærmere bestemt Hounslow, igjen nærmere bestemt Whitton. Vi landet i London på onsdag, og frem til Fredag var vi på kurs med CMS, Church Mission Society. Her lærte vi om de to do's og the not to do's i England. Enkelte ting vi lærte der, har jeg funnet ut at ikke stemmer for engelskmenn alikevell, f.eks. punktlighet. Vi hadde to netter på Indian YMCA før vi kunne dra til de familien vi skal bo hos, resten av året. På bilde nedenfor kan dere se hele gjengen:) (fra v. Torgeir, Miko, Meg, Kristin, Rada, Vidar og Hildegunn) Her var vi på vår allerførste tur på en engelsk Pub. Veldig koselig.. Og som dere kan se så var det ganske trangt.
De første dagene fikk vi også muligheten til å være litt turister. Dette er min 3 gang i London, så jeg hadde sett det meste før, men Big Ben er like fin fordet. For andre var det første gangen i London, og de var som små barn på tivoli. (bokstavligtalt)


Jeg har kommet meg godt til rett hos en dame som heter Jill. Hun er en veldig koselig dame, som lager god mat til meg:). Hun er prest i en kirke som heter St.Phillip and St. James, som ligger rett vedsiden av huset. Dette er også den kirka som Hildegunn(fra Skåla) skal jobbe. Og jeg har merket at jeg kommer nok til å se Hildegunn mest dette året, bortsett fra Vidar da, som er min "partner in crime".

De siste par dagen har vært ganske rolige. Vi har møtt mange av de vi skal jobbe med i løpet av året, og de forskjellige plassene. Jeg er bl.a. veldig fornøyd med vår "mentor" som heter Stewart. Han er en kjempe type som jeg tror vi kommer til å kunne samarbeide kjempe bra med. Vidar og jeg er forresten plassert i en veldig stor menighet. "Hoved" kirka heter Holy Trinity, der vi har vårt felles kontor og der det meste skjer. Itillegg er vi litt innvollvert i to andre kirker som heter St. Paul og St. Mary. Alle de tre kirkene er kjempe fine og jeg gleder meg til å begynne på ordentlig. De to siste dagene har Vidar og jeg ryddet ut av kontoret til Jeff, ungdomsarbeideren som desverre skal slutte om 4 uker. Vi prøver så godt vi kan å få stedet til å bli litt mere oss. Og vi har bl.a. planer om en vegg i fargene til det kjære norske flagget. Det er viktig å legge fra seg spor:)

torsdag, august 17, 2006

Ferie 2006



Her er et bilde av kjæresten min, Øystein, og meg selv. Fra turen vår til Bergen i sommer. En kjempe koselig tur rundt i det vakre landet vårt:) Harestua-Hardangervidda-Bergen-Stavanger-Farsund-Rjukan-Drammen-Harestua...

13 dager igjen

Nå sitter jeg i stua mi hjemme og lager en blogg, sammen med kjæresten min:) kan bli spennende å se hvordan den blir til slutt... men vi satser på noe fancy noe;) Nervene for å dra siger sakte men sikkert inn... men jeg drar ikke ennå...