cort, brett, the haavik girls and i joined 30 others on a wonderful excursion to southern norway, Stavanager, this past weekend. it was for the group Ny Generasjon who we've been working closely w/.
it was a great time to get to know those we were with since it was a 17 hour bus ride down there, or so we thought. we travled from trondheim to oslo and our bus broke down. so we ended up hanging out at IKEA for almost 4 hours! while we waited for a new bus haha it was a great time. we played some cards in the cafeteria. we bought some blankets for cheap. we stayed there until it closed at 11pm.
finally our wonderful christmas colored bus came at midnight and we travled the rest of the way, 9 hours, to get to Stavanger just on time for the morning session of the conference to start.
we freshened up in the bathrooms since we slept on the bus and went directly to our sessions! ahhh it was great fun. yet very tiring, since we had to be translated to 'cause almost everything was in norwegian.
we slept in a large gym w/ a divider in the middle splitting guys and girls! haha i really felt like i was at a youth conference then. there were about 150 girls all using 2 bathrooms!! CRAZIENESS!!! that's all i have to say.
ny generasjon started with a vision to reach college age students, but it has grown so much lately in the high school campuses. it was great to see so many young people going after God in Norway. some people even traveled as far as Iceland to come and take part. cort, brett, and i along w/ the other university students that came w/ us, joined at max. 40 other students that came. we sat through sessions talking all about university ministry and how to reach our peers. they went well, tiring at times, but we made some great connections.
we were able to meet the man who began ny generasjon and share our hearts and vision for about an hour after a session one day.
my most favorite part was getting to know all those that we went w/. it was so fun to just be yourself and hang out w/ people you're really beginning to become friends with.
all in all our time in Stavanger was a blast!
MIDNIGHT, Sat.- as we were 10 mins. from the conference center heading for Trondheim, our new bus, BROKE DOWN!!! yes, you heard me right, 2 different busses, 2 break downs!! so...we made our way to a place where our bus could get looked at. 2:30am rolled around and no news of us moving any time soon, so...the majority of us fell asleep. well...to many's surprise, when we woke up 7 hours later, we hadn't moved! we were still in the same place....ahhhhh so...the Lord really worked patience in all of us this weekend. to make a crazy long story, shorter. we ended up flying home from Stavanger! and the tickets were for free! what a miracle!
other than that...we're all recovering well. it's cort's bday tomorrow, and i hope to do something fun for that! our internet is down, so we're in a coffee shop right now. not sure when it'll be back up and running. so i'm trying to write a bit now, 'cause i don't know when the next time will be. so...i'll show some pics of the crazy crazy weekend!
ha det!
posted by Keldog @ 5:34 PM
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kel! so, guess what. when i get my flight benefits (jan. 7, i am counting down the days) i can fly on icelandair direct from minneapolis to oslo. for basically free.
so, i am coming to visit you.
hallaisen!!!! jej, du er deili!
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