Wednesday, December 20, 2006



LINDA, LINDA, LINDA!!!!!

Como é difícil expressar aquilo que você pensa e sente em outra língua...Como é possível gostar e sentir tanta saudade de alguém que ainda nem conheco????

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Thursday, December 07, 2006


Back to the norwegian course!!!
Sometimes, some miracles happen! I do not know how, but we are back to the class. Thanks for some friends who felt that and asked some people to let us go back to the classes.
We received with so much hugs and welcomes!!! One of them sent us a letter (it isn´t cute?). I feel so happy to get to know all these people.
Even if I can not speak norwegian, we can talk about so many different things in our lives. It is so nice to feel that when we just love and learn about different people, it does not matter what religion, race, culture they are...and we can really be good friends! This is a little bit about what we could see in the Nobel FredPris, looking so many photos about war in God´s name. I felt shy to see that we, as Christians were doing (second the photos that I saw there).

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Present from my dear friend from Brazil... Natasha: Thank you very much!!!
I miss all of you!!! Our conversations, restaurants, studies, discussions...hehe...
Na, Tati, Ro, Rosa, Marcitcha, Má Maluf:
And do not forget our deal!!! hehehe (nobody is going to get married until I come back!!)

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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

The people can think that I am just a tourist here...

It is true that I am getting to know so many interesting places!

Beautiful buildings


Going to parties

MUCH MORE THAN A TOURIST!

There are so many new things every day! It would be impossible to write all of them here and ilustrate with all my photos. All of this new and nice things are a part of beeing abroad in a new culture. As well to feel lost some times and do not understando what is goind on. But I think that summarize what is beeing really important here can be describe with Samuel Escobar's word in his book:

"...In my own limited experience within the IFES, I am acquainted with hundreds of missionaries whose call to service came at the time they were students...I have already mentioned movements that minister among young people and students, movements that have been more open to taking risksby creating models of sensitive multicultural missionary teams. Participants have been able to look at their own culture from a critical distance. This has veen facilitated and reflection in the light of God's Word this has been an important training ground for mission...facilities for travel allow this educational process to be experienced through short-term visits involving immersion in others cultures, and fellowship with brothers and sisters in Christ in other lands"

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Takk for sist!

This is our teacher from Hald, Siri.

She came to visit us, to know how the things are going, see where we live and talk. It was really nice to receive her here! Even if for so short time, we can feel that the people are taking care of us all the time.

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Friday, December 01, 2006

Norskkurs:

Some of the students (some of the muslims can not apper in the photos)

She teaches me a lot...

Nils Peter, our teacher

Siri, other teacher

They made a party for us

...with a delicious chocolate cake...

Just to say good bye!

Today suppose to be our last day with norwegian classes. But God surprises us!!!

At first, we went to this class where the students can talk just in norwegian, since they are living here for a couple of years. In the begining, we were just observing and not understanding anything!!! I thought it would be impossible to talk with them some day.

It is still very difficult to talk with them. At least, I can understand a little bit now. And I try...I do not know so many words, some times I just have to write it because they can not understand my pronounciation.

Even if I can not talk so much, I learned so much. Much more than norwegian and the culture. I learned about people. How to get to know them, understand their cultures. Learn to love them. See that they were so open for us, so kind, always giving me some food or tea (even when I did not want to eat, they were insisting so much). It has been so nice to be with so different kinds of people, from differents parts of the world. Different religious and believes. Different backgrounds. Different languages.

I have been attending the classes just for 6 weeks. I could not talk so much. But I felt that I was really usefull, without saying anything. I felt that I had good friends. We went together to the Nobel Fredspris, where I could not be the same after look that and I could think that the peace has to start with us (how you can read in the last post, there are many different photos about different people in many countries where the have wars in the God´s name).

I have so many things to tell about these classes and this time. But it is so difficult to express everything in English!

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