catch up time.

So it's been a while since I've posted on here. Sorry about that. Here's what you missed...

First there was love feast, basically an awesome party that the staff put on for us with the theme of Robin hood. I had to dress us as a warthog which I think really suited me.
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During creative week we worked on sculptures and installations in groups.  Here's the outside of ours, haha. You can't really understand it without standing inside it. sorry.

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Last week the fine art track went on our first mini-outreach to a small town called Elnesvågen.  We stayed at a church there and did many different things. We planned 3 services; one for the teens, one for young adults, and one for the regular Sunday congregation.  We also did things around town including: speaking at a high school and junior high, teaching at a kindergarten, and handing out free coffee downtown.  It was such an amazing time of being challenged and working together as a team.  We learned a lot about each other and each other's stories and this made such a difference as we worked together throughout the week.  It was so cool to have God help us out with all our planning and preparations through prayer and to see how he unified all of us through that.  One of the most exciting things that happened was on Friday when we arrived at the high school. When we arrived at the room where we were supposed to speak to the high schoolers, but no one showed up.  Instead we decided to move out into the hallway where they were all eating lunch! So we went and stood at the bottom of the stairs, told everyone to listen up and one of our girls, Caroline, shared her testimony right there.  It was really awesome to see these high schooler actually focused on what she was telling them about God! It was like they were actually grasping the depth of what she was saying. Another highlight was getting to pray for a homeless Romanian woman that I met while we were handing out coffee downtown.  She didn't speak english very well, but once Silvia and I started praying with her she began crying. It broke my heart.  Right after that we met a group of teenagers and had a much different experience.  One boy was so excited to talk about Texas and how he liked to go there to shoot things. We didn't give away much coffee, but at least we met some interesting people! The week ended with a spontaneous traditional Norwegian sunday dinner of Meatballs, sausage, potatoes, carrots, and brownies at one of the family's home that we met at the church. I came away from the week feeling more blessed than I ever expected!

on the ferry to Molde

poor guy. Our only boy.

the beautiful Norge sunsets

My painting during worship

the town of Molde