It is time...

to write again... It has been so much going on I haven't had the time to write. Or first I didn't know what to write and now when Christmas is over there is a lot to write about. I did three weeks of internship in a church in Linköping, the city next to Norrköping. It was great, i really loved being in that congregation and with the staff there. I was planing on taking some pictures to show you what the church looks like but forgott the camera but if or when i go visit i'll bring the camera. On sunday I had the sermon it was lots of fun and people came upp to me after and thankt me for it so i think it was a good one...

And Christmas has been great, In Sweden the Big day to celebrate is Dec 24, Christmas eve(day) so we started that day with going to Andreas family had the traditional Christmas food, Ham, Meatballs, sausage, herring, Salmon, ribs and a lot of other stuff that i don't remember... And then at 2:30 we drove to my parents. and here at 3 they show short shots from Disney movies for an hour and it is a tradition for many families to watch and so is for my so we all sat down by the TV and watched. And after that it was time for my mom to fix the traditional Christmas food again... so around 5 we had the same meal as we did at Andreas parents... do i have to tell you that we full after that??? And then we opened gifts and just enjoyed being together and by midnight we went to church...

It was a great Christmas and a great December... I'll show you pictures later... Need to get some school work done...

My friend make this..

She is doing really cute things, go and look at all the things she make. The page is in Swedish but you can always look at the pictures she has... Veronicas blog

For all of you how read my last post, I just want to say i have medication now and feel much better and i did get some sleep too...

Can't sleep...

It is 04:36 am here, i did sleep or rest from 10 pm and about 2 hours, but then i couldn't stay in bed. I'm not feeling to go, i think i have urinary infection, so I'm waiting for the doctors office to open. Drinking lots of water and running to the bathroom is what I've been doing the last 4 hours, it is just 3½ left till they open so i can call and get an appointment.

O well maybe i should write about something more exciting. Just don't know what, This weekend we cleaned the apartment. So now our home is prepared for advent and we can start waiting for Christmas. We also went to the church were Andreas grow up and meet some of his friends i really enjoy being around them. After that we were supposed to go out and have dinner, but we were to tired so we stayed home. Today (or Sunday) we went to church at 10, and then to Andreas parents for lunch, then i had to be in the church were I'm doing my internship. So it was a great first of advent, but a really long day. And now with me feeling not to good, i could say the end wasn't to good, but it actually is the Monday that didn't turn out so good. I don't know if I'll be abel to do my internship today, I'll just have to wait and see what the doctor say...

One good thing with bloging now is that time goes a faster, it is just 3 h and 10 min left...

I think this will be it for this time...

Have a great week and a good advent...

Snow...

Sorry i haven't up dated the blogg, but time just fly by...

The first real snow is here, I LOVE it, i just wish it's here to stay but i guess it will be gone by the end of this week... I love the winter, when the snow is here and you can be outside skiing or just play in the snow.

I'll be home for three weeks now, i'm going to be doing some internship in a church in Linköping, I'll have my first day tomorrow. I think it will be lots of fun, but i do miss Uppsala and my new friends there.

If you are reading (someone special) i just want you to know that i'm thinking of you. Life is not fair, and i don't understand why... But i know God will help you though this.

I was planing on taking some pictuers to show you our house with the snow but it is to dark know.

Oh i need to tell you that we are looking in to buy a house. We had one thet we thought we wanted but when we saw it, we understood that it wasn't for us. But today we went to the bank to see if they would borrow us the money if we find the house we want, and they will is it so great... we are so happy... maybe we'll have our own house soon....

Need to go to bed. I'll try to writte soon again.

Tired

it is Sunday and I'm tired. Tired because the weekend is to short, tired because I need to pack my stuff to go to school tomorrow. Tired of always feeling like I'm living in a suitcase... I did my laundry today so I hope my cloth will be dry enough... I'm tired of always feeling that i don't have enough time. Not enough to take care of the apartment, to cook, to be with friends and family, to have the lift i would like to. I'm so tired all the time right now.

The good thing is that i really do like school now and that's a long time since i had that feeling. And i also have a great boyfriend that understands be... But he is just home friday to sunday because during week he is in school... I'm so looking forward to when he'll be home and we can start a "normal" life together.

An other good thing is that school really helps me to keep contact with good. We have services both in the morning and after lunch. And since everyone at my school will be a pastor one day, the services gives so much. They really help me keep going, I don't know what i would do with out them.

I need to go pack my stuff and get to bed so I don't miss the train tomorrow....

All Saints day

Here we have one Sunday every year that we celebrate all saint. That day is also the day when the church recognizes all the people that past away since last all saints day. We celebrated this day, this weekend, so we went to church, we toke the one that Andreas dad singing in, he sings in a choir and they were in the service. I had never been in that church before, I liked it a lot. I'll show you some pictures from it. Andreas had the camera and toke a lot of pictures of the church.

I haven't taken the pictures of the church in Uppsala jet, I'll see if i get that done this week.

This weekend was a great relaxing weekend accept from Saturday morning when I hade to work.
My class was finisched on wendsday and the new one startes tomorrow (Monday). So I had no school work to do this weekend and that was great. Just spend time with Andreas, Friendes and family, I like that a lot.



People light the candels for ther friendes and family most people light them for people that past a way. I like when is it a lot of candels in the church. here they have placed them in a cross...

Sunday evning

It is Sunday again, that means back to school tomorrow, early morning to catch the train. So i need to pack all things that I'll need during the week in Uppsala. I'm bringing my camera so i can take pictures of the big church there and maybe of my school too.

This weekend we both haven't been feeling to good. I had a bad cold that I past on to Andreas. But yesterday it was "Octoberfest" a big party at our friends it was lots of fun. But since we both were tired we left early slept in this morning, good thing we get to turn to wintertime this weekend. We had lunch at Andreas parents and after that it was time to go to his cousins goodbye party, she is going to Tanzania for 6 month. She is going to work in a school and teach kids english. We hope and pray that she will have a great time and it was good to see her a last time before she leavs....

So this is our weekend almost, i forgotte I had to work yesterday and Andreas helped our friends move in to there new house. After work i could go there to and see there houes, i so want my own house right now but I'll have to wait for us to be done with school first...

Okay i guess i need to go and pack my things... I'll write again when i'm back from Uppsala...

Back in Uppsala

I'm back in school... it is a very busy week here. Lots of things to do in school. This is the big church in Uppsala i haven't been in there jet i'll try to have time to go there next week... take some pictures to show you what the inside looks like... Tomorrow i'll take the train back to Norrköping and Andreas as all ready home. so we will have a long weekend together that in nice. But i'll have alot of school work to do. Next week is the last one in this subject so we'll have to get everything done so we can start the new class the week after... it is fun, but it is hard and tirering to. I'm getting a cold to so i guess i'll have to sleep this weekend to to be abel to finsch next week in school...

It's not that much els going on here... so this will be it for today

Last day

of my Internship. It has been great. I just love working in the church meeting people and just being in the church. But it is nice to go back to school on Monday to, as long as i get my report written.

The picture above is from the other Church. This congregation that i've been in has two churches. The one you have seen before the really old one and then this one and if i remember right this one is from 1994. It is a smaller one but i really like it to. I like both very much and i think it is fun to have to churches that are so different from each other.

This weekend Andreas isn't coming home from school. So tonight I'll go to Church and meet the youth there. They have a café for the kids to have a place to hang out at on Fridays instead of being out drinking or doing other stupid stuff. I think this is a good thing so i'm looking forward to go there tonight.

Tomorrow i'll spend the day with my nice. We'll go shopping and also go and have someone help us with our make up. They have a store here were you get an appointment and then they will help you finde good colors for you and also show you how to use it. I think that will be lots of fun... Then we are going to watch girl moveis and just hang out.
Think that will be a great weekend thing to do...

Need to go, need to get something to eat before Church...

To give Thanks

Todays Sunday is the Sunday that the farmers took some of there harvest to the church and gave thanks for everything that the harvest gave this year. So to today is a day that remind to be thankful for everything that God gives us. In my sermon today i talked about how we need to be better at thanking for all the Good things we have in life. To say thanks for small things and big things and also all those things we take for granted.

Thanks for being Loved, for Friends and family. For the sun, for the fall and all the beautiful leafs. Thanks for giving me the daily bread. and thanks for everything else you give in life...

I told you earlier this week that i should take some more pictures from the inside of the old church so i'll post them under here...

The alter and it is not a painting it is a window

The Pulpit, i used last Sunday, i don't know how old it is

The baptismal font it is from 1100, and they still use it not every baptism they have but a couple times a year.

Birthday

Tomorrow is Andreas Birthday so we had a little celebration with families today we were 23 people in our apartment. We had pie and salad and cake and coffee. Andreas mother made the cake, I'll post a picture of them.

I was in church today to the had a baptism of a baby boy, and then we had a meeting with a couple that will get married, so it was a fun but intense day.

Yesterday we where cleaning the apartment so we could have people over here today. I was also baking bread and pies for everyone. 3 with meat and two vegetarian. I had never done that kind before but they turned out okay.

Thursday i had my youngest nice her she is so adorable. I took her for a walk and then i took her home to her dad, so that her big sister could help me. Her big sister is16 so she is a good helper. I have 2 nieces and 2 nephews. The two oldest are 19 and 16 so we are almost more like siblings and the youngest to are 2 years and 7 month.

Tomorrow I'll have a sermon at the late service in a small church lot newer then the other one. this one is built 1994 i think. But I'll be in the early service to and take some pictures of the church to show you. So think I need to go to bed now so I'll make it to church in time...

The Cake

Andreas and one of his presents

Stella the nice

Östra Eneby

This is the church i'm doing my intern in. It is the oldest church in Norrköping, and maybe even the oldest building. They started to build the church 1100 so it is an OLD Church... I'll take some pictures from inside on Saturday or Sunday. To give you a picture of what it looks like. To day I was on a Retierment home or it is a place where people stay when have been at the hospital and can't go back home, mostly old people. We had a service there. After that they had lunch, Soup lunch for how ever can come, mostly older people there to. And this evning i spend some time with the youth gruop it was fun. We played TP my team lost :P but we did have a good time.

Tomorrow is my day of, but i have to spend some time writing a sermon for Sunday. But in the afternoon i'll have my youngest nice her she i 7 month... Haven't seens her this last month so i think it's time now... She is so cute... i'll take som pictuers of her and post her so you can see here.

You are always welcome to leave a comment to let me know you read, and ask questions if you have any or don't understand what i mean...

Fun

I'm really in to blogging now. It is fun to see that people do read. So i thought i should tell you about whats going on in my life right now.

I'm in school in Uppsala, which is a city North of Norrköping. I will be there this semester except for six weeks when i'll be doing Internship in two different Churches one that I'm in right now that is here in Norrköping. I'm following a pastor and doing some services and preaching. I'll be in this church 3 weeks and this is my second week, time just fly by. The other 3 weeks i'll be with a pastor in a church in Linköping which is 30 min from Norrköping with, Bus, train and car. It is really fun to see more of what the life as a pastor will look like.

Andreas is in school, he'll be done in June really looking forward to that. This week he is home and that is nice to have him close.

I think i'll go back to writing a sermon for sunday... but i'll be back here soon and let you know whats going on in my life...

Fall

The fall is here, me and my nice planted this yesterday to put out on the stairs up to our house. I thought that I should start blogging and doing it in english for all my friends that i don't see that often. My english isn't the best but i hope you still will underatand me... So enjoy and hope you like what you read...

Det gick inte så bra...

att börja blogga.... Nu har hela sommaren gott... Sommaren har varit god, Resa till familjen och vännerna och så lite jobb... kan det bli bättre.... så är det dags för skolan nu igen. Det känns som om det kan bli kul att få plugga igen... träffa nya människor och se en ny stad...

Det finns så mycket som sårar än här i livet... det största just nu är frågan om ens vänner verkligen är ens vänner eller bara falska människor som så många vänner tidigare har varit...
Ibland känns det så, som allt bara är en stor bluff... inte riktigt någonstans... som vänner bara för att men inte riktiga riktiga vänner, såna man alltid kan vända sig till och prata om allt med... jag saknar en sån vän... det finns mycket jag skulle vilja prata om nu... men men jag fortsätter att ha det i mig, det kommer ut till sist....

Ger det ett försök

Alla andra bloggar ju så det är väl dags för mig med att börja försöka skriva på en blogg.... jag tänkte skriva om allt mellan himmel och jord... så för den som vill håll till godo...

Idag städar jag och bakar bröd det känns skönt att inte sitta och läsa. Tentan lämnades in i går i tid nu är det bara en liten uppsats som ska skrivas sen är den här terminen avklarad det känns skönt...

Nu ska jag torka golvet så har inte tid att sitta här....