Helga!

Lørdag

Etter å ha en vond hals tok jeg den til doktor dyrego’ for å få den sjekka. Han lytta litt på hjerte (jeg hadde det litt moro når han måtte lete litt) og stakk pinne i halsen. Så fikk jeg 80 peniclin-tabletter og noen knall rosa ”painkillere”.

Senere…

Siden det var lørdag passet det bra med besøk hos jentene. Vi laget julegrøt (litt på etterskudd) med mandel og hadde marsipangris til gevinst. Selvfølgelig fant ikke jeg mandelen. Kan ikke stikke under en stol at jeg kjente på en smule bitterhet over det, men men. Kay var snild og delte med alle.

Etterpå hadde vi Lære og Voksegruppe, og det ble en fin stund, vi delte, bad for hverandre og svarte på spørsmål som Siri hadde sendt oss.

Søndag

Rundt lunsjbordet i dag ble det så mye mas om ”pisa”, fordi jeg har vært flink å skryte på meg at jeg er temmelig god til å lage pizza (noe som forresten er veldig sant). Så jeg og Kay tok turen til Supermarkedet og kjøpt ingredienser. For å gjøre en lang og spennende historie kort og grei, jeg laget pizzaene, men når jeg skulle steke de gikk strømmen og kom ikke tilbake før nesten alle hadde lagt seg i 11-tiden. Den fikk bra etterheving i alle fall (ca. 3timer). Men vår hostmor var våken og fikk stekt dem, så til frokost mandag og tirsdag var det kald pizza a’la Per! NAM!

Et lite fredagsdikt;o)

Uganda er et herli sted,
en slipper å styre og hogge ved.
For temperaturen kommer ikke mye under 20,
allikevel finner du mange som går med lue!
Her en dag fylte min søster 25,
skulle så gjerne vært der og gitt henne en klem:)
Men jeg har det igrunn søren meg bra,
det kan jeg rett og slett ikke komme fra.
Uganda er et sted du må få med,
her er veldige mye fint å se!
Fjell og dyr og Nilens kilde,
ja det er ikke ofte du får sjansen til slikt et gilde!
Bungeejumping kan også oppleves,
da merker du hvordan adrenalinet heves.
Med folket her har jeg et veldig godt lag,
det blir vanskelig å finne et varmere og snillere slag!

Oj…ble litt imponert over meg selv der:o)
God helg folkens!

I mammas fotspor

Denne posten dedikerer jeg til min kjære gamle? mor, som er ganske nyutdannet som lærer. Du stusser kanskje når jeg skriver ”gamle” og ”nyutdannet” i samme setning når jeg skal beskrive mamma, men det er en annen historie.

Forrige lørdag tok jeg skrittet og heiv meg ut i læreryrket i ca. 20% stillingen som kristendomslærer på 4. trinn (19-22 år). Ikke for å skryte, men jeg må få sagt at jeg syntes jeg var ganske flink ettersom jeg fikk se gjennom dagens pensum for første gang en time før jeg skulle i ilden. For å jekke ned imponertheten din litt, pensum for dagen var 1. Mosebok 1., altså skapelsesberetningen og timen gikk i å diskutere verdien av arbeid som vi gjør, sett i lys av arbeidet Gud gjorde og gjør. Men dog, jeg er imponert over meg selv og hvor bra det gikk, husk på at her ikke var noe nynorsk eller bokmål inne i bildet, du tenker riktig ja, det gikk så klart i engelsk! Må bare nevne en ting til, respekten jeg fikk av elvene og en annen elev som kom inn for å spørre om å få snakke med en i klassen, ble jeg litt overrasket over.
Tror nok jeg kan takke mamma for å ha fått overført litt lærergener. Så nesten hver lørdag i en time kan du se for deg meg, som lærer! Tenk det du:)

Over til noe annet, nei ikke noe om min mamma. Men det som jeg tenkte var umulig her nede har skjedd. Jeg har fått vondt i halsen!

“As a Man thinks in his heart, so is he”

Proverbs ...:....

From Monday to Thursday we were at Gerenge at a ChildrensCamp for the oldest children at Mulago ChildProject and Kamodya ChildProject and the theme was Proverbs :.

At Sunday evening I was not looking forward to this, because Infield ended at Sunday afternoon, and I had to repack and then leave at Monday again. (You may wonder why I haven’t written that I had to wash? I gave the dirty clothes to the housemaid).
At the Camp I was given tasks at the camp, I was Bibelstudyleader, and one of the MC. (An MC starts a session, introduces the speaker and what what…)

But it was good to come to Gerenge. I had some really nice days. The youths are so fun to be with.

Since Ragnhild made a list, I want to make a list over things at the Camp.

- We had to wake up at 6am!
- Lake Victoria was lovely and it was really fun to play with the youngest youths in the water!
- The food was all right
- My group dramatized Genesis 37:1-10 and I had to speak luganda
- I learned how to broil chapatis
- The speakers were good
- The MC’s were the best

With five words: Some Great days after all!

InfieldParty 2007!

This week we had infieldcourse here in Kampala! All the teams in East-Africa gathered at hotel Blue Mango and Øystein and Harald came to be with us.

It was really good to se everybody, to be together and have like a minivacation. We had some really good days, we’ve been swimming in the pool, playing Ligretto, interacted and had fun!

At Saturday we had a day of fun, we rented a bus to go to Jinjer. We visited the Source of the Nile and some waterfalls along the Nile. The highlight of the day was the Bungee Jumping into the Nile.

It was indescribable PSYCHO!!!


!!!!!The next lines should Not be read by my mum and grandparents




The ramp was 65 meters over the water. I was quite stressed when the man made me ready for the jump; I just hoped that my heart could bear this. When everything was ready; the thing that I had to trust the next few second of my life in, was tightened around my ankles and I was standing on the edge with my arms holding onto a bar on the ceiling, I guess many thoughts ran through my mind. Unfortunately I looked down half a second, and I thought, “No, why did I look down, now I won’t jump”. But when I lowered my arms and the man counted “3, 2, 1, Bungee!!!”, I JUMPED! It was against all naturelaws, but I JUMPED!!! As I said, it is impossible to describe what ran through my head, I tried to scream, but I couldn’t do it before the rope was tightened and I was pulled back to hang in the air again for a second.

In the end of the course we sat at the hotel and everybody said something encouraging about everybody, it was a really nice way to end it, and it was sad to say goodbye. But I’m really glad that we will meet again soon!

Surfing the source!

Just a few things...

- We finally found Nutella at the supermarket (closest to were we live!)
- From tomorrow we will have Infield-course
- On Saturday, (I think) I will jump out from a platform and 44 meters down into the Nile
- At Wednesday we are half way trough our stay in Uganda!
- Will congratulate my sister with her 26. birthday tomorrow, 10.!
- It's Tuesday today

Happy New Year!

Year 2006 is history, and 2007 is ahead of us! Want to wish You a Happy New Year!
How did you enter the new year? Tell me! I want to know!

Me, Kay, Ingrid and Aina went to Nairobi, to attend the EZRA-conference ’06-’07, organized by FOCUS Kenya. We went one day before it started to visit Team Nairobi. On our way we saw zebras, antelopes and warthogs! That was awesome!! Rest of the trip was nothing to write home about, except from the beautiful scenery….(in fact we were told that the conference started one day before it actually did). But it was good to have a day to relax before it started.

The conference was good, interesting seminars, good meetings and I met many really nice people!

Me and Paul (and Marit behind)

It was program from the morning to the evening, so we didn’t get bored. One of the days the boys took “the day off” to go to town and meet Anne-Margrethe and Eivind. Nairobi was nice and there was a place with really good coffee and brownies; I think I could like to stay there (in Nairobi, not at the coffee place).

At New Years Eve we were 13 Norwegians at the conference! (Team Kampala, Team Busheny, Team Mbale + Thomas’ sister and Team Nairobi) I really had a good time, instead of fireworks we were shouting and jumping into the New Year.

Have you made any New Year resolutions? Tell me! I want to know!
I’ve made a few:
- Learn Spanish
- Read the Bible more
- Jog more and take more sit-ups
- Eat less candy and drink less sodas but eat more fruit
Do you have thing to look forward to in 2007?
If not, I can give you at least one:
- I’m coming home from Uganda! (12th april!)
Things I’m looking forward to:
- To come home from Uganda
- To meet the Hald-students
- Some weddings
- Skjærgårds Music & Mission
- Kebabdate with Aina Marie and kakao-evening at hers place in December

I didn’t tell you about the return-trip from Nairobi. At 7 PM at Wednesday, a 17 hour long nightmare started. For more details and information, please contact me.
Even though Nairobi was a really nice town, it was very good to come home to Kampala!

Why can't the bus leave? Now?!

Good old Kampala