Blogs from Norway, Europe - page 229

I think this is the first time that turning a year older made me a little sad. I suppose it is because as that special time of year rolls around you begin to ask yourself all of those important questions like: “What have I done with my life?” and “Where am I headed?” My only thought was I am that much closer to 30 and I admit it was a little depressing. I am not on the past of most my age (no husband - nor even a boyfriend, which actually I don't want one right now so I guess that is a blessing, no children - can't imagine having those either, no job - someday I really need one of those). But then I realized although I don’t know necessarily know where I will be ... read more

Sorry it has been so long since I’ve updated this blog or emailed anyone. As you can read in the above blogs I’ve been pretty busy. Thank you so much though for emailing me and making sure I didn’t fall off the face of the earth! I feel so loved! Right now I am sitting at a cozy candle lit café enjoying some coffee and wonderful jazz music as I write letters, update my blog and study God’s Word. What a wonderful day! I even got to sleep in! It is kind of dreary outside but it just adds to the cozy atmosphere. If you feel moved to pray for me I haven’t been able to sleep much lately so I would appreciate prayer so I can start falling asleep before midnight (especially since I have ... read more

Yesterday one of the girls from our team (Karoline) had to go to the hospital. She has something wrong with her lungs. She got to the point where she couldn’t breath very well and it was very painful. Some of us girls went to see her in the hospital today during the dinner break. For some reason hospitals make me very uneasy, which is so silly because I’ve never had any bad experience in them. As we were sitting there talking to her and I was looking at the oxygen tank helping her to breath I felt like I was about to start crying so I excused myself to the bathroom. I don’t know why but seeing someone so young like that & even all the older people in the hospital really just saddened me. I’ve ... read more

With “Army Week” over and since we didn’t get any days off this weekend we had off until 3 p.m. today. It was so cool because when I woke up it was SNOWING. It was snowing enough that the whole ground was white. I went to a bagel shop by myself for my PT and had a club sandwich on a bagel with some coffee then walked with a friend to do some shopping. It was just such a lovely day, so uplifting after a long week!... read more

Dancing, dancing and more dancing! Our instructor encouraged me today, telling me how much she can tell I’ve improved since we first started dancing and that she sees a lot of potential in me. She commented on my posture and that she thinks that is why I dance well (it makes the moves look much prettier). I told her I owe my posture to my mother; she is the one who always got on to me when I was young to stand up straight. So thanks mom, you helped to prepare me for the day when I would graduate from law school, move to Europe and dance for Jesus! Today we had to practice doing head stands, hand stands, and making bridges (standing & then leaning backwards to put our hands on the ground and then ... read more