Kylling Dinner

This was my dinner tonight! Astrid came over and served lovely mashed

potatoes, chicken & onion chicken patties, mushrooms and brocoli.

Oh, and gravy, of course!

She just has a knack for making stuff taste particularly wonderful

and I'm looking forward to her Fantastisk Eplekake!

I will post the recipe when she does it so you, too, can enjoy her creation.

Takk for maten!

Waffles in Norway!

Norway has some really awesome food like Waffles!

We had these tonight as a late evening snack with friends. Yummy!

(Tusen takk for vafler, Helga!)

I feel like I am in an episode of Househunters Int'l! 

We are staying in a flat in downtown Bryne and it's amazing!

I will have to post pics soon!

Life in Norway is so good I just have to use exclamation marks!!!

Livet er så godt her!

Skjærgårdsheimen on Flekkerøy

It took thirty hours to get to Norway but we arrived safely last night. 

(But, really, God, did you have to make all our flights so incredibly bumpy? Really?) 

I am glad to be alive.

This is what twilight looks like on Flekkerøy, the island where we're staying.

How many people get to see a lighthouse from their bedroom window? Nice.

It is so good to be back in Norway! We are resting today

and then will have meetings almost back to back for two months.

This should be great fun, I tell you.

Har det bra for nå.

Utah

Dear Utah,

I'm going to miss you when I'm gone. As my friend pointed out, I will miss the entire Autumn, in fact. So I have a favor to ask. Don't make your leaves too spectacular or your weather too sweet because  you know I really enjoy that about you. If you're thinking about me when I'm away, be sure and do whatever you need to do to produce a ton of snow for the winter. I am, of course, your biggest snow fan and I'd appreciate the effort. There's nothing more lovely than seeing 'my' mountains draped with a snowy cape and clouds hanging like a mysterious counterpoint against the sky.  You know I think it's your best quality and you really look beautiful :)

Love and hugs from Rebecca

Soon, Oh So Soon!

Soon, we will be standing on the ground of Norway and my heart will be complete.

This is just an example of some of the mysterious scenery somewhere outside of Stavanger.

Å be for Guds herlighet i Norge er min største glede!

A Missionary Heart

"God is pursuing with omnipotent passion a worldwide purpose of gathering joyful worshipers for Himself from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. He has an inexhaustible enthusiasm for the supremacy of His name among the nations. Therefore, let us bring our affections into line with His, and, for the sake of His name, let us renounce the quest for worldly comforts and join His global purpose." — John Piper

"Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God" — William Carey

"The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become." — Henry Martyn

"To belong to Jesus is to embrace the nations with Him." — John Piper