Saturday, March 31, 2012
I'll miss you Thassos
Monday, March 26, 2012
Greek spring
Many people have been asking about what the spring is like down here.
Me myself I don't think it's as much spring as you expect it to be in Greece, it has been many cold and gray days and you have to keep your shirt and jacket on.
This past week, however, the sun started to show itself and it's lovely! It immediately becomes warm and pleasant, sometimes I even had to take my jacket off. Young people go, as young people like to do, in the t-shirt and do not want their jackets but it's not really that warm in the air. But as I said, in the sun, it is very nice!
The main difference from Sweden I think is that the temperature remains mild even at night and this welcomes life into flowers and trees. I were walking around in our neighbourhood and documented a proportion of all spring splendor that dressed our island for the the National Day, which yesterday was celebrated with parades and partys.
And then a couple of pictures of the neighbors down from our house. The little lamb bleats to catch up with the rooster crowing. The donkey is, however, mostly quiet and seems to be a gentle creature.
Monday, March 19, 2012
The last box
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Saturday night
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Sweden awaits
We hope we have made a difference during our time here, that we have meant something for the church and the people we met. They say they will miss us so we have probably done something good :-)
But it also feels good to get back to Sweden and our loved ones back home.
I'm not sure what to expect but a few things has fallen into place. The other day Kenneth got a job in Norrköping for the summer that might become something more than just a summer job. We used to live in Stockholm so it would also have been nice to come back to our church and friends there, but I (Lena) have my family in Norrköping so I really enjoy that we will get close to them, especially my dear mother.
And I'm looking forward getting home to the country of liver pate, "falukorv", "polly", salmon and other goodies :-)
I am going now in less then three weeks, on the 2nd of April I have a flight for me and the cat. Kenneth has to stay a bit longer to finish up some things.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
First class done
"5 x 2 hours of our lifes and 5 x 2 hours with the word of God" as Dimitri said.
We began in Luk 24 about the men on their way to Emmaus. They met Jesus himself and still they had the truth revealed to them from the word! So we then continued with bibelverses that was talking about how God is revealed in the scripture.
The buns were good and many other brought other sweets and crackers so we had plenty enough! Looking forward to Thursday when we will meet again!
Friday, March 9, 2012
Άλφα και Ωμέγα
We want to do it in the same spirit as the Alpha course that many of you might know about but we don't have enough time before the season begin to use the actuall Alpha material. Most people here are involved in the turism somehow and because of that they will all be busy from easter on.
But as in the Alpha course we are having some time for fellowship and treats -so today I'm making "sugar buns" that I hope will turn out well enough to enjoy on Sunday.
And things that we been keeping on hold because they are so boring we now got motivated to do... like cleaning :-) and then I mean big time cleaning. Like the ceiling in the bathroom that's becoming black in the winter because of all the humid. Good job, Kenneth! He took this delicate job as his responsability.
and is now waiting for the detergents to do it's magic.