tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68163362941629077022024-03-13T15:55:39.863+02:00Thassos i sikteTHASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-37414587257583264942013-04-30T16:12:00.001+03:002013-04-30T16:48:01.409+03:00Leaving my mark<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-66406335280345863112013-04-26T10:53:00.001+03:002013-04-26T10:53:28.703+03:00the Hotel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> In Thassos we've
been staying in a hotel. It's preseason so it's only been us (our family
and the girls) and a red cat. Conti, the owner has been there cleaning,
painting and getting things in order for the coming season. We are
thankful that he's letting us stay there, it's very nice.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> A couple of days ago we got some more inhabitants in our hotel -four very adorable little kittens!</span><br />
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THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-71617019089183392032013-04-23T17:38:00.003+03:002013-04-23T17:38:30.336+03:00the team<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Please pray for us as we continue our work day by day. The Lord knows our needs and the people we are reaching out to. In a weeks time the easter holidays are starting in Greece and we are again planning for some easter craft with the kids. Until then we're keeping the church open, making friendships and having our daily time of prayer.</span></div>
THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-5298004169167991362013-04-22T17:02:00.001+03:002013-04-22T17:02:36.987+03:00A land in need<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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in crises. There has been a big change just this past year that we
have been gone. Things are more simple, poorer... In the stores you
find less extras and more empty shelves. People are taking care of
more and more land to grow their own vegetables. Our hotel room is
cold, but this is how many Greeks live all winter, of course because
the houses are poorly built -not suited for the winter, but also
because they can't afford the petrol. One man we know, 84 years old,
is going out in the forest to find wood to heat his house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But Greeks are use to a
simple life and to live day by day. Sometimes we find their lifestyle
lazy but it's something we very well could learn from -to live one
day at the time. To enjoy the now. And most people I know are not
lazy but hard working, especially now as the summer season is
beginning and many are working hours that the Swedish unions never
would allow.
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God that he's word still is true. What he was telling the Israelites
in their captivity is also true to us whatever hardship we are
facing. “I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the
Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a
hope. Then you will call upon me and go and pray to me, and I will
listen to you. And you will seek me and find me, when you search for
me with all your heart.” (Jer 29:11) So let our hearts be turned
towards God whether we are in need or with plentiful to have his peace in our hearts and looking forward to the hope he is giving us.</span></div>
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THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-24356603116162271342013-04-15T18:01:00.001+03:002013-04-15T18:01:44.478+03:002 1/2 week gone, 3 weeks to go<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-32221627166076709892013-04-11T16:09:00.000+03:002013-04-22T19:49:14.685+03:00Hello Thassos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We are enjoying very much
to be back in Thassos. It's our home where we have left a piece of
our hearts. Now we are back for more then a month to meet friends,
work and fellowship.</span></div>
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Greece for a week and a half. First we where having some days off,
staying with friends in Thessaloniki, a beautiful family that is such
an example of Christ love, they don't foremost teach it -they live
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Livskraft. This year we are having the privilege of working together
with four beautiful girls. We already seen a lot of creativity in
them and are looking forward to see what God is about to do in them
and through them this coming weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our first days together we
stayed in Drama. We are having some friends there as well that was
really taking good care of us! We enjoyed getting to know “our”
girls, the city of Drama and having some time with the church, in a
beautiful sunny weather most of the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One day we were having an
outreach in a simple but lovely way to meet with and being able to
bless people. Before we went out we where praying and making notes
from God to the people we where about to meet, then we just went out
to hand out our notes to people and where available for anyone that
want to talk more. I believe that God spoke to several people through
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Here is the actual reason for our move to Sweden.</div>
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The due date is September 22 and then we are expecting two boys, yes we are having twins!</div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today at the midwife we could hear the heart beat :-) It was great! We are looking forward to meeting them!</span></div>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-40088221736169096762012-05-31T17:15:00.000+03:002012-05-31T17:15:27.230+03:00I love swedish summer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Past weekend we went to Norrköping to celebrate mother's day! We were staying in the summer house that my family is taking care of and it was a great weekend to just relax and enjoy! Summer was visiting us with warm and nice weather. May is for sure the best month of the year with all the flowers and all the green. It's funny though how the temperature can change! The day after we came back to Märsta it was down to 10°C. Today the clouds are dark and heavy, don't think it will take long before they show their ability. But that is all part of Swedish summer -you'll never know what you get...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What have happened? -A lot has happened!<br />Kenneth arrived safely to Sweden, he and a friend was driving the 3000km from Thassos to Stockholm in two and a half days.<br />We now live in Märsta, a northen suburb to Stockholm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Kenneth got a fulltime job in Märsta where I as well am working 15 hours a week. Our workplace has also provided with this appartment, fantastic! It's Gods grace how doors has been opened for us.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We also have the privileged to share the appartment with Josefina. Josefina is the niece of Kenneth that came to Stockholm in April because of a work opportunity. She's a easy going and fun person. We don't see too much of her though, since she's working fulltime and is dedicated to her exercises on the climbing wall.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />Look at this, our new home! Nice and homy isn't it! We are very thankful for generous friends and family that has given us furnitures needed to make this our home!<br />Starting to get settle and feeling good. Still keeping our eyes opened for something of our own though, since we're now are renting through our work.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> But it is hard to think of moving now that we got it in order. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That was the nice and tidy pictures, the ones that makes us feel at home and organized. :-)</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Truth is though that not all the boxes are unpacked yet... And everything didn't get that organized yet...</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our balcony (and all the windows) are in the north overviewing a big parking. In the hall we don't have a hanger but only two screws on the wall and a chair that you are lucky if you can sit in :-)</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But it will all come together sooner of later, every thing has to take it's time.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Now I have been in Sweden for two weeks already. Kenneth is still in Greece and the move will not be complete until he is here as well. I miss him! but Harald and I have arrived safely.<br />We had a long trip, leaving Thassos at seven in the morning and arriving in Norrköping 20 hours later. But all went well.<br />Then I've been staying with mom so I've been well cared for. She's making sure I never need to be hungry and Harald is also happy with her hospitality, he's enjoying the fresch fish.<br />I been busy getting registrated, visiting different offices and getting an insurance for the car Kenneth will use to get our stuff home. Then we celebrated the easter time (with way to much candy, sad to say but in Sweden I think easter is mostly about candy... or maybe it's just me...) But it's also a time to enjoy time with family and foremost to remember the life and forgiveness that is given, reconciliation with God and that is great!<br />But now I left Harald with mum and made my way to Stockholm where I will be working some and hopefully have time to meet with some friends.<br /><br />In Greece Kenneth is busy taking care of a team from a bibelschool. And if you want to know more of what's going on down there you can look at the link below. The team has a blog and will give you some updates of what they are up to. It's all in Swedish though.<br /><a href="http://grisfraelsarna.blogg.se/">grisfraelsarna.blogg.se</a></span></div>
</div>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-61899019564574418172012-03-31T17:42:00.006+03:002012-04-01T21:23:24.708+03:00I'll miss you Thassos<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WJxP_zfATpQ/T3cYX2LWuEI/AAAAAAAABqg/VmFVOj72lOA/s1600/swedishcub.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WJxP_zfATpQ/T3cYX2LWuEI/AAAAAAAABqg/VmFVOj72lOA/s400/swedishcub.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726072249184073794" border="0" /></a><u><div></div></u><div>Since this is my last weekend in Greece :-( , tomorrow I'm off for Sweden :-) we were having a small goodbye party Friday night. It was a bit sad but great to meet with everyone and have a time to say "I'll miss you". Kenneth and I been cooking and baking so that our tummies also would enjoy the evening. I made "Swedish cubes" as someone called them (filled with ham, youghurt, majonais and wasabi, they turned out well if I may say so) and then we had other bits and pieces. I really didn't expect to get anything but to just enjoy the evening together. But they were overwhelming me/us with gifts and sweet words. Thank you everyone! I'm happy we were able to have this time together!</div><div><div>And I'm very happy for my time in Greece. I've met lots of lovely people, learned to live in the moment, seen new thing of God, understand new sides of myself, been enjoying the beautiful landscape... I'll always carry a piece of Greece in my heart.</div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PXv7kBtZzHk/T3cYPsVKg-I/AAAAAAAABqQ/7XIqDsmyOuo/s1600/buffe.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PXv7kBtZzHk/T3cYPsVKg-I/AAAAAAAABqQ/7XIqDsmyOuo/s400/buffe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726072109101908962" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rpgvoXz0F3E/T3cYPP0A_6I/AAAAAAAABqE/zVnvbCtv5bc/s1600/mariagogolenadimitri.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rpgvoXz0F3E/T3cYPP0A_6I/AAAAAAAABqE/zVnvbCtv5bc/s400/mariagogolenadimitri.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726072101446680482" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AxBO0EZBoLc/T3cYOhCLruI/AAAAAAAABp4/M2IG6p5QRIQ/s1600/presenter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 132px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AxBO0EZBoLc/T3cYOhCLruI/AAAAAAAABp4/M2IG6p5QRIQ/s400/presenter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726072088889634530" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lw9TsfEuafY/T3cYOQkVa9I/AAAAAAAABps/YCKoCjXuNGA/s1600/suemarjoedmund.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lw9TsfEuafY/T3cYOQkVa9I/AAAAAAAABps/YCKoCjXuNGA/s400/suemarjoedmund.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726072084469476306" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H6tQT0qg1Rg/T3cYN1KI_qI/AAAAAAAABpk/whM4pswJAh4/s1600/theboys.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H6tQT0qg1Rg/T3cYN1KI_qI/AAAAAAAABpk/whM4pswJAh4/s400/theboys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726072077111852706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-63585834854877359312012-03-26T12:35:00.007+03:002012-03-26T13:25:04.886+03:00Greek spring<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm"><a name="result_box"></a><span lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Many people have been asking about what the spring is like down here.<br />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.<br />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!<br />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.<br /></span><span lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></span></p><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1__gklmEgTo/T3A9ippwKJI/AAAAAAAABpY/Bt6xra-SfzU/s1600/lila.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1__gklmEgTo/T3A9ippwKJI/AAAAAAAABpY/Bt6xra-SfzU/s400/lila.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724142791893723282" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en">This flower is a sign that it is almost Easter, it is marvelous, delicate and colorful. You can find big areas full of this beauty, but this lonely one is growing in our garden.<br /></span></span><span lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">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.</span></span><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mXE4EznbKFs/T3A9YrJWSGI/AAAAAAAABo8/mTiZj26MhzE/s1600/grannar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 164px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mXE4EznbKFs/T3A9YrJWSGI/AAAAAAAABo8/mTiZj26MhzE/s400/grannar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724142620495988834" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oO7j9S1bElM/T3A9YHwCtWI/AAAAAAAABo0/kSoMERRB9R0/s1600/lamm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oO7j9S1bElM/T3A9YHwCtWI/AAAAAAAABo0/kSoMERRB9R0/s400/lamm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724142610994607458" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-recrqiItFuI/T3A9Xf7sqYI/AAAAAAAABoo/yOVippUmRTM/s1600/p%25C3%25A4rlhyasint.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-recrqiItFuI/T3A9Xf7sqYI/AAAAAAAABoo/yOVippUmRTM/s400/p%25C3%25A4rlhyasint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724142600306076034" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZmolQ5XpTeY/T3A9XOCW4qI/AAAAAAAABoc/aGpZcGefYks/s1600/roslik.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZmolQ5XpTeY/T3A9XOCW4qI/AAAAAAAABoc/aGpZcGefYks/s400/roslik.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724142595502170786" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7_m-88NALXg/T3A9Y8WJi6I/AAAAAAAABpM/1LrqTs8LZ-4/s1600/knoppar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7_m-88NALXg/T3A9Y8WJi6I/AAAAAAAABpM/1LrqTs8LZ-4/s400/knoppar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724142625113082786" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pQgssJsCvDw/T3A6r9ObCtI/AAAAAAAABoE/Ieh869kXpwQ/s1600/%25C3%25A4ppleblom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pQgssJsCvDw/T3A6r9ObCtI/AAAAAAAABoE/Ieh869kXpwQ/s400/%25C3%25A4ppleblom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724139653231741650" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_NG7GFIa8k0/T3A6pO5vNAI/AAAAAAAABn0/Wpj9a1Z9Wnw/s1600/%25C3%25A4ppelgren.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_NG7GFIa8k0/T3A6pO5vNAI/AAAAAAAABn0/Wpj9a1Z9Wnw/s400/%25C3%25A4ppelgren.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724139606437213186" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rSim3POsjp0/T3A6ogps1jI/AAAAAAAABns/zYnye9__7U8/s1600/gul.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rSim3POsjp0/T3A6ogps1jI/AAAAAAAABns/zYnye9__7U8/s400/gul.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724139594021918258" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sbz1xRhd3Ck/T3A6oJeouUI/AAAAAAAABng/X0DLzVt1VU0/s1600/plommonblom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sbz1xRhd3Ck/T3A6oJeouUI/AAAAAAAABng/X0DLzVt1VU0/s400/plommonblom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724139587801495874" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d4mWnZh3nVc/T3A6sdU9afI/AAAAAAAABoQ/ir6GUgsaQD8/s1600/maskros.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d4mWnZh3nVc/T3A6sdU9afI/AAAAAAAABoQ/ir6GUgsaQD8/s400/maskros.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724139661849094642" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vcg7NVwRb9w/T3A44ktYIsI/AAAAAAAABnI/83HtbgRE8g0/s1600/vitablom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vcg7NVwRb9w/T3A44ktYIsI/AAAAAAAABnI/83HtbgRE8g0/s400/vitablom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724137670965732034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OEfYb2j4ms8/T3A43nN7TII/AAAAAAAABms/PKGoyJT-Gcs/s1600/rosa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OEfYb2j4ms8/T3A43nN7TII/AAAAAAAABms/PKGoyJT-Gcs/s400/rosa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724137654459255938" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a5HriFV6XWo/T3A44KVI3uI/AAAAAAAABm8/G4mlu1rmcos/s1600/tusensk%25C3%25B6na.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a5HriFV6XWo/T3A44KVI3uI/AAAAAAAABm8/G4mlu1rmcos/s400/tusensk%25C3%25B6na.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724137663884746466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5fmeIMO8X94/T3A45JaJC6I/AAAAAAAABnQ/eORMzjrtN9c/s1600/lilarabatt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5fmeIMO8X94/T3A45JaJC6I/AAAAAAAABnQ/eORMzjrtN9c/s400/lilarabatt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724137680817163170" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Another sign of spring is our first barbecue on the balcony that we enjoyed last weekend.<br />And! the snow is gone from the mountains. :-)</span></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5SurQf22DHU/T3A43M5mFaI/AAAAAAAABmk/lcPk-apUj98/s1600/grill.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 215px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5SurQf22DHU/T3A43M5mFaI/AAAAAAAABmk/lcPk-apUj98/s400/grill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724137647394657698" border="0" /></a></div>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-29576864262095439242012-03-19T16:54:00.002+02:002012-03-19T17:05:45.709+02:00The last box<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A9DkHxs-Eqo/T2dJK0riuNI/AAAAAAAABmY/yDAyG6uVwVI/s1600/P1130227.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A9DkHxs-Eqo/T2dJK0riuNI/AAAAAAAABmY/yDAyG6uVwVI/s400/P1130227.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721622301886298322" /></a>We already done a lot of packing. Still some left but when we get a truck that will take our stuff we are ready to load. I realized some days ago though that I need some papers from a binder (papers I need to get a job)... The papers are in one of the boxes... but which one? Today we moved them all around, opened them and well it was not in the last box left to look inside -it was in the third last one...<div>Ok lesson learnd: don't pack your important paper!</div>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-19142398170584615652012-03-17T20:13:00.006+02:002012-03-19T17:08:21.951+02:00Saturday night<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;">One of the things that we really gonna miss from Thassos is the wonderful kids at floorball!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; ">It's</span> the highlight of the week! It</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">'s loud and messy, they all speak greek and we don</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">'t... But it</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">'s great fun! They are all very enthusiastic and someone always try to trick us and stay on the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">field to play some extra when it's time to let the other team play. It's about 15-20 kids in age range of 10-17, a great bunch of kids.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 14px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"> </span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CQTO8FyVaNg/T2TUb8c5RoI/AAAAAAAABmM/qirpKIpcn0E/s1600/floorball.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CQTO8FyVaNg/T2TUb8c5RoI/AAAAAAAABmM/qirpKIpcn0E/s400/floorball.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720931003216250498" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The poster says:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Hockey on floor, Saturday 18:00, School gym hall, Limena, Thasso</span></span></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We play for fun! For free. Get ready!</span></span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0_H4SOPCh0/T2TUU1_dbfI/AAAAAAAABmA/wz76TJVYqEo/s1600/innebandy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0_H4SOPCh0/T2TUU1_dbfI/AAAAAAAABmA/wz76TJVYqEo/s400/innebandy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720930881223093746" /></a><br /></div></div></div>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-83504002125942943882012-03-13T18:39:00.004+02:002012-03-16T22:46:59.709+02:00Sweden awaits<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">As fast as we</span><span class="hps"> decided</span> <span class="hps">to move to</span> <span class="hps">Greece</span><span>, we have</span> <span class="hps">now decided</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">we are going</span> <span class="hps">back to Sweden</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Of course it is</span> <span class="hps">with mixed feelings.</span> <span class="hps">We love</span> <span class="hps">the people and</span> <span class="hps">the church here</span> <span class="hps">on the island, friends that we have made.</span> <span class="hps">We</span> <span class="hps">have learned to</span> <span class="hps">find our way</span> <span class="hps">around and</span> <span class="hps">understand</span> <span class="hps">more and more.</span><br /><span class="hps">We hope we</span> <span class="hps">have made a difference</span> <span class="hps">during</span> <span class="hps">our time here</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">that we have</span><span class="hps"> meant</span> <span class="hps">something</span> <span class="hps">for the church</span> <span class="hps">and the</span> <span class="hps">people</span> <span class="hps">we met</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">They say they</span> <span class="hps">will</span> <span class="hps">miss us</span> <span class="hps">so </span><span class="hps">we have probably done something good</span> <span class="hps">:-)</span><br /><span class="hps">But it</span> <span class="hps">also feels good</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">to get back to</span> <span class="hps">Sweden</span> <span class="hps">and our loved ones</span> <span class="hps">back home.</span><br /><span class="hps">I'm not sure</span> <span class="hps">what to expect</span> <span class="hps">but</span> <span class="hps">a few things has fallen into place.</span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"> The other day </span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">Kenneth got a job in Norrköping for the summer that might become something more than just a summer job.</span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"> </span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">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.<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">And I'm looking forward </span><span class="hps">getting home to</span> <span class="hps">the country</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">liver pate,</span> <span class="hps">"falukorv"</span><span>,</span> "<span class="hps">polly"</span><span class="">, salmon</span> <span class="hps">and other goodies</span> <span class="hps">:-)<br />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.<br /></span></span>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-22260848815660692142012-03-11T20:50:00.002+02:002012-03-11T21:08:57.994+02:00First class done<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">We just said good bye to our visitors. We have had a great night with good fellowship and teaching.</span><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">"5 x 2 hours of our lifes and 5 x 2 hours with the word of God" as Dimitri said.</span><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">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.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The buns were good and many other brought other sweets and crackers so we had plenty enough!</span> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Looking forward to Thursday when we will meet again!</span>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-40590003491393142132012-03-09T17:16:00.005+02:002012-03-09T19:40:34.691+02:00Άλφα και Ωμέγα<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This coming Sunday we as a church are having the first class in a short serie about faith. And since it's all about God allmighty, Jesus Christ and He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the all inclusive so to say, we are calling the classes "Alpha and Omega".</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">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.</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">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.</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">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.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q5C8EX_3Dko/T1o-JWl7rhI/AAAAAAAABl0/V8Ts9Q7Jy2E/s1600/bullbak.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 158px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q5C8EX_3Dko/T1o-JWl7rhI/AAAAAAAABl0/V8Ts9Q7Jy2E/s400/bullbak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717951007304691218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Buns did turn out well, now we have to keep ourselves from eating them all before Sunday.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J-Xe9V0iq_w/T1owsnP-CfI/AAAAAAAABlc/r65wnSvvCPM/s1600/st%25C3%25A4da.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J-Xe9V0iq_w/T1owsnP-CfI/AAAAAAAABlc/r65wnSvvCPM/s400/st%25C3%25A4da.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717936219908606450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ceiling in process. Kenneth has sprayed it and scrubbed it </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and is now waiting for the detergents to do it's magic.</span></span><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PoNOrvU5Zkg/T1owr3lLruI/AAAAAAAABlQ/kI2YKLLeyuo/s1600/tak.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 195px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PoNOrvU5Zkg/T1owr3lLruI/AAAAAAAABlQ/kI2YKLLeyuo/s400/tak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717936207112679138" border="0" /></a><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-59431752510691265712012-02-28T15:41:00.006+02:002012-03-07T14:51:28.554+02:002 recipes to enjoy<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Every Sunday after church we have a meal together.</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It's great to have some time for fellowship and a good way to not have to worry to much about cooking on Sunday. Sometimes one bring something and another time someone else (most of the time Marjo has made something though- she is the super mother number one). It also make us plan better, doing the cooking on Saturday and then just eat and enjoy when Sunday is coming.</span><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Anyhow this past Sunday I was doing this </span><span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"<span style="font-weight: bold;">Chickpeas</span></span><span class="hps"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> from Marrakech</span>" from</span></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> the Swedish cook book </span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Kärlek, Oliver och timjan" by Systrarna Bergenström.</span><span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If I may say it myself it was realy good so here is the recipe :-)</span><br face="trebuchet ms"><br /></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">For</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">4-5 people</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps atn" style="font-family:courier new;">6-</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">8dl </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">home</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">cooked</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">chickpeas</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">or</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">2 cans of</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">cooked</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">150g</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">spinach or</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">chard</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">1 heaped</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">tsp</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">cumin</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">1/2 tsp</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">turmeric</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">2 tsp</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">paprika</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">1 tsp</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">dried mint</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">1/2 tsp</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">chili</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">flakes</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">2 medium</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">yellow onions</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">5</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">peeled garlic cloves</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">1 red</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">or</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">yellow pepper</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">1 can of</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">whole tomatoes</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">2-3 tbsp</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">olive oil</span><br style="font-family:courier new;">2 <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;"></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">cups water</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">1 tsp salt</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">3-4</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">tbsp chopped</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">cilantro<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">lemon wedges</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Chop</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">the green</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">spinach</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">or</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">chard</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps atn" style="font-family:courier new;">leaves (</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">cut </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en" style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="">off</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">rough</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">center</span> <span class="hps">nerves</span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">)</span>.</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Measure out</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">all the spices</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">in a</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">small dish</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">. </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Set</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">all this</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">aside.</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Peel and chop the</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">onion</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">and garlic.</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Core</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">and slice</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">peppers</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">. </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Share</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">the tomatoes</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">into rough</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">chunks.</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Heat a</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">little oil</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">in a wok</span><span class="" style="font-family:courier new;">, add</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">garlic and</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">onion</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">and stir.</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Fry</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">1-2 minutes</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">, add </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">all</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">spices</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">and stir again</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">. </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Raise</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">the heat a little</span><span class="" style="font-family:courier new;">.</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Add the</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en" style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="hps">chopped</span> <span class="hps">peppers</span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;"></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">and</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">chickpeas</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">. </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Cutter</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">for a further 2</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">minutes.</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Pour</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">in the tomatoes</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">with tomato</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">broth</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">. </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Pour</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">into water</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">and salt</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">. </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Cook</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">everything</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">for 15</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">minutes, stirring</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">occasionally.</span><br style="font-family:courier new;"> <span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Add the</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">spinach gently.</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Season to taste</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">. </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">Sprinkle with</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">chopped</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">cilantro</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">and serve with</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">rice</span><span style="font-family:courier new;">, couscous or </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">bulgur and</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">lemon in</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">generous</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:courier new;">wedges.</span></span><br /><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And recipe number two is the most simple recipe and delicious that I found online today. Thank you Jens Schedin for adding it to </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.tasteline.com/templates/Public/Pages/Recipe/RecipePage.aspx?id=122&epslanguage=sv&recipeId=91036#comments">Tasteline</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Pasta with tuna and pesto</span><br /><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en" style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="hps">0.5</span> <span class="hps">jar</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">sour cream</span><br /><span class="hps atn">1 can</span><span></span> <span class="hps">tuna</span> <span class="hps">in water</span><br /><span class="hps">2 tbsp </span><span class="hps">olive oil</span><br /><span class="hps">2 tbsp </span><span class="hps">pesto</span><br /><span class="hps">1 </span> <span class="hps">garlic clove</span><span class="hps"></span><br /><span class="hps">1 pinch</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">sea salt</span><br /><span class="hps">1 pinch</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">black pepper</span> <span class="hps">from the</span> <span class="hps">mill</span></span><br style="font-family:courier new;"><br style="font-family:courier new;"><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en" style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="hps">Heat</span> <span class="hps">the sour cream</span> <span class="hps">in a pan.</span> <span class="hps">If you use</span> <span class="hps">tuna</span> <span class="hps">in water,</span> <span class="hps">pour off</span> <span class="hps">all the water from</span> <span class="hps">the tuna</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Add</span> <span class="hps">the </span><span class="hps">olive oil</span> <span class="hps">to the sour cre</span><span class="hps">am</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Add</span> <span class="hps">the pesto</span> <span class="hps">when it begins to</span> <span class="hps">simmer</span><span> and then the</span><span class="hps"> garlic</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Grind</span> <span class="hps">some black pepper</span> <span class="hps">over</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Salt</span> <span class="hps">possible</span><span>.</span><br /><span class="hps">Add the</span> <span class="hps">freshly cooked pasta</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">and top with</span> <span class="hps">freshly grated</span> <span class="hps">Parmesan cheese.</span> <span class="hps">Serve</span> <span class="hps">with the</span> <span class="hps">tomatoes</span> <span class="hps">with a little</span> <span class="hps">balsamic vinegar</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">some</span> <span class="hps">good bread</span><span>.</span></span>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-50022008685257964222012-02-22T16:51:00.003+02:002012-02-22T17:27:01.725+02:00new colors<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">A couple of weeks ago Marjo and myself (Lena) made a trip to Thessaloniki.</span><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">We had a great time with shoping and lots of good food, time to talk and we went to the cinema!</span><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">We were feeling very spoiled and enjoyed every minut of it!</span><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Our main goal with the shoping was to find something new for the church -we felt it needed some colors.</span><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">We first went to Leroy Merlin and was looking at their fabrics and curtains -no they didn't have anything we thought would fit. Soon enough we moved on to Ikea and this is where we did our serious shoping :-) We already had a new cover for the sofa (that me and Kenneth didn't need anymore since we moved out of our appartment). We can't say we had a lot of options but in the end we where happy with what we bought. All we really bought was fabric for the cushions -but I was busy for a few days making them. And! we bought lamps. The old ones was in really bad condition and in a couple of rooms there was no lamps at all.</span><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">In the hall we chose a pink color that was nice with the gray we already had. In the church hall we needed blue since we thought that it is the best to go with the brown in there.</span><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">After making the cushions we were planing to paint one of the walls in the "hall". We had in mind to do it in another pink color but then we thought it might be to much pink so we made it green. We like it.</span><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">(</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps">Unfortunately</span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> the blind is broken and we can't get it up so we still haven't seen the new color in daylight.)</span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-80g8Q8l1ycQ/T0UBOJB0KFI/AAAAAAAABk4/Worqnq9kRp0/s1600/kyrksal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-80g8Q8l1ycQ/T0UBOJB0KFI/AAAAAAAABk4/Worqnq9kRp0/s400/kyrksal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711973044842670162" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MdAx5ltNKqQ/T0UBOV_kWLI/AAAAAAAABlE/dGjLdbNmp_s/s1600/sittrum.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 194px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MdAx5ltNKqQ/T0UBOV_kWLI/AAAAAAAABlE/dGjLdbNmp_s/s400/sittrum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711973048322906290" border="0" /></a>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-60074255393147210062012-02-15T15:47:00.003+02:002012-02-15T15:57:03.274+02:00Is it worth it?<span id="result_box" class="" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps">Wednesday</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">time for the</span> <span class="hps">teen</span> <span class="hps">gathering.</span><br /><span class="hps">Neither I nor</span> <span class="hps">Kenneth</span> think of ourselfs <span class="hps">as</span> <span class="hps">youth</span> <span class="hps">leaders, but</span> <span class="hps">we</span> <span class="hps">think it's fun</span> <span class="hps">when</span> <span class="hps">a bunch of</span> <span class="hps">young people</span> <span class="hps">are coming to church! </span>It's worth our time here.<br /><span class="hps">Last week it was</span> <span class="hps">only three (but </span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps">of course,</span> <span class="hps">three</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">precious</span> <span class="hps">ones)</span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">we played</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">some games</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and Kenneth</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">was asking what they</span><span class="" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">'re passionate about.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps alt-edited" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">What is it that</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps alt-edited" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">engages</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">? </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Are you taking</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the time</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">to learn about and</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> give time to</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">what</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">you think is important</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.<br /><br /></span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Yes</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">a good</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">question to ask</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">yourself.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">How</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps alt-edited" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">small you</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">might think</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps alt-edited" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">your</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">influence</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">in society is</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">one can still</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">make a difference.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And if not</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">to make a difference</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">for</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">others you</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">make a difference in you own life, knowing you</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">have done</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">what is right</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You have followed</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">your own heart.<br /><br style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And two</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">days</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">later,</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">my</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">own challenge arrived</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">in the mail.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I got a cd from a friend -Hold on. A cd that has sprung up from a passion, a burden for others. Nefarious</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">/</span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Exodus</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Cry</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">that produced this cd is</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">an anti</span><span class="atn" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">-</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">trafficking organization</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.</span><br face="trebuchet ms"><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">To me it's</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">easy to let</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">it pass</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I have</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">no real</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">reference points so</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">it is difficult to</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">understand. But at the same time you can not ignore it when you see it, read about it or listening to the lyrics of this cd. What is a far away emotion for me is real life for someone else.</span></span></span><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TAUWNn0wGn0?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" width="480"></iframe><br /><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span style=" font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" >"Justice will fall down like rain. He will break every chain. Don't you think for a moment He doesn't see your pain. If He can carry the weight of the world on His shoulders I know that He'll be able to carry you through There's a hope that's growin' even though it goes unspoken, there's a future that's golden, just keep on holdin' /restoratioin's for the broken, recordin' no regret. Don't give up, it's not over yet, we carry your burden in intercession, let's reflect."</span></span></span>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-17234725506087546722012-02-04T16:46:00.001+02:002012-02-04T16:48:20.413+02:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tYi-TA0IHLw/Ty1E5OQE-7I/AAAAAAAABkk/n8npVgybqOk/s1600/thassos%2Bi%2Bsn%25C3%25B6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tYi-TA0IHLw/Ty1E5OQE-7I/AAAAAAAABkk/n8npVgybqOk/s400/thassos%2Bi%2Bsn%25C3%25B6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705292052817050546" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps">Stole a</span> <span class="hps">picture from</span> <span class="hps">Nasias</span> <span class="hps">Facebook</span><span class="">.</span></span><br /></div>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-35215140745482425212012-02-04T15:09:00.005+02:002012-02-04T20:44:30.061+02:00Cradle of civilization?<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span> <span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps">I have friends who</span> <span class="hps">are missionaries</span> <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">Africa's</span> <span class="hps">deepest</span> <span class="hps">jungle</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Compared to</span> <span class="hps">them</span><span class="hps"> I often feel</span> <span class="hps">very</span> <span class="hps">privileged</span> <span class="hps">-</span> thinking of <span class="hps alt-edited">all one</span> <span class="hps">have access to.</span><br /><span class="hps">But it does</span> <span class="hps">not always</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">feels like</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">one lives</span> <span class="hps atn">in the "</span><span class="">cradle of civilization</span><span class="">"</span> <span class="hps">...</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">It is not without</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">many times in</span> <span class="hps">Greece I rather feel like</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">a couple of</span> <span class="hps">decades behind in time</span> -<span class="hps">when you see</span> <span class="hps">an old man</span> <span class="hps">load firewood</span> <span class="hps">on</span> <span class="hps">his donkey</span><span> or how other hard</span> <span class="hps">work is done</span> <span class="hps">by hand.<br /></span></span><span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps">This week</span> <span class="hps">the water</span> </span><span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps">froze</span> </span><span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps alt-edited">on the property</span> <span class="hps">where we live.</span> <span class="hps">Pilidis</span> <span class="hps">had</span> <span class="hps">no water and</span> that's when <span class="hps">you realize how</span> <span class="hps">much water</span> <span class="hps">you use</span><span>!</span> <span class="hps">First of all</span> for<span class="hps"> drink</span>ing <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">cooking, then</span> <span class="hps">to</span> do the <span class="hps">dishes,</span> and <span class="hps">you</span> <span class="hps">want to wash</span> <span class="hps">yourselves including</span> <span class="hps">your clothes</span> -y<span class="hps">ou want</span> <span class="hps">to</span> be able to <span class="hps">flush</span> <span class="hps">the toilet</span> <span class="hps">every now and then</span><span class="hps">...</span></span><span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps alt-edited"> I'm telling you, it's a lot of</span> <span class="hps">water</span> <span class="hps">in one day!</span> <span class="hps">Water that</span> <span class="hps">we have collected</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">from</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">down town and</span> <span class="hps">the from the</span> <span class="hps">neighbors.</span></span> <span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">has not</span> <span class="hps">been</span> <span class="hps">any great</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">trouble</span> <span class="hps">for me and</span> <span class="hps">Kenneth,</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">we handle</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">most of our</span> <span class="hps">needs</span> <span class="hps">downtown in the church</span><span class="atn"> -</span><span class="">both when it comes to </span><span class="hps">cooking and</span> <span class="hps">visits to the toilet</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">The real</span> <span class="hps">hero</span><span class="hps"> is</span> <span class="hps">Marjo, wife and mother of tree teenagers</span><span class="">.</span></span> <span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps">Well,</span> <span class="hps">water is</span> <span class="hps">of course</span> <span class="hps">easy to get</span> <span class="hps">when you have</span> <span class="hps">a car.</span> <span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">last Thursday</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">the children's</span> <span class="hps">prayers that was</span> <span class="hps">heard</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">it was</span> <span class="hps">thick with</span> <span class="hps">snow on the ground</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">the steep hill</span> <span class="hps">leading down</span> <span class="hps">from our house</span> it <span class="hps">was not</span> <span class="hps">thinking about</span> <span class="hps">getting</span> <span class="hps">anywhere with the</span> <span class="hps">car.</span> <span class="hps">But</span> <span class="hps">the kids</span> <span class="hps">were up</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">out</span> <span class="hps">faster than ever</span><span class="">, ready to</span> <span class="hps">have fun</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">play in the snow</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">Limenas</span> <span class="hps">was</span> <span class="hps">beautifully</span> <span class="hps">dressed</span> <span class="hps">in white</span> <span class="hps"></span><span class="hps">beneath</span> <span class="hps">our feet.</span></span> <span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">while</span> <span class="hps">donkeys and</span> <span class="hps">man</span> <span class="hps">power brings</span> <span class="hps">my thoughts</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">olden times</span><span class="">, it is also</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">in some way</span> <span class="hps">characteristic for</span> <span class="hps">the good life.</span> <span class="hps">A life</span> <span class="hps">where you do not</span> <span class="hps">consume more</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">than you need</span><span class="">, where time</span> <span class="hps">will</span> <span class="hps">take its course</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">where</span> <span class="hps">each person's</span> <span class="hps">contribution</span> <span class="hps">makes</span> <span class="hps">a difference</span><span>.</span><br /><span class="hps">This morning</span> <span class="hps">the snow was</span> <span class="hps">gone,</span> <span class="hps">it has been raining</span> <span class="hps">all night </span><span class="atn">-</span><span class="">life</span> <span class="hps">returns</span> <span class="hps">to normal</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">the water pipes</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">defrosted</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">and we were able to</span><span class="hps"> flush</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">toilet </span><span class="hps">again.<br /></span></span><div id="gt-res-content" class="almost_half_cell" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><div dir="ltr" style="zoom:1"><span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en"><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I am grateful</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">for what I</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps alt-edited" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">otherwise</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span class="hps"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">take for granted.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(sorry, I don't have any pictures of snow or happy, playing children...)</span><br /></span></span></div></div><span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps alt-edited"></span><span class="hps"></span></span>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-52173649497607056032012-01-12T19:45:00.007+02:002012-01-16T18:36:10.559+02:00Our trip through the camera lens<div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B0pbog4Z_HM/Tw8jWP-ZucI/AAAAAAAABi0/8M-YnPGS9Ok/s1600/1%2Blondon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 306px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696810918799325634" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B0pbog4Z_HM/Tw8jWP-ZucI/AAAAAAAABi0/8M-YnPGS9Ok/s400/1%2Blondon.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our first stop was England. We stayed with friends that Lena met in Brussels 15 years ago when she was there working as a nanny. Nigel was in the same cell group and now we also got to meet his beautiful family! We also met another couple from the same cell group that also are back in the London area now. They took us around the city and showed us everything that a turist needs to see :-) And we had a nice "Fish and chips" together. Good meeting you all again!</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Unfortunately</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">, I have no </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">good pictures of</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">these</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">friends</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">as well as</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">others we</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">met during</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">the trip</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">but failed</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">to get</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">a picture of</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps atn" style="font-family:times new roman;">(Pleace </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">excuse </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">the bad</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">picture quality</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">on some</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">pictures</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">. </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">I</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">, </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">Lena</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">, </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">has</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">taken most of</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">the pictures</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">but</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">have</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">not quite</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">learned</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">yet</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">to handle</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><span class="hps" style="font-family:times new roman;">light settings</span><span class=""><span style="font-family:times new roman;">, etc.</span><br /></span></span></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps">Below</span> <span class="hps">a picture of</span> <span class="hps">St.</span> <span class="hps">Paul</span> <span class="hps">Cathedral</span> <span class="hps">and the</span> <span class="hps">Salvation Army</span> <span class="hps">headquarters</span><span>, where my</span> <span class="hps">father used to work for more</span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">than</span> <span class="hps">40 years ago.</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class=""><br /></span></span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vBbbi_Td3s8/Tw8jVpYUvSI/AAAAAAAABis/JrVIGxOCexk/s1600/%2B2%2Blondon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696810908439067938" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vBbbi_Td3s8/Tw8jVpYUvSI/AAAAAAAABis/JrVIGxOCexk/s400/%2B2%2Blondon.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">When we arrived to Sweden we had a few days of snow </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">-not much but we did have some snow!</span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TRoLlLsF4rY/TxBM4ZbXKSI/AAAAAAAABkY/SDS2ONA1-c0/s1600/sn%25C3%25B6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TRoLlLsF4rY/TxBM4ZbXKSI/AAAAAAAABkY/SDS2ONA1-c0/s400/sn%25C3%25B6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697138060405713186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Hans is getting our tree from the forest. Good job Hans!</span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yjiy-W7iegU/TxBM3-tWnAI/AAAAAAAABkM/H0nDAlqnCII/s1600/gran.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yjiy-W7iegU/TxBM3-tWnAI/AAAAAAAABkM/H0nDAlqnCII/s400/gran.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697138053233417218" border="0" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">By Christmas all the snow was gone but we had a nice time anyway.</span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JMSgoE5QUTc/TxBM3QyA_lI/AAAAAAAABkA/_GD1jNo7Rjw/s1600/no%2Bsnow.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JMSgoE5QUTc/TxBM3QyA_lI/AAAAAAAABkA/_GD1jNo7Rjw/s400/no%2Bsnow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697138040904941138" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9PUylA5RN8Y/Tw8jVV52BwI/AAAAAAAABig/6U4rxJWI2Og/s1600/3%2Bstockholm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696810903210952450" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9PUylA5RN8Y/Tw8jVV52BwI/AAAAAAAABig/6U4rxJWI2Og/s400/3%2Bstockholm.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Dimitri arrived to Sweden </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and we where happy to take him to all the sights in Stockholm.</span><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5K2DYXdHBXQ/Tw8i-VI7vSI/AAAAAAAABiM/3b4xmynuFmM/s1600/4%2Bstockholm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 366px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696810507868814626" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5K2DYXdHBXQ/Tw8i-VI7vSI/AAAAAAAABiM/3b4xmynuFmM/s400/4%2Bstockholm.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm also happy my neice was able to join us for our "Sweden tour". She came with us for about 10 days and must have been very tired when it was time for school again :-) (since all of us where tired after this week)</span><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8LiMpJAC__o/Tw8i9QAFrZI/AAAAAAAABiA/_OdDtv4wssk/s1600/5%2Bstockholm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696810489309670802" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8LiMpJAC__o/Tw8i9QAFrZI/AAAAAAAABiA/_OdDtv4wssk/s400/5%2Bstockholm.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Met up with Bennit (a sweet lady, a former colleague to Kenneth and a great supporter of our job in Thassos) at a "New Year race" in Vallentuna. Her son did a good job and ended up as 5th runner.</span><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WCKK6rqERQs/Tw8i9PXwkAI/AAAAAAAABhw/Dgjp1BKFXQY/s1600/6%2Bbennit%2Band%2Bfamily.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 244px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696810489140514818" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WCKK6rqERQs/Tw8i9PXwkAI/AAAAAAAABhw/Dgjp1BKFXQY/s400/6%2Bbennit%2Band%2Bfamily.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Being so near Brottby we thought we might visit the Schut family. We found them on their way from the airport (thay been in Holland to visit family on the Christmas brake) and still we where invited for a lunch in their house. What a lovely hospitable family!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b0dz7kwjyA4/Tw8i8xRNjoI/AAAAAAAABho/JUNvmEpYKZo/s1600/7%2Bschuts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 276px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696810481059991170" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b0dz7kwjyA4/Tw8i8xRNjoI/AAAAAAAABho/JUNvmEpYKZo/s400/7%2Bschuts.jpg" border="0" /></a><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps">For</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">the second year running</span> <span class="hps">we celebrated the</span> <span class="hps">New Year with</span> <span class="hps">Ristholm</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">A nice</span> <span class="hps">tradition</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Ristholm</span> <span class="hps">stayed in</span> <span class="hps">Thassos</span> <span class="hps">for a few months</span> <span class="hps">last winter</span> <span class="hps">so</span> <span class="hps">it was good</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">have time</span> <span class="hps">together again</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">And</span> <span class="hps">we enjoyed</span><span class="hps"> Carina's</span> <span class="hps">good</span> <span class="hps">cooking and</span> <span class="hps">artistic</span> <span class="hps">touch</span> <span class="hps">on</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">everything</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">during the night</span><span class="">.</span></span><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G8C6LiHiw8Q/Tw8iOFJPS4I/AAAAAAAABhc/Eerrd6RsdOM/s1600/8%2Bnew%2Byear.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696809678941408130" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G8C6LiHiw8Q/Tw8iOFJPS4I/AAAAAAAABhc/Eerrd6RsdOM/s400/8%2Bnew%2Byear.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VjOd-WXwFlU/Tw8iMuOQEII/AAAAAAAABhQ/E2H2ePhESd8/s1600/9%2Bnew%2Byear.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 386px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696809655608545410" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VjOd-WXwFlU/Tw8iMuOQEII/AAAAAAAABhQ/E2H2ePhESd8/s400/9%2Bnew%2Byear.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1 of January we celebrated Sunday service in New Life.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Kenneth was part of the worship team</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(every one on stage has been visiting us in Greece,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">everyone but Andrea- it's a sign Andrea, you got to come visit us!)</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FvIwSzYBz3A/Tw8iMixJ0AI/AAAAAAAABhA/Rv3FK_5U4yA/s1600/10%2Bnew%2Blife.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 196px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696809652533710850" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FvIwSzYBz3A/Tw8iMixJ0AI/AAAAAAAABhA/Rv3FK_5U4yA/s400/10%2Bnew%2Blife.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Dimitri was learing the Swedish word fika (coffee and sweet).</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In New Life we always have fika before the sermon begins.</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TALbqjOjDwc/Tw8iMFBrZBI/AAAAAAAABg4/t-FQ-oMptZU/s1600/11%2Bnew%2Blife.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 260px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696809644549956626" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TALbqjOjDwc/Tw8iMFBrZBI/AAAAAAAABg4/t-FQ-oMptZU/s400/11%2Bnew%2Blife.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And Dimitri was preaching on coming to your braking point,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">that is when God realy can break through.</span><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YOI3dG4ck3o/Tw8de6svSkI/AAAAAAAABgg/4Kx56q0z2gM/s1600/12%2Bnewlife.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 252px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696804470637152834" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YOI3dG4ck3o/Tw8de6svSkI/AAAAAAAABgg/4Kx56q0z2gM/s400/12%2Bnewlife.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_GA7dziQP8Y/Tw8deE-3pEI/AAAAAAAABgU/NArPkpmXe30/s1600/13%2Bnew%2Blife.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 245px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696804456217683010" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_GA7dziQP8Y/Tw8deE-3pEI/AAAAAAAABgU/NArPkpmXe30/s400/13%2Bnew%2Blife.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Lenas best time in Sweden was here in Eskilstuna when she got to meet her sweet Louise! (Lena and Louise were sharing a flat for seven years)</span><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JKMV1mpZTpc/Tw8ddpCy15I/AAAAAAAABgI/R-SJau28WW0/s1600/14%2Blouise.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 276px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696804448717952914" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JKMV1mpZTpc/Tw8ddpCy15I/AAAAAAAABgI/R-SJau28WW0/s400/14%2Blouise.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">From the team that was visiting us in May we got to meet three lovely faces. Josefin was one of them. At first we didn't get the chans to meet but then she came up with this brilliant idea, she came with us in the car as we were going from Stockholm to spend our last days in Örebro. We had a few hours together before she took the train back home.</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MBjEsKITeys/Tw8dcSaOikI/AAAAAAAABf8/7oawFDFXdCQ/s1600/15%2Bjosefin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 237px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696804425462352450" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MBjEsKITeys/Tw8dcSaOikI/AAAAAAAABf8/7oawFDFXdCQ/s400/15%2Bjosefin.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O_qdSzAP-N8/Tw8db-xepiI/AAAAAAAABfw/Iyg1kLJLpMg/s1600/16%2Bolles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696804420191168034" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O_qdSzAP-N8/Tw8db-xepiI/AAAAAAAABfw/Iyg1kLJLpMg/s400/16%2Bolles.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;">On our way to Örebro we visited the uncle and aunt of Lena.<br />Dimitri is shown one big bible.(above).<br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In Örebro we where staying with friends that has been to Thassos many times and feels like part of our church down in Greece (down). Now we where able to visit thier church.</span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Bhxm1IlHq2A/Tw8c8p5U2UI/AAAAAAAABfY/pYNMEMCnBSw/s1600/18%2B%25C3%2596dlings.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 256px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696803882010990914" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Bhxm1IlHq2A/Tw8c8p5U2UI/AAAAAAAABfY/pYNMEMCnBSw/s400/18%2B%25C3%2596dlings.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We also got the chance to meet up with friends from Göteborg that was in town</span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JwJuNaUVMAY/Tw8c89ek0eI/AAAAAAAABfg/bIIvWGyWJHs/s1600/17%2Bl%25C3%25B6vqvist.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 213px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696803887267500514" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JwJuNaUVMAY/Tw8c89ek0eI/AAAAAAAABfg/bIIvWGyWJHs/s400/17%2Bl%25C3%25B6vqvist.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Preparing for Greek night. We're making some good greek treats mmm sovlaki, tzatsiki, feta...</span><br /></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p2AfnKDh5_0/Tw8c8Ff7wDI/AAAAAAAABfQ/lS5-gq2k_Z0/s1600/19%2Bmellringekyrkan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 200px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696803872240812082" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p2AfnKDh5_0/Tw8c8Ff7wDI/AAAAAAAABfQ/lS5-gq2k_Z0/s400/19%2Bmellringekyrkan.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our last night before arriving to Greece we where staying in the lovely bed and breakfast, Grange Guest house in Bishop's Stortford, a beautiful British town.</span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QF2Ktrc32Pg/TxBMH13-51I/AAAAAAAABj0/syycktkqlus/s1600/20%2Bgrande%2Broad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QF2Ktrc32Pg/TxBMH13-51I/AAAAAAAABj0/syycktkqlus/s400/20%2Bgrande%2Broad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697137226228361042" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jqwD0tRcBBQ/Tw8c7RJbJHI/AAAAAAAABe0/WKGqfJ9IZCY/s1600/21%2BBishop%2527s%2BStortford.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696803858187756658" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jqwD0tRcBBQ/Tw8c7RJbJHI/AAAAAAAABe0/WKGqfJ9IZCY/s400/21%2BBishop%2527s%2BStortford.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-69485398073391603912012-01-12T16:50:00.000+02:002012-01-13T11:13:53.477+02:00Home sweet home<div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Home sweet home, they say. But what is home? It's been good to be home in Sweden, eat Swedish food, meet friends and family. But it has also been a bit tiring having to travel around so much, sleeping in new places and meet new people. At three locations we had meetings and talked about our work here on Thassos. Three very different and very pleasant gatherings. It was not always so structured and especially not as it struggled with the technical. But we trust that God did what he wanted to do even when the presentation was stumbling. A big thank you to the technical friends that was helping us along the trip. And it feels good that we got a lot of nice feedback -people that got encouraged by what we do.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Towards the end of our trip we started to feel a bit homesick - longing for Thassos. That's where we have our things, church, friends and our cat. However, it is hard to come back. Partly, because we are tired from the trip, partly because we are back to work with all that entails in terms of responsibility and a spiritual struggle.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Both Thassos and Sweden are our home! but both may look strange at times. When we at the beginning of the week met with "our youth" again after not seeing them for three weeks it felt good to be back. This is where we have our calling for now, we may in a few years again call Sweden our home for real but for now we live in a caravan in northen Greece.</span></div>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816336294162907702.post-88260294297467898832011-12-31T11:43:00.000+02:002011-12-31T18:33:28.218+02:00Sweden is great.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mNn0puQcuGw/Tv7f9VFUF2I/AAAAAAAABeo/w9oBz8vticw/s1600/f%25C3%25A4lt.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mNn0puQcuGw/Tv7f9VFUF2I/AAAAAAAABeo/w9oBz8vticw/s400/f%25C3%25A4lt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692233223767332706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">No snow :-( but a beautiful landscape :-)</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wm_yZcVy2Go/Tv7f87HvBVI/AAAAAAAABec/LXuSePafi6o/s1600/gran.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wm_yZcVy2Go/Tv7f87HvBVI/AAAAAAAABec/LXuSePafi6o/s400/gran.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692233216798164306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Picking a christmas tree, the old fashion way :-)</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YOkpR-xTs7w/Tv7f8T-vmqI/AAAAAAAABeQ/4GPejHHJiSw/s1600/s%25C3%25B6der.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YOkpR-xTs7w/Tv7f8T-vmqI/AAAAAAAABeQ/4GPejHHJiSw/s400/s%25C3%25B6der.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692233206291471010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Enjoying Stockholm!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZsslAeEpTlA/Tv7f8IvncDI/AAAAAAAABeE/PHmDcXJ6FSc/s1600/vy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZsslAeEpTlA/Tv7f8IvncDI/AAAAAAAABeE/PHmDcXJ6FSc/s400/vy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692233203275231282" border="0" /></a><br /><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps">We</span> <span class="hps">are really enjoy</span>ing <span class="hps">our time</span> <span class="hps">in Sweden.</span> <span class="hps">We have met</span> <span class="hps">friends</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">had it</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">lazy</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">and nice</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">celebrated Christmas</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">with the family</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">traveled</span> <span class="hps">back and forth</span> <span class="hps">...</span><br /><span class="hps">However,</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">much time for</span> <span class="hps">blogging</span> <span class="hps">...</span> <span class="hps">:-)<br />But still more days of fun before heading back to Greece!<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span class="hps">Happy new year to all of you!</span></span><br /></div>THASSOS I SIKTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02416382554696032173noreply@blogger.com1