hei venner! (hi friends)

my adventures in scandiland begins! it's fun being back in norway! the culture shock was less of an issue this time around, which is nice. the new things for me are working as dts staff, living in an apartment, and cleaning for a woman 2 hours a week and getting paid 20 dollars an hour! (norways minimum wage) so far as dts staff i co-led a wilderness hike for the students and staff, organized the worship schedule, small groups, small intercession groups, and helped my school leaders with some of their responsibilites. =) i'm having a lot of fun learning from God how to do this. he's been such a teacher this year! last year during my dts he was such a gentle husband for me, and to get to know God in this way is so exciting.
the students this year are so wonderful! i can see their hunger and desires to draw near to God and i'm excited to see their heart, and what God will do with them. we have 12 different nations out of the 24 students! mostly american, then norwegian, dutch, swedish, finnish, australian, south korean, icelandic, german, mexican, swiss, and canadian. how fun! they are a bunch of social butterflies excited to be here.
the apartment i live in is 3 minutes walking distance to the base. so sweet! i live with two norwegian students from my dts last year. emilie, and silje (pronounced emilia, and silia) we are all very different but love each other and have a LOT of fun living together. we love our house very much. its very koselig (kooshli) as they say in norwegian. haha=) it means cozy. i love cooking for myself and my house mates! my american friend brought me bisquick and i think i've tried every suggested recipe on there, even the strawberry shortcakes! yum! if you have any easy, inexpensive recipes send 'em my way! i'd love to try them.
anywho...i am very happy here. and excited for all the new wonderful things god will show me this year. its a new season for us. i love him very much and am trusting him in every area of my life. pray this faith continues and he keeps doing what he does best! i love you and am praying for your well being. thank you SO much for your support, whether it be financially, or spiritually, or an encouraging email. =) it helps a bunch. if you have questions feel free to shoot me an email! i'd love to hear from you!

-your friend,
gabby