After watching Narnia.

I watched the first Narnia-movie today, or, the new one, that is actually the first one if you count the BBC-thing as a TV-series, but that is the fourth one if you count them as movies... And, to top it all off, it is book number 2 in the series, but the first Narnia book C. S. Lewis (Clive Staple...) wrote. So that makes it the FIRST Narnia-movie.

OK, now that we have that out in the open, I must say that I really enjoyed it. From the small little details, to the things added to the story, to the talking animals, the battle, and the way they got the message through, I really loved it, actually. I know love might be a bit strong, but it wasn't far from it.

We watched it the three of us that are home, as my brother is celebrating Christmas in Virginia, introducing them to all sorts of Norwegian Christmas traditions.

I was just so excited after the movie, so I had to write it in my blog.

So there you go. I recommend it to everyone, and as C.S. Lewis said: It is a book (or movie, now) he wrote to display how God would save another fallen world that was far away from him, and that's why we see it allegorical, because it is so symbolic towards the way he saved our fallen world was saved by his death and resurrection. And I am so glad he did it. Are you?

-paul andreas

Making faces

The night before

It's the night before Christmas Eve! Wow.

Time has gone by quickly, I know it's one of the commonest clichés, but still...

Right now, I don't remember how long it has been since I updated this thing, but I know it is way time for me to do it. And what a timely time to do it.

The last days has been relaxing, shopping (gifts and food), watching some TV (not much, just enough to see some of the game show finals) and sleeping. Yeah, and eating, of course. Real bread, for instance, and homemade strawberry jam, cakes and lefse! Yummy!

Ok, so now I kinda spilled it all: I'm on vacation. On Christmas vacation. At home. And here we have a lot of homemade stuff that we don't have at the base. Not to say anything bad about the base, but things at home are a bit more comfortable, quiet, homemade and white.

Speaking of white: When I came home on Sunday, we had snow. Then, on Friday, that is today, we still had snow! God has given me snow for Christmas. He knows how I love the quietness and beauty it creates. (The day before outreach on my dts, it snowed as well.) So the last days, some of the time has been spent outside taking pictures, and some inside, watching the snowflakes slowly finding their spot on the ground. It's a beautiful and peaceful journey.

I want to wish you all a peaceful Christmas, with joy and laughter, peace and quiet, singing and praying. Love. Those around you. God. Yourself. But God, you should love with all your heart, all your soul and all your strength! He shall be number one.

-paul andreas


Daniel, du er morsom. Lo akkurat.

Nils-Andreas, gratulerer med dagen.

Dere andre, ha det bra dere også!

On the road again, kinda.

Tomorrow we have our next Reboot-show, this week we're going to different places on the eastern and southern parts of Norway.

Pray for unity and health. And not least: That people will get saved and people will meet God, either for the first time, or again. Changing peoples' lives.

God is god. He is good!

-paul andreas

It´s snowing. Life is good. God became man.

Today the first snow fell! On the first day in December! It was the first package in God´s advent calendar to us on the base.

This really has been a fun week:
On Monday, we made peppercookies shaped as hearts for all the people on base. We decorated them and today, we hung them up in the prison, inviting everyone to our annual Christmas party celebration on the last day before Christmas break. It´s gonna be on Thursday 15th, just so you know. It was so good to see all the happy faces of The Invited.


Then, on Tuesday, we went to see Petra´s last concert in Norway, and I met with my best friend there, and you know what? For the opening band, it was Darrel Mansfield wth band. (for all of you interrested in 70´s Christian music, and know who he is, it was an impressive opening on the show. That man is SO fast on his harmonica!)
Then Petra came, and did alot of the old songs I grew up listening to, and John Schlitt, the singer, pointed and smiled at me alot of times as I was singing along. It was fun. If you´re a fan, ask me, and I can give more details about the show.

Moving on: Yesterday we went ice skating as a social night with the staff on the base. It was such a nice time, teaching others how to improve their skills, improving my own, and getting blisters on one of my two feet. And we had clementines, peppercookies and gløgg. Such a Christmassy feeling.

And this day has been filled with snow, Chrismas music, peppercookies (they just keep coming...) and last but not least: Christmas marzipan (julemarsipan) together with Shoemaker Street (Skomakergata).

Wow. I really like Christmas. But remember the one who is, as Stryper so poetically put it, The Reason for the Season: Jesus Christ, who humbeled himself and made himself the likeness of a man, coming into this world to make right our relationship to God. That is what ChristMas is about. God becoming man, for us to be together with Him.

your norwegian friend/writer/photographer/poet/etc.: paul andreas