Berta

A picture from this summer.

Pictures, pt. 3

It's been a great day

It began with me finding the best front page of a news paper I have seen in a long while, which I probably will comment here later on, most likely my first Norwegian post. Some things are hard to translate.
Then, the lady in the post office stared at my head and complimented my hair. Not bad that a 45 year old woman compliments your dreadlocks...
Then I went to Europris where they, just as I walked in, were starting selling out ice cream for 3 kr a piece. Usually it's around 15, so it was 80% off. I bought 17 (!) (3 kr is about 50 cents, 15 is about $2,50).
:)

I am happy.

I have a job!

Yes, indeed I do.
Many have asked if I have a job, and many have received the reply "Not, yet, but I am looking."
Now, if you ask me, I can tell you Yes, I have a job, a good one, as a substitute teacher at Hedemarken Friskole, where I went to school long ago. I am now the colleague of my former teachers. Funny, huh? At least my old teachers think it is. I do too.

I just finished my first week, and have three more weeks for sure in those classes. I teach Maths, Geography, Science, Norwegian and Christianity in three different grades, or classes, whatever you want to call it. Three different groups of kids. There you go.

It's a job well paid, considering my lack of education, and it's fun too, at times, when I feel that I am a good teacher, and it sucks when I feel I am a bad one... I have been told that is how it is to be a teacher, a real love/hate relationship.

Just wanted to inform you and thank all of you who have prayed for me getting a job.

-paul andreas

Matteo Vestbøstad, welcome!

I wanted to wish Matteo Vestbøstad heartily welcome to this earth,
and into our big and ever growing family of YWAM-kids.

Here he is:

Photo: Sigfred Proud-Dad

Fun With a Camera, part 2

After some nice and beautiful comments on the last post, I thought I had to take some new pictures. So I went to Skien, because that's where Andreas lives, the one who owns this special camera...
So this week will be spent i Skien, taking pictures of myself.

Paul on the way to be stoned...

...but before that, an interview had to be made.

Smile.

After my brother's huge success with his web camera pictures, I'd thought I'd try as well... This is taken during the Worker's Gathering in YWAM Norway a few weeks back. You can see that my teeth were big back then...

Having fun with a webcam, part one.

Fly Flies

Give the fly a chance!



Posing in order for the use and message to be more evident to you.



It was my dad who came back with the fly swatter, and gave us a big laugh.
I hope you joined in on the laughing.

A Summer Recap

It's been too long. I know. And when I finally came by and dropped you a post, it was either Happy Birthday or Happy Birthday.

I could have said Happy Birthday today as well, because Sigmund has his birthday today, and I just came back from his party. I did. Say Happy Birthday, that is. But that's not all for now.

I'm 23 and one month today. Hooray for me.

But all of you would rather hear what in the world I have been up to this summer?
I could start at the beginning, but I won't. The beginning is far to long and with few events. Brazil didn't win the World Cup, and Italy did. I don't know which one disappointed me more.


Sunset in Holtstuen

Then, I need to back up a little, to a week in June. It was spent at the feet of one of the women I have respect the most, Darlene Cunningham. She taught at a event called Slingshot, and that first week happened to be an open week, and then I joined. The teaching was great, and to spend the days together with around a hundred people from over 20 nations is an experience I wish for all of you to have.

After Slingshot I had a week working my summer-week in Skien, and then I had some weeks where I hung out with friends, went for a trip to Skjærgårds (The Seaside Music & Missons Festival as they call it in English), and saw Stryper for those of you who know your history lesson concerning Christian rock, you know it was a historic and great experience. The rock legends alive on stage, rocking as they did in the 80s, with fans who weren't born in the 80s even.

Yeah, and before Skjærgårds I had my birthday,
and after Skjærgårds, I had my birthday party with old and new friends in a happy gathering as you usually have on birthdays.


I got a party-gun as a present, and the BANG! is too loud, that's why we all have our eyes shut.


And then we celebrated David, my look-alike brother's birthday a few days later, with all the jazz needed and some more.
Here he is, just after having been awakened by the beautiful birthday choir, and given the gift from me.

For example the "sporlek" we had, a huge success.


The winning picture in the "sporlek".

This weekend I was in both a wedding (just the ceremony) and in a birthday.
It was Heidi and Øystein's wedding. Congratulations!


The beautiful married couple. Just married.
Photo © Eirik Andreas Husabø


And it was Ann Helen's birthday. Happy Birthday!
This week has been spent reading books, swimming, working in the garden, playing Settlers and singing and writing the longest blog entry in a while.

Next week is the annual fall-worker's gathering for YWAM Norway, so as a YWAMkid, I'll meet up there and enjoy the fun. See you there for those of you going there, but that was quite obvious...

Happy Birthday, dear David...

It's David's 21 birthday today, and I wanted to use this space to
congratulate him.
Gratulerer med dagen!
Bukke, nikke, nei og sånn.
Du er en veldig god bror. Og venn. Håper dagen blir en kjempefest.
Gleder meg. God natt.
His blog is:
www.davidaasen.blogspot.com

Happy Birthday dear dreadsies!

Today, it's one year since my dreadlocks were born.
They were born out of hard work for Ruth Silje's part, and with patient
waiting for my part.
I will try to post some "Then and Now"-pictures, but as for now, know that
this is a day to be celebrated.

-paulie and his dreads