Veeeeeeeery long time since last time, I know. Sorry!
Since last time a LOT of things have happened. I’ve had a lot of vacation, since the summer vacation has started in Brazil, and during this time there is not much to do in the church or in the favela.
One of the more exciting things we did was to visit a church project in Laguna, south of Florianópolis, where I’m living.
The local church was an old factory, and it was only 6 months old. We got the job to go around and inform everyone in the area about this new Lutheran church.
And so we did, 4 days in a row. We were splitted up in teams, and walked through the favela, handing out flyers and talking with people. We were supposed to re-visit some people that some other church members visited 6 months ago. This turned out to be quite a test.
We had the addresses we were supposed to visit, and a map with all the street names. This came in handy, as there were no signs with street names on. Also, the number system was a big challenge. I’m used to that the numbers start in one end of the street, and end at the other. Not in the favela. I’m not sure how this came to be, but the numbers of the houses were scattered all over the place. We saw 78, 68 and 34 right beside each other. Add a baking sun and tired feet, and you’ll get the picture.
But still, we always found a way. Even though we did not always find the house we were looking for, we always met someone who we could talk about Jesus with. I have never seen such spontaneous openness to the word of God as I did there. It was not necessary to chit-chat about other things first, it was just straight on, and people reacted with being open and sharing their experiences.
I also met one old lady in the favela who insisted on that I was a girl, and a drunk man who hated everything in the world except my hair.
All the people who worked on the project did everything together the entire day. We ate together, sang together and every evening there was a short service. The girls slept in a house, while the boys slept in the church. It was a nice place, except for the casual mouse peeling by and not the best shower in the world. The scariest thing by far was the last night, when a scorpion came crawling right behind my computer.
But even so, it was a very nice trip. I met a lot of fantastic people who I will never forget, and I truly got to experience the power that lies in the word of God.
February 15, 2010 at 2:02 pm |
Så kjekt å ENDELIG lese livstegn fra deg igjen Magnus:-) Det er godt å vite at du stortrives og har det bra vet du. Har jo forstått på mor, far, Martin og Maren også at du opplever spennende og anderledes ting……. har jo sett bilder fra oppholdet de hadde hos deg desember/januar. Med meg går det bare bra, og tro det eller ei så var Hogan på sin første utstilling i Ølen i går! Av 8 hunder som skulle bedømmes samtidig, ble først 4 “forkastet”, og tror ikke den lille røveren stakk avgårde med 4 plassen, rød sløyfe og utmerkede kritikker?:-) Da han i tillegg var den yngste av hundene i ringen som ble bedømt under ett, så var det et veldig bra resultat. Unødvendig å si at Eyvind og “Hogangranny” var stolt! Ellers så har jo mormor vært syk, og savner at hun ikke har kunnet være på Håbet og pratet med deg på Skype. Sender deg fortsatt mange gode tanker Magnus, og begynner å glede meg nå til du kommer hjem. Store gode klem fra tante servante
March 15, 2010 at 12:57 pm |
Hei Magnus! Nå har jeg snart lyst å få en oppdatering fra deg! Savner å lese brevene fra deg vet du, men antar du har travle dager og mye å gjøre. Det skal bli KJEMPEGODT å få deg hjem snart – det er sikkert og visst. Jeg var på besøk hos mormor på lørdag, og da viste hun meg stolt kortet hun hadde fått fra deg! Det må jo ha vært den beste medisinen i hele verden for henne, og hun fikk tårer i øynene bare av å vise meg det. Du er god Magnus! Ellers så er det jo mye prat om Singapore i heimen i Klokkerveien nå for tiden. Spennende! Håper du gir livstegn fra deg snart. Gode klemmer fra tante