High Places in Notodden

This morning we went to a high-place in Notodden to pray. We were led to pray for unity and for Israel. In the evening we divided the team in two. Four of us went to a high-place to pray. The rest of us went to a gospel center (evangeliesenter) where we prayed for an hour as there were no gathering there, as it was supposed to be. Afterwards we visited an elder lady and we all shared our testimonies and prayed together.

Picture: We are on our way to a high place in Notodden.

Beautiful Notodden

Today we travelled to Notodden, where we were received by Anne Maria and Helene. The first thing we did was to bathe in a Norwegian water. That was severely refreshing. Afterwards we ate dinner and went for a walk in this incredible beautiful Norwegian city, which looks more like the country-side.

Norwegian Chocolate

Today me, Heli, Maarit and Brett walked up Karl Johan and I showed them the Norwegian parliament building (regjeringsbygget) and the castle.

We then hung out in the park by the castle and I shew them the blessing of Norwegian chocolate. I bought one piece to each of some different kinds of exclusive norwegian chocolate of a brand named "Freia". We all enjoyed laying in the sun and having a small chocolate party.

In the evening the whole team prayed together with some people I know from “Prayer for Oslo”. It was one of those loud and powerful prayer meetings with a clear prophetic flow. Refreshing in deed!

Dinner and Prayer

This morning me and Brett went to pray with Aud, which prays from 8 to 9 AM every morning in Oppsal Church, just by where I'm living. She was very encouraged that we came and prayed with her.

At 12 AM I had a good time of prayer together with Brett and my Finnish friends. We felt that today's theme was worship, so we talked about that and acted on it. As usual I found myself being blessed so much by my friends, as they found out that they wanted to pray for me.

At 4 PM me, Brett, Heli and Maarit went to Helene's place for dinner and prayer.

At 8 PM all of us went to Marit Bothner, who have prayer meetings once a month with prayer for the part of Oslo I'm living in named "Østensjø bydel".

Picture: Helene and Maarit.

Finnish / Australian Invasion

Today my friend Brett from Australia arrived here in Oslo, and so did my Finnish friends Jussi, Heli, Antti and Maarit. We had a relaxing day today, and this evening we went for a walk in the forest and barbequed our dinner by a small lake.

Picture 1: Jussi, Heli, Brett and Maarit arrived this morning. Antti arrived later.
Picture 2: Antti, Me, Karl Anders and Åse Marie, during the barbeque.

Last Week

Monday (19. June)
Me and some friends visited Anne Maria in Notodden. Great to have a resting day once in a while.

Tuesday (20. June)
I entertained a childrens group Karl Anders is working with at Lindeberg in Oslo. I preached and did face-painting and balloons there. Face painting is the new big thing for me. I just bought a full set of equipment for this.

Wednesday (21. June)
We had a good-bye party for Fred Håberg. He has been copastor in Jesus Church since it started more than five years ago. He have worked very close together with Stephan Christiansen here in Oslo at lots of mission initiatives for the last 8 years. God have now called him to move to Sandnes and pastor a pentecostal church named "Klippen" (The Rock) there.

Friday (23. June)
I did some decor for a wedding. I still have few jobs doing decor for weddings. I don't think that most people have any idea how cool wedding decor you can make with balloons. My job is to let them now. I will aim more for this marked in the time to come. I have even bought the domain: www.bryllupsdekor.no (bryllupsdekor = wedding decor). This domain is still passive, you won't find anything on it.

Weekend (24-25. June)
I did a job with face painting and balloons at Stranda, which is a small city close to my birth place Ålesund. It was great to get a job that close to Ålesund, so I could see my family.

Elverum and Hamar

Today I did a job in Elverum. On the way there I had the possibility to be tourist in Hamar for half an hour. Still having last nights half cup of Etiopian Mocha running in my veins, I think I covered pretty much of Hamar in half an hour.

In Elverum I had the pleasure of giving away ice-creams, lollipops, key-chains with commercial and balloon figures to the kids. There was one 14 year old girl that just stood and watched me for an hour after receiving a balloon and an ice-cream. I asked if she wanted to help giving out ice-cream, and she turned out to be a very good assistent. Her mother worked in a shop just by there.

On the way home I talked a lot with a woman in her fifities. She was a church woman from old of, but had grown tired of the church dogmas. She was now a part of some kind of organisation that encouraged everyone to find and define their own faith. She had been in some classes learning different forms of spirituality, like chakras and healing. I found it kind of interesting that she also prayed to God in the way she was used to from church when she put her hands on someone to perform healing.

Cultural Impressions

I’m fortunate to live in such a multicultural city. Some cultural impressions lately…

Israeli family
I was entertaining at a private birthday party, when I heard something that reminded me of Hebrew. I found that there were several Israeli people there and that the mother in the family was an Israeli girl. I got to taste some really good Israeli food and cakes. I said that next time I’ll give you the show in exchange for those cake-recipes. For some silly reason they thought I was joking.

Catalan Language
Not long ago I entertained in a catholic family. Their young boy had his communion-celebration, which is a party that catholic people throw for their children first time they take communion. I heard these people speak some strange language that reminded me of Spanish. They said it was catalan, a language they speak in the area of Spain that they come from.

Ethiopian Mocha
Recently I entertained at a summer party on one of those places where immigrants stay when their applications are being processed. They played some very catching Ethiopian music and there was a lot of dancing and fun. I also met an Ethiopian pop star and received Ethiopian Mocha and Freia Premium Dark Chocolate as gifts.
I don’t like coffee, but still I tried the Ethiopian Mocha because it was a gift. Wow. It tasted really good, especially combined with the dark chocolate. I was hyped for the next 24 hours. Amazing coffee!

Muslim Girl
The other day I started talking with a girl at the bus stop. She wore the traditional “everything but face is covered” muslim clothes.
We had a very open-hearted conversation and I somehow felt I could freely ask some of the questions I don’t usually ask muslims. I asked why she wore those clothes. She said that she started wearing them only a year ago. She had always been a muslim, but then she had started to learn more about her faith. It hadn’t been an easy decision for her, but when she started to understand the reasons why to wear those clothes, she found that it was the right thing to do. Since she had given her faith so much thought lately, it was very interesting to listen to her.

Life’s an adventure

To walk with Jesus is never boring, it’s always an adventure. It’s not painfree, it’s not always easy. I might even be tortured and killed for Him someday. But at least it won’t be boring. These days I feel like I’m going from party to party to party. Well. It’s more than a feeling. Literary it's what I do. It’s the life of an entertainer.

Bad Blogger

I guess I’ve been a bad blogger lately, so let’s start writing again…