Spring

I haven’t really taken loads of photos this spring, but I have a couple. Here is a brief outline of stuff that has happened since my last post.

 

Today we had our last Interaction team meeting for this semester. We met in Gareth and Liz’ house and enjoyed time in their garden. We laughed a lot like always.

I was invited to a birthday party at a bar at Andel yesterday, and I invited some friends along. Loud music, disco lights and Brasilian rythms!

My parents came for a visit in May.

Slovak Night in UKH Pardubice in May. Estera (who studies medicine in Hradec Kralove) had a very informative presentation for us. Plus, she brought us cheese!

Group meeting with UKH Suchdol in May. Students from Czechia, Romania, Indonesia, Bulgaria and Ghana. Milos led the evening (leader of this group, with the red trousers).

A wonderful walk in Divoka Sarka with church friends a Saturday at the end of April. Amazing weather, fantastic rocks and grand people.

Movie night with the Pardubice UKH group in April. We watched Ex_Machina. Recommended! It is filmed near my place in Norway. We ended up discussing morals. We used a discussion form from damaris.org.

My sister Silje and her boyfriend Amund came to visit in April. We had a great time together. They bought me expensive meals, expensive candy and took me to the tech museum. Fun, fun, fun!

Peter Payne came in April and had various lectures for students. This one was in Usti nad Labem, and was about somethingism. He also had talks about comparing The Quran and The Bible.

In the beginning of April we had a gathering for the students of UKH groups in Prague.

Zambia Night in the UKH group in Pardubice in March. Mutale and Lulu gave us an informative presentation, and served us Zambian food! 

The prayer group at The Law Faculty in Prague a Wednesday morning in March. Here from our meeting spot at the corner of the entrance hall.

My cousins came to visit in March. Good to see them again and catch up. They are super cool people. We had a nice walk at Vysehrad and we had us some Czech beer. 

I lived in my old room at Velka Ohrada a couple of days (swithced room with Mike) and enjoyed cycling in familiar surroundings.

In March I went to Krakow (Poland) with my team mate Nelleke, Joanna (former team member) and Thom and Helled from team Slovakia. We walked around, missed our trams, ate loads, went to the Schindler museum and enjoyed the city.

UKH International Student Weekend

March 4th we had an international student weekend away. The speaker was Mark Meynell, and he gave us a Bible overview which was brilliant. Very entertaining and extraordinary good teacher who is connected with Langham Partnership. We had students from Olomouc, Pargue, Pardubice and even Slovakia. Sorry for the lack of good photos.

Bowling with UKH Pardubice

In March we went bowling with the student group I support in Pardubice. We had a lot of fun, even if not much talent.

Birthday

12th of March I invited friends to celebrate my 29th birthday at the same kavarna (coffee house/bar) as last year on my 28th. It was a grand evening, and I had made a quiz about the participants which I found very entertaining.

YANA info meeting

In March we had a presentation of the YANA ministry. This is a ministry to the homeless, started by students in The International Baptist Church in Prague. We had a few people coming to see our presentation held at our new location close to Muzeum. If you are interested, feel free to get in touch. We go out to serve food to the homeless in central Prague almost every Saturday.

UKH student leader’s weekend

In February we had a leader’s weekend for the UKH students. It was inspiring to see the students leading and teaching, and also to meet new students I had not met before. All in all a good weekend with wonderful winter weather.

Katowice and Auschwitz

In February I  did a trip to visit some IFES friends in Katowice, Poland. With me, I had friends from The International Baptist Church in Prague. We also did a guided tour to Auschwitz.

Random walk near Vltava in February

These photos are taken at a random walk I did one sunny midday in Prague after I had been to Podoli to swim there. Gotto love nature, and I had much fun feeding the birds with old bread crusts. Also fascinating to watch the bird’s social behaviour. In my opinion: Seaguls are nuts. Swans are proud, and a bit stuck up. Ducks are relaxed and a bit careless. Pigeons are always hungry, and try their best to look innocent, but they are very street smart. I was also lucky to spot a beaver. I am not sure what to make of their social behaviour yet. More observation needed.

Christmas parties with the UKH groups in Suchdol and Pardubice

 

Christmas party

In December Mary from church invited us to a Christmas party at her place. We were pretty international like always, representing Hungary, England, Germany, Norway, Czech Republic, Ecuador, India, Zambia, Romania and Slovenia. We had an awesome time together with presents, drinks, games, walks and a movie.