tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62833912011-05-04T10:03:20.718+02:00Observations and meditations of a young teacher living in NorwayRuth Kristinnoreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1138575480695128582006-01-29T23:19:00.000+01:002006-02-13T02:09:52.416+01:00

Lately I've written some texts about having a new start - here on my blog. That is because that is some of the things I've been thinking about lately. And I don't just think about the fact that I've had a new start on my blog or the fact that we every day get a new start when we awaken in the morning. There are many different types of new starts, and we can have all kinds of new starts. Some of

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Every day is a new start. Every day is a new beginning. Every day is a new chance to forget about yesterday, put the past behind and live in the present while focusing on or looking ahead to the future. The future is always changing, because the future is all the time becoming a part of the present. The future is good. The future is challenging. The future is exciting and interesting, because we

Ruth Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1137858444982957292006-01-21T15:32:00.000+01:002006-01-21T16:55:36.870+01:00

A new start on my blogHappy new year, everyone! I say it once again, because it could be that you haven't listened to my audio post yet, where I with my voice for the first time have wished all readers a happy new year and also put in a lot of other words with my voice. And one can never say a good thing like "Happy new year" too much, I think.Well, as you can see I've returned to my blogging

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Here I am - right before my life in the North of Norway started... This picture is taken on Sunday the 28th of July 2002, when I was having my last Sunday dinner at my parents' house before moving. This was just a little while before some friends were coming over for my farewell party. I was happy and ready for the exciting, new and challenging life that was awaiting me, and two days later I was

Ruth Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1108939943183622092005-02-20T23:50:00.000+01:002005-02-20T23:52:23.190+01:00

Back in TromsøNow I've been back in Tromsø for more than six weeks, and many good things has happened during these weeks - both in my life and in the city of Tromsø in general. I'm often busy and have many things to do, and therefore I often postpone writing here, but this evening I want to spend a few minutes just to tell about some of the good things happening here in Tromsø. Let me first share

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Today I have a little jubilee. It's presicely one year since I first started blogging and wrote my first blog entry. I like blogging, and I pray that my readers get blessed by reading my blog texts. This evening I have been visiting my good friends Hiwot and Naftalem that got married in June, and we had a lovely time together, sharing experiences and expressing love and care for each other. I

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This is just a little greeting for all of you that are reading my blog. I want to wish all of you a very good, blessed and happy new year with lots of joy and excitement and many good experiences. Whoever you are, I want to tell you that God has a good plan for you. God is The God of Hope. He is love, and he is The Truth. Yes, the Bible tells us that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. God

Ruth Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1104533130840435192004-12-31T23:45:00.000+01:002004-12-31T23:45:30.840+01:00

Today my brother Josef and his family, my sister Hanna and her family, my parents and my self have been gathered and celebrated my parents' Ruby Wedding Day as well as the new year. We've had a very nice time together with lots of fun and laughter, for example when we were miming different animals. During the tasty dinner meal we surprised my parents with some nice presents from all the children

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Leaving for Christmas holiday in Bergen I had a nice time in Tromsø in December, and one of the things I did before I left for my Christmas holiday was having a combined moving-in-and-birthday-party. Some of my friends from church came; some of my new Liberian friends came; and my cousin Jonny, who is a clever law student, came to be with me. I was happy to have them all as my guests, and we had

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Lessons in life After a couple of months with no blogging I have finally made some space for writing a new blog text this evening. I have been thinking about my blog now and then and have wanted to write here, especially lately, but now I felt it was time to actually sit down and make a new blog text, without postponing it anymore. Now I have lived almost four months in the city of Tromsø, and

Ruth Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1096845987552404852004-10-03T22:38:00.000+02:002004-10-04T01:39:44.573+02:00

Moving into my new apartment Seven weeks ago, on Friday the 13th of August, I successfully moved into my new apartment, that I'm renting in Tromsø. I managed to move all my things from the island Vannøya and to the city of Tromsø, because I received very good help from some kind helpers from the church. They came - a whole gang of six men - and helped me to get all my removal load out of the

Ruth Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1092355240061449522004-08-13T01:58:00.000+02:002004-08-13T02:00:40.060+02:00

This is my last evening here on Vannøya for a while, because tomorrow I'm moving to the city Tromsø. Now the summer is soon over, and on this special evening I want to look back at the summer and write a little summary about this memorable summer in the north... For the first time in my life I've spent my whole summer holiday in the north of Norway and haven't put my feet in the south for one

Ruth Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1088549578805771482004-06-30T00:03:00.000+02:002004-06-30T00:52:58.806+02:00

Now I will continue writing about the last couple of weeks… Travelling to Bergen First I want to mention something that happened on my trip to Bergen when I was flying down all the way from the north to take part in my friend’s wedding. In the airport in our capital Oslo I saw a famous Norwegian politician, a lady named Anita Apelthun Sæle. After a while I went over to her and introduced my self

Ruth Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1088459231899548892004-06-28T23:23:00.000+02:002004-06-28T23:47:11.900+02:00

Hello again! I’m back in business! :) It’s been a long time since I last wrote a blog text, and that’s mainly because I’ve had many things to do and because I’ve pushed the blogging into the future. But now I’m taking my time to blog again, and I hope that you all will find something of worth and something giving encouragement in this blog text of today. As I’m writing it’s evening, but the sun

Ruth Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1084911260660268562004-05-18T21:59:00.000+02:002004-05-18T22:14:20.660+02:00

Meeting some in my family Meeting some of my friends Meeting brothers and sisters with a love that never ends Sharing food and sharing fun Sharing work and sharing sun Eyes and smiles meet and talk Words and laughter do their walk Being open, being real Sharing life and sharing zeal A caring heart, a friendly hand helps me find my future land Ruth Kristin Thu, 18.05.2004

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I haven't got much available time, and I need practise in saying things shortly and without too many details. It can be good to be detailed, but not always. I now want to mention some things from the last weeks that has stands out and doensn't happen every day: * I had a very nice Easter holiday, and most of it I spent in Bergen, visiting and fellowshiping with family and friends. It was a

Ruth Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1080672122494486642004-03-30T20:45:00.000+02:002004-03-30T20:49:28.233+02:00

I am back again... Finally I am back on the net to write some words in my blog, after several weeks with no blog writing or any "sign of life" from me. Through the last weeks I have experienced both some difficult situations and some uplifting situations. and I've had many things to think about (and I still have). In the midst of this period I have sometimes thought about my blog and wondered

Ruth Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1077230064322537272004-02-19T23:34:00.000+01:002004-02-19T23:40:00.060+01:00

This evening a little girl was born into this world. Her name is Matilde, and she is my new niece. I was happy and thankful to God after hearing these good news, and I thanked God for Matilde and prayed that God would bless her and her family. Congratulations to my brother, David, and his wife Lene! And welcome to this world, little Matilde! I am sure you are a beautiful girl, and I care for

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On Sunday evening I came home from my short weekend trip to Bergen. I traveled to the city where my parents live on Friday morning and went back to the north on Sunday. This was a short stay in the city of Bergen, actually the shortest stay I've ever had there after moving away from the south of Norway. Still, it was a very nice and important stay for me, and I wouldn't have missed it. I went all

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Today it is "Mother's day" - what we call "morsdag" - here in Norway. I will now write down a little poem that I've made for my mother. I'm writing this on my blog to honour my mother and to give her a little joyous surprise on this day. * My mother My mother is the best My mother beats the rest There's no one on this earth like the one who gave me birth I love my dear,

Ruth Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1075151715985269252004-01-27T17:32:00.000+01:002004-01-27T17:35:21.936+01:00

Today I'm back home after spending the weekend in the nearest city, called Tromso. I've had a very nice and relaxing weekend in the city. Now I will mention some of my experiences from the last days. Thursday evening I went to a group gathering with my bible group. This group is a part of the church "Kristent Fellesskap", and we met in the home of a very nice married couple. This husband and

Ruth Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1074380127571613982004-01-17T23:57:00.000+01:002004-01-17T23:59:19.390+01:00

A new week of my life is soon over, it's saturday and I have a self made pizza in the oven, that soon will be ready to be eaten. I thought I would take this oppurtunity to write some words in my blog, and this time I want to tell you about the week of my life that is in it's ending face. I've had a week with many variations. By that I mean that I've experienced many different situations, and

Ruth Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1073412313316253132004-01-07T06:01:00.001+01:002004-01-08T22:35:31.990+01:00

After having spent my christmas holiday with family and friends in Bergen and Stavanger it was time to travel home to the north yesterday. My journey started in Bergen with a fantastic view of the sunrise from within the airoplane. Some time later we landed in Trondheim, where I had to wait for about one hour before I took a new plane up to Bodo and finally Tromso. When I looked out onto the sky

Ruth Kristinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283391.post-1073239911242171662004-01-04T18:56:00.000+01:002004-01-04T19:12:10.176+01:00

Hello everyone, and welcome to my blog! My great dad, Erling Thu, has helped me to create and open my own personal blog here on the world wide web. He has also made the title to this post, but from now on I will do all the work here my self and write my own titles and texts. I think it's exiting to think about that I'm now starting my own blog, and that people from all around the world can read

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