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... or heard anything so cute. His name was Loffe and sadly neither customs nor Maria would let me take him home. For dinner we had a Swedish speciality, kebab pizza. Yes thats right. Basically its a pizza base with kebab topping. We had already eaten three times that day and their small was equivelant to our medium, but Jac and I managed to finish the whole thing. Much to our demise later that night. Never Again!
Wednesday I woke up still ...

... my beginners luck, but didn't have much success at knocking any down. Sanja was in the same boat with no cans knocked down between us. It was really fun though. Meeting all of the twins close friends has been really great, making the transition into our four month adventure away fom home a little easier. And we can't forget Spomenka, our second mamma. It will be sad to say goodbye to them all next week.

... to know everyone better. Our next stop is to walk over to Kira's parents, Thorston and Mariane Engholm, who live about 15 minutes walk away. So, everyone gets bundled up and off to another Fika. The Engholm's have a charming Swedish home with red beams. It is beautifully furnished and very comfortable. Before retirement Thorston Engholm's career was in the Swedish Air Force ...

... coming in the afternoon after our service. We are told that this ritual is vital and one that is common at work during the week at work. It is done least once, but more like two or more times a day. We are held in suspense. At two pm we held our service. We all sang hymns and then I gave a message that I thought would be right for today. We all have come from ways and times into our faith in God ...

... home or somewhere for the weekend. We got onto our train for south central Sweden where Paul and Kira live. On the section of the trip to Stockholm the train was crowded and I had to stand, but after Stockholm seating eased up. Paul Spenser was at the other end to pick us up. Good feeling. We drove to Mjölby. It was great to see Kira along with Aaron, Isaak and Viki. John Wennström from Oslo had arrived and ...

... Vackert! Trevlig lunch på kvarterskrog. Fyndade innan dess på stadens antikvariat där den initierade ägaren letade reda på "Tre män i en båt". Medhavd fika intogs vid Vättern och därefter bad, inte alls så kallt som man kunde tro! Kort rast på stället och därefter rundtur på klosterområdet, då det var stekhett var vi de enda som dök upp och fick således guiden för oss själva. Vackra byggnader med imponerande historia, nytt för oss ...

... ett fascinerande fenomen väl värt att se, både rent tekniskt med gamla träkonstruktioner och flödande vattenmassor samt även sociologiskt med samspel bland båtfolk (Göta Kanal är inte för inte tydligen även känd som skilsmässo-diket...). Höll på att storkna av värmeslag, utmed vägen till Vadstena kom räddningen, Sverigeidyllisk badplats vid Ljung. Styrkta till kropp & själ susade vi framåt tills vi var "tvungna" att stanna igen då skylten "Brunneby kyrka & gårdsbutik" lockade oss ...

Today we went into Goteberg city To watch the euro 2008 match on the big screens. (Sweden and Spain) But there was so much litter around the place and people smoking we went down to the local cafe (cappucino) and had a very different hot chocolate. We went back to the house and had tapas for dinner after finally deciding that it was too busy to have tea out !... Another game of pool was played before going up for bed at 12:30!

... is about $1.80 for the first unit. Paul and Kira sent out our Nordic Newsletter to all the GN readers in Sweden in October. It would have been cheaper to send it from the USA, however, we want to maintain a local rather strictly American identity here. We do sent 500 Good News magazines to Scandinavia from the US. It is definitely cheaper an d more efficient than sending them from here. We still do the ...

... of the Church people here. Our first newsletter will feature a story about Stockholm member Solveig Hammar who is going through ABC in Cincinnati right now. We will also talk about our trip to visit the people in this area. We also talked about an "open house" at the Feast in Estonia this fall. We want to make the weekend services during the Feast open to anyone who would like to come. We would have literature racks that would ...