PA & NY

where i've been

hey.. im late for work

Just saw this thing n MAgdas blog, and wanted to have one as well!

GReat to hear from you shawna, have a nice trip!

Well here it is.. so far i have travelled 11 % of the known world :). How about you?
cheers

Carl

Andy, my hubby of 1.75 years

we were on a camping trip and forgot utencils...oops.

Me

my doggie GRRR!

hey ya'll sorry it took so long for me to do this, but life is finally slowing down. On saturday Andy (my husband)

and I are going to CAnada for 5 weeks (2 week mission trip with 14 youth and 3 weeks to visit my family) We are the youth pastors at our church - and actually get paid for it! yeah!!! I'll send more later. ttfn

Shawna

Mmmm Beef Jerky

HEy guys

Just finished my first bag of Jack Links Teriyaki Beef Jerky ever!!! im hooked!! mmmmmm
Just wanted to share that with you guys... too bad that its really pricy here in dk :(

cheers

Carl

sorabol

Dayspring, Iulian and i went to a korean restaurant friday night! and man, was it an experience! we ordered the bbq and they brought us out a plate of raw meat and a grill and we cooked it ourselves at the table. then we ate cheesecake with chopsticks! it was fantastic and fun in every way.

Heidi and Marc stopped by :)

Hi Guys.

Some weeks ago Heidi and Marc stopped by in Copenhagen. It was a whole lot of fun. I got to show them the city, make Frikadeller (danish speciality) and chill in the city for a day!

that was truly a blessing for me. And it was a ot of fun meeting Marc ( who is a really nice guy btw), in other sourroundings than at the wedding.

Well im all about exams and stuff, so i dont really have time to write.. but wanted to share some pics from the city :)

To Heidi and Marc: Thx again for a great time!

cheers

Carl

Dad's passing

Hello All,

I wanted to share that my dad passed away yesterday at 10:15 am.

He went peacefully. My brother, his family, my mom and myself were present to see my Father take his last breath.

All of us are doing well. We have much support from family and friends.

I want to thank you for your prayers and thoughts over the past three years. I also thank you for your invitations to reunions to catch up on life and stuff.

In some ways, it is a relief to move on to a new season of life. I am trusting God he will provide the strength to move forward just as he has before.

Thanks again for your prayers and support.

Andrew

word up!

some people i know have been saying some profound things lately. maybe they're profound to me because i've been thinking along the same lines and because i agree wholeheartedly with what they're saying. in other words, i am bias. still, i just had to give a "WORD UP!" shout out to these individuals. please click on the links to see what they have to say.

this all started with a very honest post from Mary DeMuth. this is the best blog post i've seen in awhile. in my opinion, what Chris Sowers has to say ties in well. a day or two later, Mary wanted to balance out her angst with some recognition. this last post made me want to acknowledge these people: Aaron Stewart, Mike Brantley Crew and Tim McDonald Clan because in Mary's words, "I know these are pastors and ministers who selflessly serve Jesus and His body. They suffer hardship and continue on. They exemplify service, authentic love, sacrifice, and joy. They may not have an abundance of material possessions, but my inkling is that their treasure is piled in heaven--a great reward reserved for the future."

Aaron Stewart - White, Western and Wealthy.

Mike Brantley - Why do we run back to Egypt and whine so much?, Did you also know..., Counter Cultural Mandate

Tim McDonald and Family

and just go ahead and subscribe to Tina Lips blog because it's just that great!

Mama Likes the Fox

hey Carl, looks like you definitely have a lot of fun with that. did you get video up yet??? i'd love to see it. do you guys have a website? how did your report on humpback whales go?

thx for the postcard

Hi Everyone!

Im sorry that i didnt write thx sooner for your postcard.. That was soo sweet of you!
This isnt going to be the longest post... I need to do alot of work for my school.. i have a big report on communication under water of humpback whales :)I just wanted to let you know that i am doing okay.. I am currently in a band called "Mama Likes The Fox" [Photo]It is so much fun, and we did our second concert a week ago! Its was hillarious... We played Sweet Child o' mine with Guns 'n' Roses... I sang and it was very well recieved.... HOwever we did not win the contest :( bummer... But, we had a great time! It has been recorded on video, and as soon as i get a hold of a copy, ill post a link to it to youtube.com ! For now , there are only pics avaliable :)
here they some!
[Photo][Photo][Photo][Photo][Photo]

Hope yall will have a blessed easter!

love Carl

Copenhagen life

Hi!

Its sunday - im restless... However its has just been raining and the last couple of days snowing, so everything is really slushy :(

Anyways.. I thought I would check this site out once again, and post a few pics :)

The pics is from my appartment :)

How was your reunion? lets hear and see pics

cheers

Carl

My place - in the heart of Copenhagen

From here I enter the marvelous World Of Warcraft ;)

My Pride and Joy - The Aquaium :)

And of course the master himself - hehe..
i hope to hear from all of you guys.. and let me kow if you are coming to DK... I'll take good care of you :)

the Swansons

i talked to Shawna's husband, Andy, for the first time a couple of days ago and it reminded me that i've been wanting to post this picture of them for a long time.

last minute reunion!

hey everyone,

Dayspring, Dori, and i spontaneously decided to take a last minute weekend trip to visit the vander Laans in Chicago, IL 22-26 February. i just purchased my ticket. this is my itinerary. sorry, it's sooo last minute, but we would love to have as many of you come as possible. let us know if you can or can't make it! thanks. love you guys!

OUTBOUND:
PDX > ORD United Flight 150 - 1 stop in SFO
Departs: PDX on Thursday, 22 February @ 1:48 PM
Arrives: ORD same day @ 10:20 PM

RETURN:
ORD > PDX United Flight 321 - Nonstop
Departs: ORD on Monday, 26 February @ 8:20 PM
Arrives: PDX same day @ 10:44 PM

i can't wait!

i love this man.

  

My Christmas in DK

Hi Guys!


Well.. Sounds like wuite a christmas for you Dori.. Thats a lot of people and a lot of food that has to be made and consumed :-)

I'll tell you a little about my x-mas... I was back in my hometown of Skive with my parents, my youngest older brother and my next oldest brother and his wife (hope it makes sense)

I arrived at the 21 st, unfortunately missing the party of the year at my school, where our class would have our yearly christmaslunch ( A danish christmaslunch is lunch with, all kinds of Hering, Pork roast, fish filets and alot of danish things such as - leverposteg, ris ala mande, frikadeller, sylte and more - all the good stuff) A real shame i missed it, but there will be one next year!

In Denmark we celebrate christams the 24th in the evenening. We started by chilling and roasting a duck then going to church at 16.00. Afterwards we would go home, light up the fireplace and have a drink! Then dinner is served. Yummy duck cooked in a local style from Bornholm (a danish island south of Sweden) Really good stuff with potatoes, sugarglazed potatoes, sauce and red cabbage! nice!

After dinner we eat Ris-alamande - a rice pudding.
Then we walk around the christmas tree ( which has real live candles) singing 10 christmas songs before we get packages!

This year I got some sweet stuff! different kinds of bowls, a camera, boxers, pillowcases, scarf and more!

Good stufF!

I'll post some pics one of the next days, to show you how to celebrate christmas - Danish style!

cheers

Carl

Christmas this year... full of people, noise and fun. All 27 of us (1 grandma, 2 parents, 4 siblings, 4 inlaws, and 15 neices and nephews) are under one roof. I'll post a picture when I have one. In all of the chaos, I actually have my own room and it's the best in the house... how did I manage that? I'm in my grandmother's closet. :) It's fairly roomy, has a door, it's dark and it's quiet! :) Yay for walk-in closets!!!
I finished my first semester in seminary. I will most likely be there another 2 1/2 years but that's fine with me. Life goes on...
:) I hear a movie on out in the living room. I guess I'll go be social again.
Merry Christmas everyone! I love y'all!!! :)
Love,
Dori
P.s. Write a post on how your Christmas has been; I'll love to hear about it!!

MERRY X-MAS and recipe :-)

Hi guys...

Merry Christmas.. Hope everything is well with you guys!

I was just thinking right now about the shelter and our stay.... There was someone (Treasure og Heidi i believe), how had her mom send over some "ghost" halloween cookies.... Can this be right? I remember them to be quite tasty, and wanted to make some :-) Does anyone have this recipe, and if so and possible to have it in the metric scales? kg; g teaspoon etc???

thanks alot

I just made the other day for an evangalisation dinner :


Colcannon: http://www.recipezaar.com/123663

with
Guinness & Honey Glazed Pork Loin: http://www.recipezaar.com/123790

Seriously tasty!!!

check it out

cheers
Carl

a father/daughter in Panama

Treas, here's the picture I was trying to describe.

a random day with friends

no, she didn't just graduate and yes, I am wearing a PINK hat unzipped from a coat but we made our point... :)

this is for you Treas...

DAM . DAM. DAM. AMSTERDAM
THIS IS THE WAY - THIS IS OUR SOLUTION
AGAINST PAIN ORDERS OR BORING APPOINTMENTS
AGAINST THE OTHER POWER IN OUR LIVES
AGAINST CONFUSION DISORDER AND SADNESS
WE - ONE MORE TIME -
LEAVE A PLACE & LIVE FULL INSIDE
(found in a train station in italy)

Tuba Christmas Pioneer Courthouse Square

this is an amazing photo by Benjamin Brink of the Oregonian. that's Pioneer Courthouse Square reflected in the rim of the tuba. i think this is the coolest photo i've seen in a long time. Happy Belated Thanksgiving you guys!

Image of the Year 2006

i saw this picture on the front cover of the New York Times in August of this year and it has been ingrained in my mind since then. never have i seen such joy, relief, sorrow and exhaustion mingled so intensely on camera film. these soldiers made it over the border just in time for their lives to be spared.

alberta arts district 08

alberta arts district 09

Jeremy

building downtown

tram

trimet

burnside skatepark 01

burnside skatepark 02

burnside skatepark 03

burnside skatepark 04

burnside skatepark 05

burnside skatepark 06

burnside skatepark 07

Up the Irons :-)

Hi guys!


Just wanted to let you guys know that im doing great and say hi!
In theory this time should be spent on my history essay about the early colonization from a british point of view! Mayflower and all.. I actually dont know that much about it, but it will all work out I hope!

Up the Irons! - I went to see Iron Maiden play in Copenhagen a week ago or so! Its was okay - The sound was horrible, but they played awesome! A lot of the new stuff ( which i unlike alot of other people like) and some old stuff as well! It was deffinately a night to remember...

Otherwise i dont have that much to say... Unfortunately it looks like its going to be hard to make a reunion.. Everybody are so busy - incl. myself..


For those of you who dont know Iron Maiden here are some youtube links :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Snehl2bAk
the same song Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEVd2uoKPFc
Rainmaker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bzYzGofNqI


That is some good stuff

well gotta go

Take care y'all
Cheers
Carl

the tally so far

sorry if it seems i've been aloof this week. i haven't. just a little distracted. Carl, how are you feeling? a 100% better? and by the way, i love the idea of you posting pics of your world. i would love that. i would love if all of you guys did that!

and Dori, how are your parents doing? is everything back to normal? how did your finals go?

so i wanted to post a tally so far of what people are thinking about the reunion:

* Carl - europe
* Dori - mid december to mid january or after mid may
* La Portes (Heidi & Marc) - maybe june, maybe colorado, maybe oregon, maybe europe
* Sam - can't do summer or immediately around christmas
* Swansons (Shawna & Andy) - they said we are more than welcome in minnesota, or canada! they could possibly do colorado, oregon, christmas break (26th - 2nd), spring break (march 29th - april 8th), or summer break (june 11th - september 4th)
* vander Laans (Tine & Andy) - sound pretty busy around christmas and new years, they said they'll post something soon though

where are the rest of ya'll at???

The Boy and the Dog are Sleeping

Les Miserables was the last book i read and i haven't yet been able to pick up another. it's one of those books that you have to sit with for awhile. it feels like adultery to move on. it impacts you so deeply, becoming a part of who you want to be. Victor Hugo unites words like no one else. words become poetry instead of sentences, paragraphs become longings instead of chapters. and before you know it how you view life and love is totally flipped upside down and inside out. you can no longer be who you were before you read the book.

i couldn't bring myself to read another until today. my friend Jeremy bought me a copy of a book he hasn't been able to shake to this day, The Boy and the Dog are Sleeping.

"Sometimes I think I am insane.
Why would anyone sane adopt a child with AIDS?
It terrifies me to write this book. I am afraid. I am afraid of dragons.
I am afraid of losing my mind. I want something no one is allowed to have.
I want the mad ones. The children mad enough to struggle and survive. I want the children who have seen war. The children mad enough to question everything. The children who have had everything taken away from them. The children who are broken and mad enough to attempt to repair themselves. The children mad enough to spit and fight. Mad enough to laugh outrageously. Mad enough to make music of their own. Mad enough to see themselves as individuals. I want children who will dance in the rain. I want the mad, crazy ones. I want the ones insane enough to love hard, and brave enough to be vulnerable.
I do not know where this book begins.
I am haunted by deep, electric flashes of music, memories, dragons, and madness."

Hello and reunion stuff!

Hey Tres and co.

Well... I wont sit by and let Tresure write everything in here!!! So...

I have just recoved a terrible cold (all colds are horrible), and now im just sitting and chilling in front of my aquarium and comp... Danish music is playing in the background... and im hungry...

Anyways... Im glad to hear that your dad is doing better Dori... Hope you're doing okay aswell!

And Treasure.... Thanks for the pics... Its cool to see what your life is all about these days.. Seeing the places you hang out in and so on.. I might do the same here in CPH..

Well... i just got a nosebleed... sop i'll stop writing.. I'll write soon...

And sounds good about the whole reunion.. Im only up for Europe... Sorry guys...

cheers
Carl

Dori's Dad

i talked to Dori a couple of days ago and i got an e-mail from her today saying her parents are doing good!

REUNION!

so a few of us are antsy and wanting to go somewhere and all of us are wanting to see everyone again, so let's combine the two and make an adventure of it. with that being said, please make sure you post or leave a comment so everyone can know your thoughts. please answer these two questions:

1. where do you want to meet up?
2. when would you be available?

i'll go first -

1. in no particular order: chicago, prague, jerusalem, somewhere in india, italy, turkey, uk, south america, africa or you are all always welcome in portland!
2. whenever works out with everyone's work / school schedules and finances. i just need to know at least a month in advance so i can request leave.

i love you all so much!

Tea Chai Te, one of my favorite places to hang out 01 

Tea Chai Te, one of my favorite places to hang out 02 

Tea Chai Te, one of my favorite places to hang out 03 

Matt, the owner and creator of Tea Chai Te 

Charlie 01 

Charlie 02 

my buddy Dan 

i love guerrilla art

The Grotto, another one of my favorite places 01

The Grotto, another one of my favorite places 02

The Grotto, another one of my favorite places 03

The Grotto, another one of my favorite places 04

The Grotto, another one of my favorite places 05

in transition

to answer your question more fully Carl, my life is definitely in transition again right now. i am working at portland international airport and i really like my job. it's definitely not what i want to do for the rest of my life, but for now, it's perfect. my co-workers are really good, fun people.

an old friend of mine just started taking me through a process called "focused living." all i can see of my life right now is pieces and this process will hopefully help me see the whole puzzle and how everything connects. hopefully, it will draw things out from my past and present that will help me pursue a meaningful path in the future. so please be praying for me you guys as i walk through this over the next month.

these are three opportunities that my heart is drawn to and i am considering:
- new orleans, louisiana
- prague, czech republic
- glasgow, scotland

i love you all and i miss you!

this was the greenhouse

from top to bottom: Sean & Betsy (married) - Tim & Jeannie (just married 28 october) - Charlie - Matt & Laura (married) - Gladdy & Scotty (on their way to being married)

the greenhouse started out as Sean & Betsy - Jeannie - and myself. then Charlie came along. followed by Matt & Laura. and finally Scotty.

due to various reasons the greenhouse is no more.

it was a chapter full of tears, laughter, pain, joy, darkness, beauty, light.

i love these people.

please click on their pictures to learn more about them.

Hey all! My dad is out of the hospital but they still haven't found what's wrong. If you think about my parents, I'd still appreciate your prayers!
Thanks y'all!! :)
Love,
Dori

governor tom mccall waterfront park 02

governor tom mccall waterfront park 03

governor tom mccall waterfront park 04

governor tom mccall waterfront park 05

governor tom mccall waterfront park 06

governor tom mccall waterfront park 07

downtown 01 

downtown 02 

downtown 03

Tine, these are the one way streets i was talking about

alberta arts district 01 

alberta arts district 02 

alberta arts district 03 

alberta arts district 04 

alberta arts district 05 

alberta arts district 06 

alberta arts district 07 

home boy

quick prayer request

Hey everyone!
My dad is in the hospital for tests. He went in for heart related symptoms but they haven't figured out what is happening. If you would, please pray for him and for my mom. I'll write an update when I know more. Thanks!!
Love y'all!
Dori

life in oregon

hey Carl - thanks again for the updates. as i said before, i love the pictures and the posts. i will fill you in on life soon, but for now i wanted to post a few pics of where i live and the places in portland that i go often. more to come soon. you guys have to forgive me, i haven't taken pictures in years, so sorry these photos are really really ridiculously awful.

japanese garden 01 

japanese garden 02 

japanese garden 03 

japanese garden 04 

japanese garden 05 

japanese garden 06

japanese garden 07 

japanese garden 08 

japanese garden 09 

japanese garden 10 

japanese garden 11 

japanese garden 12 

japanese garden 13 

japanese garden 14 

japanese garden 15 

japanese garden 16 

tunnel 

washington park max 

flyer 

naito parkway

governor tom mccall waterfront park 01

What did you expect? To forget about the Porn-Lamp?

Hey Treasure & co. :-)

A lot of spooky stuff is happening these days! That is so much fun you thought of the Porn Lamp aswell!!! Og.. That lamp is still only a few stamps away, however thy arent willing to give it to me :-( Crap!

Another spooky happening was that i Yesterday wrote a guest ( Melanie - Horticulture-girl) and the same day she had been thinking of me! What coincidences... im speechless!

well Back to the Porn Lamp... i like saying/writing that... its just sooo.........naughty :D

It resides at the Willemstraat, where all of the staff is living now (both city and Jordan). It has been painted and stuff and now it looks really cool. And all of the staff are happy to live together with both of the hostels! So thats really cool!

Harald has remade the lower appartment at the Schinkelstraat and is living there by himself. Our appartments are currently on the way to be involved in some kind of "getting the red light ladies of the street" kind of thing... a good thing i think!

As for Guido! I asked around, with the oldest staff there, seemed to know him! They said that there had been made some regulations towards having homeless people at the hostel ( which i believe was directed pretty uch at Guido only) unfortunately. I didnt see him on the streets either :( Lets hope he is allright!

Well back in Copenhagen everything is nice.. I have a little holiday from school, and im enjoying it to the fullest! Im involved in IFES and its international Bible Study Group, which is really cool! I am really looking forward to an Iron Maiden concert here in COpenhagen!!! Its going to be awesome!!!

But actually im just chilling in my Orange Fuzzy Clogs ( house shoes) at the moment.. enjoying life!
What are you doing Treasure.. Its been a long time since I have heard from you.. The last thing i remember was something about you moving into a house with other christian people!
How is that working out?

Well... again.. this mail has gotten long, so i'll better stop!

write back

cheers
Carl