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!
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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