Week 1 (technically 2)

Update time! Just finished my first week of creative track, which meant I was dancing for nearly 5 hrs most days. We had a dance teacher from Seattle working with us! It was mostly a lyrical jazz style as we looked at our personal timelines and lifestories so its been quite emotional! We learnt about six dances during the week which dealt with a different theme each day. Monday was Sad Clown and the masks we wear infront of others, ourselves and even God. Tuesday, the exploration that everyone has got a soty to tell as well as we workeshopped a movement piece in reflection of abandonment/homelessness. Then Wednesday we learnt a piece on grief to the classic Autumn Leaves. We also played with the theme of temptation and a physical depiction of that. Then on Thusday we looked at Beauty and discovering that inside of everyone. And finally on Friday we did a gospel number to View of this City ("I'm gonna sit at the welcome table, drink sweet milk and honey, shout and never get tired...!"). At the end of each creative week (we alterenate between teaching and creative weeks) we have show and tell, where each track presents something that they have been working on during the week. (We performed out Sad Clown dance). On Wednesday evening myself and my roommate Hanna-Maria (from Finland) worked at Lyspunktet (YWAM linked cafe translates to "lightspot"). We had a great time - the cafe was quite so we were able to chat ewith the chef and other staff and they fed us. Its so nice to be able to put the skills I learnt from Beadles in to practice and bless these people. I really would love a chance to make coffees again though! Apart from creative time/teaching and our community chores we have a lot of free time to spend how we please. Last night a small group of us wen to the youth meeting at the local church which felt like 1.5 hrs version of Youth Alive. Mixed reaction, trying not to be critical as it was so very different to my usual church family of Fusion and Night Church. Lots of lights, music and smoke machines. Still thinking over it. To give you some perspective of the church atmosphere: there quite a large influence from the lutheran/ state church, with a focus on confirmation. Norway is quite a western culture - though not as free as Australia with their views and acceptance of everything (ie. Gays etc). One of the staff was explaining a Norwegian mentality of ''you can't teach me anything/ I can't learn anything from you'' - I don't know if that makes sense to you..? Next weekend we are off to a YWAM prayer conference  in Skien, southern Norway. It's called RISK focusing on Jesus to all of Europe. After a few days there I then head to Cyprus for a few days with a prayer team, so if you could be praying would be great, don't know what the political situation is in Cyprus climate moment. Just want to give you all a hug but still enjoying myself here - it's starting to sink in that this is my home for the next nine months!!