missing hawaii

I thought I was doing good. I didn't think it was gonna be this hard, but last couple of days has been reminding me about Hawaii and stn so much. I miss it so much!

University, kindergarten.. what's the difference?

This week in school we all got work in groups. Each group got a space somewhere in Umeå and were supposed to really get to know this space. So we went there and experienced it in all different kind of ways.

After that we got to make a model in cardboard how we experienced the space. My group thought our space felt really open and with a high sealing for example.

Today we got to make the real model in scale. This is two pictures of them. It was so much fun! And working in group is such a great experience. I'm so stubborn so it's kind of hard for me sometimes. But I think we're doing good.

your love is greater, your love is stronger, your love is higher than any other

I'm so amazed of God's never ending and unconditional love that he's just pouring over me right now. I feel like it couldn't have been going better and I couldn't have been more welcomed than here in Umeå. It's been really great and there hasn't been one time when I had bad feelings about the city, the people or school. The only thing is that I feel a little sick, but that might have to do with the weather, moving sixty-eleven times in a month and not really being at home anywhere yet. Even tho the girl I'm staying at right now is super mega duper awesome and just making me feel like it's my apartment as much as her's. But I think you all know what I mean.

I got to meet one of my becoming roomies today just by coincident. We were introducing us to each other and both of us got that look on our face and understood that we probably were thinking the same thing. "Are you by any chance the Josefin I'm supposed to move in with?". Such a great first experience of that girl! She seams like a rock! I think this is going to me amazing! I'm really excited to move in with them this weekend!

first day of school.. again

First day of Umeå University of Architecture today. Omy, I'm so tired now. Felt really good, but it was a day full of presentations so I'm exhausted now. Think I'm starting to get sick too, feel like I'm getting a fever. But it's really fun to start over with what I really wanna do.

Ps; Michaela Blom, one of my best friends, her uncle died two days ago in a motorcycle accident. Her cousin was in the accident too but survived. She and her family had a really rough weekend, especially Robin, her cousin. I would love if you kept them in your prayers. They really need it right now!

Ps2; another friend from Hawaii, Emma Johansson, just got to know that she has leukemia and is getting treatment for it right now in the hospital. Please keep her in your prayers too.

HE>i

I'm in Umeå! Aah, Umeå is really beautiful! Went to church today, was supposed to see Erika Persson, but she was not feeling good at all so I went be myself. Met her parents there for the very first time. I'm really impressed by them, they are missionaries in Tanzania. It's so cool.

I had church fika with some students, and they took me on a tour around town, showed me my school and the easiest way for me to get there.

One of the girls that took me on the tour invited me to her apartment to play games tonight, actually in half an hour. It's really good, because she lives on the way to my school so I get to estimate how long it takes for me to get there. Feels good.

Ps; I just finished a book, the shack. I highly recommend that book. Wooow! Had some time over when I didn't have to go to school in Luleå and hadn't moved to Umeå yet. So read a big part of my days. Read it!

Ord 3:5

WOOW! God is great! Can't believe everything that's been happening two last days. So yesterday they were calling me from Umeå University telling me that I got in to architecture school there and that I had until today to decide. After many conversations with a lot of people, different opinions, a looong quiet time and a night sleep I decided to take the great opportunity that it actually is. And it felt good!

So today have been filled with trying to figure out all the practical, living, getting there, etc. Living is of course the hardest. A lot of phone calls to all kind of people. And after a while a girl calls me telling me that she knows Johanna Isaksson, a friend of mine from Hawaii and heard from her that I was moving down. She and another friend of Johanna's were gonna move in to a four rooms apartment and asked me if I wanted to move in with them. Isn't that so cool?!

Everything is really just falling in places. I'm beyond grateful!

Sweden needs your prayers!

James 1:22

This was supposed to be my saturday afternoon and I'm still doing it. It's so much fun I can't put my pen down. Wow, I'm really enjoying drawing layouts.

Had a great morning with the church I was going to last sunday. It was a bounding weekend and I joined today. The youth pastor, my becoming neighbor, invited me to come. They are super sweet all of them.

LUKaS

I got to know about LUKaS the other day. It's a students' association for christians and yesterday was an introduction for the fall. I'm so excited because they have activities several of times during the week. Prayer, lunch, meetings, etc. And I got to see that there are some christians at my school. Wow. God is so good! I'm stoked!

http://www.ludd.luth.se/~lukas/index.php?page=info