Familjebesök

Just nu är familjen här vilket är jättemysigt. Idag var vi i kyrkan, åt söndagslunch och promenerade längs The Scores mot kvällen.

Så vackert, är verkligen stolt över min lilla stad. Vi gick ända ut till den berömda piren, och det såg ut ungefär som på bilden ovan. Imorgon blir det lite mer turistande, museum samt botanisk trädgård.

Och spännande nyheter, jag får veta om jag fått mitt transfer request beviljat.

Hoppas hoppas....

På svenska

Jag har blivit sugen på att skriva igen. Fast på svenska.
Så nylansering (älskar sådana) av Hannas blogg;
Nu på svenska, från Skottland, med unika insikter från mitt nya universitetsliv.


Idag öser regnet ner, jag lyssnar på Bo Kaspers Orkester efter tips från Linnéa, och ska strax fortsätta plugga. Jag håller på att skriva en uppsats om konsumerism och bibeln där jag jämför värdesystem i båda filosofierna samt hur dessa påverkar hållbar utveckling. Jag älskar verkligen att skriva och tänka så det är trevligt på det hela taget.
I helgen kommer familjen och hälsar på, så måste faktiskt få klart uppsatsen...

Från ett blött men vackert hörn av världen,
Hanna

Autumn

It seems like the summer is over for this year. On a walk a week a go I took the following pictures; all signs of a new season coming.

What I really love about the autumn is its colourfulness; red, yellow and bright orange, clear blue skies and warm earthy browns. Accompanied by the sense of expectation that everyone has and the cold and crisp air, it all makes up for a time to love and cherish the nature.

And I promise you that we do! Picking berries, fruit and mushrooms, harvesting and baking applecrumble are all activities that are part of the Swedish autumn.

Ok, I eat more berries and mushrooms than I pick...But I do make pies!

And I really enjoy spending time outdoors, as always. This weekend I'll go on a trekk with my dad in Femundsmarka, Norway. Hopefully we'll experience some bright colours and see some cool animals. I'll get back to you with pictures and the story some time next week...

God's provision

Sometimes I worry about things a bit in advance. Stuff like finding a job for next summer, I'm really scared of being unemployed. I know it's silly, I mean shoudn't I concentrate on university and the autumn first? But I still worry...

Before I went to my grandparents I talked to my dad about it, who reminded me of relative who owns a hotel up North; in the mountain area to be precise. I thought about it a bit, and one morning as I worried I tried to find her email on my hotmail account. You see, I find calling people I don't know well rather scary too. I didn't find the adress though..

But guess what happens half an hour later? She calls my grandma!
So I gathered my courage and got to talk to her, telling about my experience in the Lee Abbey kitchen. It seemed like both my term dates and experience would fit the job perfectly. So I got her email and promised her to send my contact details and cv. Which I've been writing today.

Isn' it cool how God seems to sort out the things that matter to us, however small and insignificant they might seem? A while ago, when I worried the most about university and money matters, God reminded me of himself as my provider. He told me he will always take care of me.
And you bet He does, in the most unexpected ways!

25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? (Matthew 6)

You're just to good to be true...

I just spent a bit of time (ok 2 hours) talking to my lovely friend Judith. We had so much fun and came up with such really good jokes that I felt I now have to share it all in a tribute to my LA best friend. Who of course managed to call me when I did what; eating chocolate of course! It was dark so I haven't scrapped the diet as she told me too, but still very funny.

Jude and I are obviously very serious when we spend time talking. For those of you who don't know the pair of us we're practically bussiness partners; it's a meet to talk and pray kind of thing. Well, this conversation started of with a language lesson.

-I bet you are going to have a boyfriend before me!

-No, you'll get this handsome wikkar and lots of kids Jude, you'll be married before me

-Haha I love how you say vicar...hahaha

-No, VVicar, Vicar, vicar, did I say it right now?

A bit later on..

-In the beginning we're having this intro, inter, int, well pre-sessional weeks at biblecollege

-Jude, do you mean introductory weeks?

-Yes, that's how you say it. I can't pronounce it..interductory? int..? Whatever hah

-Haha hihihi hahaha chhchsch hihi

Aren't we good at English language...

On a more serious note: Jude it was great to talk to you! I love your eagerness to pray and how you pour your heart and soul out in prayer support for me. Hugely appreciated, this sense of peace and how I know that God answers our prayers because He has done so before. We are really power women in Christ!

I'm so grateful that you persisted in trying to win my heart in our friendship, now it is truly yours. I miss your care, love and laughter, and look forward to seeing you sometime in January, and hearing from you a lot earlier. I thought I should finish of with a poem you've written me. Let it symbolise our friendship...

Hanna

I wish you were here with me
I feel stronger with you near
A rock, on which I could rely
You sheltered me from fear

Deep friendships are like treasured jewels
Hidden within stone
You never know how much they're worth...
Until they've gone back home

by Judith Barnes

I'm sending especially the last part straight back to you...With lots of love!

Your Hanna

a Film I like!

On the train journey home last week I watched a Swedish film, "Farsan" (which means dad). It was so funny, all about integration and cultures crashing into one another and the people being squashed inbetween. It also treats the subject of manliness; what is it to be a man and what does a woman want?

Dad works at a bike shop together with Juan and Jörgen who owns the shop. Jörgen is worried about his marriage; he is a softie who never knows what he wants and feels like his wife wants a tougher guy. Juan is concerned about his old dog which has arthritis. The only one who hasn't got a problem in the world is Dad. His son is soon having a baby with his beautiful wife and creating the ultimate family happiness for them all. Besides Dad is everything a man should be; he could get any woman anywhere. He is though and strong and a great food, but when he starts to look for a grandmum nothing goes as expected...

I laughed so much when I watched this film and my parents and my brother also like this film, so it can satisfy every taste. So watch it!

Healthy day

I really love breakfasts; this is knäckebröd

with cheese and ham and a fruitsalad

+a cup of black tea and a glass of water.

The joy is completed by the newspaper and the view.

Such a nice way to begin the day!

And since I'm such a good person nowadays, this is my snack that I've eaten whilst writing this. I just had to eat something after my yoga. Soon I'll be off walking my dog, and tonight the gym is waiting for me. Lovely!