Well, it's been a little while once again, but we have to say we have have had quite the full schedule here! Friday night we finally had one of the biggest events we have attempted since being here. We've been planning and promoting for our first open mic/art night for over a month now and it finally happened. We weren't sure what it would like in this culture or how it would go, but we all feel it was a great success!
We had a great turn-out with probably close to 40 people showing up with over 10 different acts performing. We really desired this to be a place where people could invite their friends and enjoy the creativity of others. Our group Quest sponsored it so we were also able to share with more people about who we were.
After promoting it several days at the universities with free waffles, we got some people to sign up and others to show up. We got several requests to have another one, so we'll be thinking about that in the months ahead. Cortney had an opportunity to share some singing as well so it was a fun night all around. A lot of work, but definitely worth it!
Events like this are definitely counter-cultural here, but it was great to see people enjoying themselves and see some Norwegians (and internationals!) step out and share their talents. We'll post some other pictures (and maybe some video) soon!

This weekend has also been filled with another meeting for our Uganda mission trip in June- so far there are 6, potentially 7 of us, a really great group!- and a dinner with an Iranian friend we know from church. She made an amazing dinner of Iranian food, it was great!

Tonight is our monthly student service at the church so we will be heading off to that soon. Please pray that God would continue to bring people there from all backgrounds. It's been great to have a mixture of believers and seekers and to get to know some new faces. Even with the many challenges we face here, we have to say that God is really doing so much- thank you for your prayers!