Not much interesting happened yesterday. More orientation stuff, lots of rain. All the international students met up in a room and got introduced to some staff. When they called out the name of your program you were supposed to stand up and each say your name and what country you come from. There are around 100 international students, and for ech program at least 15 stood up. When they called out for Business, only 3 of us stood up. After introductions they served traditional Norwegian heart waffles for everyone, followed by another, "in depth" tour of the campus and city. Just as our group was going outside to continue the tour the rain began to pour. We waited inside thinking it would let up, but it continued for quite a while. Eventually we ventured out, but when we came to the part that was beside the hill up to my place I chose to go home. I was not wearing a jacket and made the poor decision of wearing sandals that had given me another blister on the side of my foot. Bleeding and soaked I returned to my room and took a shower and then promptly burrowed into my bed. There was free pizza down at the school, but at that point my foot still hurt, no stores were open so that I could by band-aids, and I frankly just wanted to lie down. Later that evening I got to skype with my folks, and see my Dad for the first time since I left. I miss my parents a lot, so I feel truly blessed to have access to skype while I am here. That was basically the end of that day.
I woke up this morning feeling my first bit of homesickness. I had no desire to get out of bed, go to school or do anything. At some point I opened up my copy of Our Daily Bread, and the devotional for today was titled, "Believing In Advance." After readying the devotional, along with the scripture, I felt much more optimistic. I got ready and headed down for the opening ceremony. One of our student guides was outside waiting for a ride, so I was able to snag a ride to the school also! The ceremony was mostly in Norwegian, and I understood about 68% of it. The most entertaining part was when one of the student groups released a confetti bomb. After the main program was done, the international students gathered for a lecture from a very funny old professor. I've decided to share a couple of the slides from his presentation that I thought you would potentially find humorous (especially those of you familiar with Scandinavian culture).
I woke up this morning feeling my first bit of homesickness. I had no desire to get out of bed, go to school or do anything. At some point I opened up my copy of Our Daily Bread, and the devotional for today was titled, "Believing In Advance." After readying the devotional, along with the scripture, I felt much more optimistic. I got ready and headed down for the opening ceremony. One of our student guides was outside waiting for a ride, so I was able to snag a ride to the school also! The ceremony was mostly in Norwegian, and I understood about 68% of it. The most entertaining part was when one of the student groups released a confetti bomb. After the main program was done, the international students gathered for a lecture from a very funny old professor. I've decided to share a couple of the slides from his presentation that I thought you would potentially find humorous (especially those of you familiar with Scandinavian culture).