Hello!

So, I'm apartment sitting in Oslo for a while for 3 different people. It works out great for me; shorter way to work, free rent and it gives me something to do :) Since last time I logged on, I've been to Italy and let me just tell you; if you haven't been you should definitely go. I loved every minute of it! Rome was awesome. Tuscany was absolutely beautiful. And Tina and I both agree that we need to get married at our castle (Castillo de Oliveto) in Tuscany. It's not exactly our castle, but that's where we stayed. They produced their own wine as well as olives. Florence was nice as well, but we ended up parking at the wrong end of town and had to walk for over an hour before we got to the cool part, so I didn't have as good of an experience there. We managed to get hit by a scooter! Man those scooter drivers are nuts! They seem to have their own set of rules and you better just watch out, cause they seem to come out of nowhere.... Anyhow, I've uploaded most of the pics to my facebook account: www.facebook.com/camillatomren. Be my friend on there and you can check out the pics too ;)

Miss you all and hope you had a great 4th of July celebration.

It's finally summer!!!

So, I haven't been on here in a while.... how ya been? It's finally summer here with temperatures in the 80's (25+ Celsius). I'm lovin' it! Too bad I'm stuck inside an office all day.... Anyhow, just wanted to drop in real fast and say hi to everyone. Happy birthday to me ;)

Ciao!

Pentecost!

Yesterday I ran in the Holmenkoll run. It was fun. My part of the race was almost 400 meters (which is one lap around a track).
This weekend is Pentecost and we celebrate that in Norway. We don't work on Monday. I don't think most people here even know what Pentecost is. They are just happy for a day off. It's too bad. The day of Pentecost was one of the greatest days in the history of Christianity. The Holy Spirit came on the 120 in the upper room. And from then on they baptized not only with water but in the Holy Spirit. The helper, the advocate, the guide, the teacher, the direct link to the Father was available to everyone who believes!! Glory to God! Jesus (God the Son) left to sit at the right hand of God the Father and sent us God the Holy Spirit. Someone to always be with us on the inside. What a great plan. Jesus is our intercessor with the Father and the Holy Spirit is our helper and our guide down here. It's a win-win situation for us!!
http://www.revival.com/www/r.aspx?p=18&aid=1411


Happy Pentecost everyone!!

Ciao!

I went to Sweden las weekend. Had a great time there with my cousin and a bunch of other people from the church here in Fredrikstad. We were in Uppsala for the spring conference at the Word of Life church, and also attended Jesus Manifestation in Stockholm Saturday. It was pretty cool to see more than 12000 people come together to celebrate Jesus :)

Stockholm is such a beautiful city. We toured the old city and took lots of pictures, too many to fit in here... but here are a few of them :)

Spring....

I think spring has arrived!!! I just love spring! It's my favorite time of the year. The birds are waking up and the grass is getting greener and here it doesn't get dark until 9.30pm right now and that's pretty awesome! Especially when you don't get home until 6pm everyday and there is still plenty of daylight/sunlight left to enjoy. It was so nice outside today, too bad I had to be inside most of it..... But I did get a chance to take some pics yesterday to show you how pretty it gets when the sun finally comes out.... One was of the sunrise yesterday...view from the apartment door...




view of Oslo from the train!

Sunrise from the door of the apartment yesterday morning at about 6am!

I declare!

I found this written in one of Joel O'steen's books and I really liked it so I wrote it down for myself, and I'd like to also share it with you....

I declare!

· I declare that I am blessed with God’s supernatural wisdom, and I have clear direction for my life.

· I declare that I am blessed with creativity, with courage, with ability, and with abundance.

· I declare that I am blessed with a strong will and with self-control and self-discipline.

· I declare that I am blessed with a great family, with good friends, with good health, and with faith, favor, and fulfillment.

· I declare that I am blessed with success, with supernatural strength, with promotion, and with divine protection.

· I declare that I am blessed with an obedient heart and with a positive outlook on life.

· I declare that any curse that has ever been spoken over me, any negative evil word that has ever come against me, is broken right now.

· I declare that I am blessed in the city. I am blessed in the country. I am blessed when I go in. I am blessed when I come out.

· I declare that everything I put my hands to do is going to prosper and succeed.

· I declare that I am blessed.

Hey!

This getting up at 5.30am thing is getting old fast! I leave the house at 6.20am and get home at 5.45pm.... that's a long day! I thank God for his strength and mercy to get through the day with a smile on my face :)

Phil. 4:13 says "I can do all things through Christ who makes me strong", it also says in Isaiah 40:31 "but those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint".

It's almost 10pm and I'm so ready for bed :) Hopefully this trip won't last me too long and I can get back on the plane and come home. Good night everyone!