In college, the girls in my dorm referred to Colby as the "guy who has already written a song for the girl he is going to marry." You can imagine how this rumor affected the myriad of single college girls who were desperate for a rock on their finger before graduation. Although I was determined to be the non-conformist and not succumb to marriage, I can remember hearing about this song from my roommate and thinking to myself, "Whoever gets to marry him is the luckiest girl in the world." On Read More
Insecurity
We don't know where we will be living one month from today. Please pray for our VISAs to come before this week is over. Read More
Great Joy
We got out of Reykjavik…
We just got back from a weekend retreat in the countryside with a local fellowship here. This was the first time in 7 weeks that we were able to leave the city! It was a good break. Colby spoke for two sessions , we went swimming in the rain, we were exposed to our first Icelandic dance party (I wish I had brought the camcorder!), and the kids made a new friend--Ying Ping from Hong Kong. I wonder if they will ever learn ICELANDIC. Read More
approval addict
Today in language school, I was called on to read some sentences to practice pronunciation. Whenever this happens, I feel hot liquid run through my veins, down past my knees. I took a deep breathe, and with confidence began reading. After I struggled through the last line, "kaffið er kalt og vont" (the coffee is cold and bad), the teacher began to shake his head and commented, "það hljomar ekki vel." My heart began to beat fast as I sensed I had not done something well (ekki=not, vel=well). Read More
The Little Girl Who Cried Wolf
Last night, some friends here in Iceland invited us to go out to dinner. This was a pretty exciting event since we had't gone out at all yet. We immediately began coaching the kids on good restaurant etiquette. Anticipation was high and the kids both got dressed up, picked out necklaces and bracelets for the big event. When we arrived and walked into the serene, candle-lit restaurant, immediately Colby and looked at each other and said at the same time, "Oh no...Were we supposed to get a Read More
Humility
A humble Christian studies his own infirmities and another's excellences and that makes him put a higher value upon others than himself. Thomas Watson (from A Godly Man´s Picture) Read More
Patterns of Reykjavik
This is how we feel (kind of)
The other night we came back from Icelandic class and proudly told Dagny (who babysits for our evening class), "eg hef rum i svefnherberginu"---"I have a bed in my bedroom." We are able to have such riveting conversations at this level, and it reminded me of this video:I think this might only be funny if you've studied Spanish... Read More
Saturday morning
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