| Hey there,
Thanks all for your prayers. The rest of the family is okay
now. The funeral for the little boy was yesterday. I can't
even begin to imagine what it must be like to lose a child (especially
around the holidays!). So, remember to keep them in your prayers.
On a different note, life here in the faroes is interesting, good, and testing at times!
To all of those
hardcore dedicated fans of mine *coughcough aka only my friends with whom i am
dearly missing right now* here is a long and much needed update of my Faroese
filled adventurous or lack there of life J
Well ... for
beginners, those of you who don’t know I am currently employed at the amazing
Linfrost. Now, when I say amazing
please take it sarcastically. I admit
that I LOVE my boss (she is my mother’s best friend) and I am FINALLY beginning
to make some friends at work but the job can be at times tiring, cold and fishy
... literally. Yes, that is right. I have a BA and I work in a
fishfactory. Ha, talk about humbling,
eh? If the money wasn’t so good then I
probably wouldn’t be there. But, let’s
be honest folks, money matters when you have a semi large debt after attending
one of the most expensive universities in Canada. So, each day, I grin and bare the early mornings and late nights
with my fellow workers. I have learned
to love fish. I have also learned that
being raised in Canada has adequately prepared me for working here. I have what I like to call the great skill
of “layering.” Yes, I hope that I am
seeing some nodding and smiling as I write this.
Sorry folks, but
I am not referring to the new trend of layering tang tops, shirts and
sweaters. Although, that look is very
cute! I
am talking about the good old
days of childhood when your mother or father would insist on you
wearing long
John’s, undershirts, t-shirt’s, sweaters, jeans, water protective
pants,
wintercoat, snowpants, 3 pairs of mitt’s, a toque, and what ever else
they could find in the closet. Well, I have taken this
skill with me. All of the workers always laugh at me because my
hands are so fat that they can barely move but I just smile and remind
them that they are cold and I am toasty!
Other than work ... well, I really don't do that
much. Ha ... I work about 10 hours a day and when I come home I
am just so exhausted that I sleep, sleep and sleep some more.
However, I am starting to make lots of new friends and will often go
and have little tea and dinner visits on the weekends. It is good
times!
However, soon, I will start a real
adventure! i am going to work on a fishing boat! :)
Yippie! Okay ... so, it isn't that exciting but it is something
that is really cool to say that you have done! :D And, the
pay is AMAZING! In one month, I will make about $12,000
cdn. Um ... yeah. seriously. So, I hope to do the
fishing boat for maybe 4 or 5 months. I get to come home
imbetween trips too ... so that is good.
Church here is well ... lacking. I have had
a really really hard time finding a church at all. Therefore, I
currently am not attending a church. I wish that I was
though. I live in a small village of 5,000 people so there are
only 3 options of a church for me. There is the state Lutheran
church, the brethern church and the pentecostal church. All 3
have things that are really hard for me to accept. So ... it
sucks. I still go different services sometimes but I am not
involved anywhere. It is sad.
Um ... I still have a boyfriend :)! That is
going good. He works on a fishing boat though so recently it has
been a bit challenging. However, I am actually going to work on
the same boat that he works on! That starts in Feb. so that will
be much better!
Anyways, this is really long and maybe a little
boring.... :P so, what I really wanted to do was to wish all of
you a Very, MERRY CHRISTMAS!
(Below is a picture of me and Santa that was taken in Scotland a few weeks ago!)
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