Highlights of the last month

It´s been a while since we have updated our blog, so instead of writing a 10 paged post, we decided to give you glimpses of what we have been doing and of what´s happened the last month through pictures:

Colombia celebrates "Little Candles´ Day" the 7th of December.
We joined the celebration after rehearsing for our Christmas concert.

From the 7th to the 9th of December, we participated in a retreat in Casa UCU with great people from all over Colombia! We learned a lot about the Bible, discipleship and UCU.

Eliza and Rebekka making Norwegian breakfast for the participants: havregrøt!

"The band" (and Yesica from Cartagena in the middle) almost ready for the concert.

Christmas concert with UCU!

BRAZIL: from the 11th to the 22nd of December

On our way to infield in Florianópolis.
Infield is our follow-up course with other students and teachers from Hald International Center.
This includes reflection and conversations about our stay so far, personal progress and goals for the next months.

Walking in the streets of Florianópolis

We also went to the beach! Some of us preferred not to get more sunburned.

The last night in Florianópolis.
During our stay, we got to know the former Hald-students Julia and Gregory!

Vacation in Rio!
Mari, Rebekka, Lars and Tobias (other Hald-students living in Brazil) survived four days in the big city,
thanks to ABU-students who were our private guides.
(ABU=IFES in Brazil)

We met Jesus.
He was a lot taller than we expected.

Met former Hald-student Debora and her fiancé Leandro,
and had a nice day in the neighbourhood Santa Teresa.

Sunset at Ipanema beach.

CHRISTMAS IN VILLA DE LEYVA

We traveled to the beautiful village of Villa de Leyva on the 23rd of December
 to celebrate Christmas with the family of our boss Maritza. 

Christmas Eve!
We played games, ate a lot of food and opened presents, all after midnight.

On the 25th, we went hiking and met Jesus again!
This time he was shorter. 

Villa de Leyva "by night"
We had a late night walk through the streets of the village to check out the lights despite the rain. 

Heated discussion at the breakfast table one morning (right?).
(On the table, you can spot natilla, a typical dessert from Colombia.) 

We went to Ráquira, a tourist town, and we bought ruanas!
(Google it, they are amazing, warm and beautiful)

 Back in Bogotá! 

Lars and Tobias came to visit for New Years Eve!
So we took them sightseeing around Bogotá:
this is the cathedral at Plaza de Bolívar

Visited the church Monserrate, 3150 meters above sea level.
The view over Bogotá was amazing!

We spent one day in a park, had picnic and played games with good friends! That was until it started to rain like crazy, and we ended up at a friends house playing more games and dancing a lot. It was a great day! 

Saying goodbye to Lars and Tobias at the airport. See you at Hald in April!  

We have had a great and busy month. We are excited for the new year and all that 2017 will bring! 

Hugs from Rebekka and Mari