Besøke fra Hald studenter fra Laos og Thailand.

Hei hei,

As i promised, I was back. As a testimony, i would like to note that this week has been a blessed one. Me and Evans have been able to see the other international Hald students in Bergen for the first time since we reported for internship here. We had never had other Hald students visiting before. Although they came on work issues and not really to visit us specifically, it was good that we were able to meet them again after we had met during in-field course at Hald. All of them looked so happy from the time they arrived and Namphueng’s first impression of Bergen was that, “this is a beautiful city, bigger than Stavanger!” and i totally agree with her. Where i did not agree with her is when she suggested that i move to Stavanger so she can stay in Bergen.

It was a great evening as they prepared laos and Thai food for the evening it was rice and chicken stew (with alot of spices of course) I kept drinking water as i ate inorder to dillute the strength of the spices. But it was really nice food. we also had other former hald students in Bergen. some of them had been to Laos or Thailand so they were reminding themselves of the languages they had learnt while in those countries.

After the meal, Somchai, Namphueng, Jack and Noi sang a song 2 songs 1 in Thai language and the other in Norwegian after which Noi gave a brief presentation about christianity in Laos. After that, there was a presentation about the work that NMS is doing in the 2 countries Laos and Thailand. I had to leave immediately after this but there was a game to be placed and i think the meeting ended well and it was an evening well spend.

some photos here:

Namphueng and Noi making food.