"Fuck Drugs" In Fauske

So mum, i apologise for the title but I have to tell it how it is...

Many christians beleive that "the F word" is a terrible thing to say and shouldn't be spoken. Its harsh, crass and downright rude. Apparently they dont think the same way here in Norway. I have just spent (well we got back a week ago and had a week of teaching in between but i've been a little lazy and havent updated my blog until now...) a week in a larger town north of Engavagen (where i live) named Fauske, its about the size of say... errr... a small town? i cant really think of a similar sized town in melbourne, its a little late and my mind is starting to shut down, Not too big but not too small.
We were sent off by the staff for a week of "Mini-outreach", 1 week of being self-sufficient and self led (i was assigned to be the leader of our 4 person team to fasuke) to spend time in the communities and some way share the Gospel or encourage the people in the area or just be a christian presence in the places we were sent. We had a contact named Audun, a young snowboarder who, after injuring his knee, has returned home to lead the youth ministries in the area and be a christian role model for the youth in the area. He also hates the drug culture. Hence is car is plastered with a giant green sticker labled "Fuck Drugs". He also has a clothing line named "Perfect line" as he beleives that there is no high greater, no opportunity to get closer to God (at least for him) than to be riding down a perfect line pushing yourself so you just have to trust that God has your back as you ride down a mountain. --> he wants to share that message.
During the week we hung out with him at the youth clubs he runs at night, conformation classes, KRIK (christian youth sports group), Tensing (Christian youth singing group) and his night cafe. We just hung out and encouraged the youth, it was fun, they were crazy hopefully they'll be invading Nordtun for a weekend camp in 2 weeks to get to know God a little better. We were also given a school to run for 3 days, it was pretty insane, we had very little contact before and and though we were just going to say hello and maybe sit in on a few classes but when we rocked up at 8am the first day to meet with the principle we were informed that over the next 3 days classes had not been planned as we were going to be running them... "oh crap" was the first though it my head. But it ended up to be a great time, we spent the third day hiking up the mountains that surrounded the school with a fire and some damper. It was great to see the Amazment in the eyes of some of the students as they turned around to see the sun peaking over the mountains on the opposite side of the valley and shining through the trees. Although they have live amongst these mountains for many years most of them have never had a chance to walk up them!
So that was fauske (i could tell you more but its late, im tired and yeah, you'd probably get bored if i wrote lots more) it was freaking cold, -15c one morning... oh yeah up until today (when it rained) i have been living in a crazy snow covered world!

This last week of teaching has been on "A Life in Freedom" Basically it was about deliverance, bondage and the like. it was really interesting and brought up alot of questions amongst many people. still have to wrap my head around alot of it but i will be attempting to learn more about it as the weeks go on.

We took a night hike up the Troll, climbing moutains in the pitch black, covered in snow, with headtorches is fun, you should try it...

yeah gettin real tired, might fix this blog up when i get more energy, maybe not though.... Good night all, its snooze time for me! YaY!