Hej!
Wow! What a whirlwind couple of days it has been! I flew out of RDU at about 2:30 PM on Monday the 17th to Washington-Dulles to meet Sydney and fly together to Munich, continuing on to Stockholm only after missing our 9:05 flight. It is amazing how confusing the Munich airport really is. Every terminal looks the same and you have to leave the secured area of the H Terminal (where we flew into) to get to the G terminal (where we flew out of), going through customs and security on the way. Upon arriving in Stockholm we were met by David Leander and his two boys and drove to Linkoping (Lin-show-ping) to meet up with my roommates, eat dinner, and go to a fellowship time/bible study at one of the University student’s apartments. We left Linkoping at about 8:30 and boarded the train to Tranas (about a 45 minute ride). I have two roommates, Martin and Jonatan, who have been very inviting and helpful, not to mention they speak fluent english! This morning Sydney helped with a children’s choir while Harry and I went to a prayer meeting at the Methodist church (Methodist Kyrkan) and to Fika (Feek-ah), a time of fellowship following the service. Next I was off with Martin to move beds from one of the church member’s houses to the guest apartment, which Sydney and I will be cleaning tomorrow in preparation for the Briarwood PCA group (out of Birmingham, Alabama) visit on Saturday. Other activities today included mowing the baseball field and talking to the church congregation tonight at a wednesday night prayer service. I have been stealing fifteen minute power naps whenever possible to ward of exhaustion, but I am going to try to get to bed before 12:30 tonight… So far so good! Both Sydney and I have been very busy in the last few days and it seems like that will be the case for the whole first stint, but we are doing well and are so excited to be here finally and to be serving the PCA church in Sweden! I’m sorry if this blog entry is not up to par, but I am very tired 
I will try to update the blog again in a couple of days after things settle down a bit and I have a little better handle on exactly what my daily duties will entail. Feel free to call my cell phone any time at 01146 70 815 4234, or shoot me an email at iamkram@gmail.com! I’d love to hear from you!
In Him,
Mark
Swedish Lesson of the Day: Hej – Hello. Pronounced like Hay without the ‘y’. Hej da – Goodbye. Pronounced like Hay without the ‘y’ and d-ooh.
