Saturday, October 20, 2007

Some pictures of our new life in Sweden

This is the view from the road outside our house. We have some land and an old road runs next to our fence. This is what you see looking northwest. It's an active sand-quarry(?) so it's a little loud, but not too bad. It's going to be a lake in the future to swim in and use.
This is one of many lakes in the area. We normally bike to them but our bikes aren't here yet. They should be here Wednesday. It's a beautiful lake surrounded by a evergreen forest. Huge trees and boulders line the lake. This day we had home-made chantrelle soup and bread. Only Kelty swam...
Another view of the same lake, Hultasjon (-lake).
This is "my" church. It is a beautiful historic building. The sanctuary is on the second floor, hence our ambitious elevator project. It's centrally located in Alingsas, Sweden, though it doesn't look like a church. Trying to improve that. I love being here and look forward to being a pastor to these people.
This is our little "stuga", or cottage. It's small even by Swedish standards but we like it. It's enough for us. It's surrounded by trees and behind it is a small cranberry bog, or mosse as we call it. It's a nice touch. We like it here but will probably move closer to town, which is 25 mins away. That's a long drive here!
More to come

2 comments:

Cydil said...

Thanks for giving us a glimpse of your life in Sweden! It looks beautiful! Cydil

Anonymous said...

Oh we miss you! However Sweden looks beautiful! Take care and lots of love and prayers.
Kim