Weekend 3: October 19th-21st

Friday before the highschool football game:
Victor´s host mom has invited us to pizza before the game. There were many different pizzas - it tasted really good and our stomachs were full.

It is very interesting to meet others host families and see how they live.

We talked with Victor´s neighbour. He is an interesting person. We talked about instincts in human being, he told us about when a person uses his animal - and human instincts (because a person has to different kind of instincts.) We also talked about how controlled we are by our thoughts. Some people believe in God and others believe in some others power. Some people can told themselves that they are ill and they will feel ill without being it, because they believe that they are ill.   

 The highschool football game:

(The orchestra)

(Everybody was happy and jolly. We were excited to experience a highschool football game. Mathias sat next to me - it was nice because he plays (American) football, so he explains the rules. :) )

(The game was the last homecoming game.)

(There were to teams of cheerleader (junior and senior). You can see the junior cheerleader team on the picture. The junior cheerleader dance and cheer while they played, and senior cheerleader dance and cheer in the half time. The girls at the picture cheer in two hours and they were drenched with rain, but they looked happy and smiled in two hours. I´m impressed.) 

(The blue team (the team we support) lose, but it was a unforgettable experience.)

Saturday:
About 10 people and Victor´s host brother Ben went to Seattle Premium Outlet. After using a lot of money at Outlet, the class has decided to eat dinner at Red Robin to celebrate Alexander´s birthday. Some of the waiters song birthday song for him and he get a free dessert.

(Red Robin - we waiting for our burgers.)

We talked about the situation* that happened last evening. I really appreciate that we travel together as a group. We can have fun together, we can experience something together and we can support each other ! 

*Four boys from the class were threatened by a gun last evening after the football game and they gave them their money. 

 Sunday:

I went to church with Stine´s host family. I experienced the spirit of community in a church. There were not hymnbooks, there were a screen with the lyrics and there was a band, who played and song. The minister in the church talked about find our own identity. We compared ourselves with others - we "hate" people if they are better than us and sometimes we feel guilty if we are better than other. We have to accept our own identity and ourselves without comparing.