Terje the priest will order some good food from a hotel, and they will eat together. Today the boys got some of the things we sent with the priest. Some food, some Christmas decorations and letters. The rest they will get on Christmas Eve. The boys were all over the crisp bread and the creamed cheese. The electricity is back now after being gone for a few days. That means that it’s easier for them to read in the evenings and they can listen to the radio. I wouldn’t be surprised if they have a nice Christmas Eve even if they are in prison. In this situation the important things in life are so much clearer and you appreciate even the smallest things in life. And we in the families are so appreciative to the Seaman’s Church for sending a priest now, when there’s no other Norwegians there to be with them.
Kari Hilde French, December 21st 2009
