At the moment I am laying on my bed in a hotelroom in Tallinn, together with Calle. Tomorrow morning 05.30am we are going by plane back to Norway. Today we have spent most of the day buying in some christmas presents! It feel like a child because it has been long ago since I was looking forward for Christmas as much as now…hehe…That’s how it is when you haven’t seen your family for a while, then you really appreciate times like Christmas.
We have had some great days lately and overall year I can see how God has proven to be faithful! It is such an honor to be able to serve Him with all my time and effort. I never take that for granted!
Below you see some of the pictures from the Christmasparty we has last Saturday which was a really nice evening.




Nice pitures, yeah? Last years we had the Christmas party in the same place and one thing is for sure -time is flying!! I have now been 3,5 years in Estonia and this country has become my home. So to come to Norway now is more like a visit, even though I can’t neglect that I still have norwegian viking blood within me:) How long I will stay in Estonia I can not say, but I believe it will be for a while. Why leave when I can’t find any reason for it? Only God knows…
Yesterday, Calle and I had the chance to spend some quality time with our pastor Eino and his wife Liljan. They invited us home for coffee, applecake and icecream. We also had some good talk us guys in the sauna! I feel so blessed to serve under pastor Eino. He is such an example to me and powerful man of God, anointed and full of wisdom!
Great things are taking place in the church at the moment as well! The word the church is standing on is from Isaiah 54:2
“Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes”
This year we have seen many areas of the church under devlopment and growth. The childrenwoork is stronger than ever, the youthwork has taken new steps, started up with “U Turn” we have spent much time spreading the Gospel in the city. We had also a powerful youthconference in October where 500 youths from all over Estonia were gathered! These last months we have been in preparation for the launch the schoolorganisation, New Generation! We have now been in contact with different youthworks and we are building contacts with Christian youths from different schools. From January on we will start entering into the school after school, first in Tartu and then around of Estonia! It’s time to bring the powerful Gospel to the schools and win this generation for Jesus! A New Generation is rising up which will be a part of changing this nation!
The church has started with Men’s fellowship, and also services for the russian-speaking people of the church! The childrenschool as been renovated and has expanded with more classes up to 9th grade. The church-building has been under renovation also (and much more is coming), the church has got their own beautiful cafiteria. This coming September, the church is starting with a fulltime bibleseminary! Glory be to God!!!!!!! It’s gonna be totally awesome!
Yeah, God is not sleeping, but He is indeed active and is breathing life into this church! We don’t measure our spirituality or success on outward things, but I know that God has made us to bear MUCH fruit in His Kingdom! The fact is when the anointing and life of God is flowing it will sooner or later be manifested before our physical eyes. The spiritual reality will effect the natural world!
What God had in mind for almost 4000 years would one day be manifested before our eyes. John 1:14, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth”.
What a time we are living in! We live in the time and hour when the end time prophesies are fulfilled before our eyes. The Son of God is not only born, but He had died for our sins, not only that, He has risen from that dead and conquered death and hell. It doesn’t stop there. He has taken the initiative to make His dwelling place WITHIN us through the Holy Spirit! What a reality we are living in, with the risen and victories King of kings, Lord of lords living IN us, never leaving us and never forsaking us! Oh, must 2010 be a year when we not anymore are silent about this Great News! Let us use every opportunity we have this Christmas time to spread the Good News about the Messiah who was born and lives today to seek and to save the lost!
Have a blessed Christmas time and stay in fire for Him today and every day throughout the coming year, 2010!!