Blessings blessings...:-)

Wow, I have to keep up with the updating!!! Everything happens sooo fast, well or time just really flies, so I have a hard time keeping up with everything!:-)But here comes some pics of main events from last week... It includes wonderful time with Vivo (Vivia) last Thrusday, with amazing fun and creative times mostly by the piano and kitchen table...:-) You are amazing and thank you for spicing up my songs!!!;-) Love you girl!!! uups, vabandan, kas ma peaksin rääkima eesti keeles...?Eller kankse på svenska?! hehe Always full of life and joy!!! VIVO!!!

Songs songs, more songs...:-)

Then Friday was great starting with tennis in the morning. It was my first real time of playing tennis, and it was so much fun! It was an amazing cool and charming autum day and it was so cool to gather with my classmates doing sports together, not only studies..hehe Lotta from my class she is like professional and she wanted to coach us. It was so good!:-) Also it was such a lovely place, playing at Toome Hill, in that beautiful environment!:-) Such a great start of the day... 2 hour tennis, plus biking, and I could feel the effects!;-)

Tennis with my classmates:-)


Sonja, me and little Robert and Andreas

Friday evening we had youth meeting. Helari was our guest speaker. He had a good preaching about staying right before God and not getting entangeled by sin. It was such a wonderful meeting, with worship from Heaven! God´s presence was so strong and it was just amazing! I also had the honour of taking up the offering. After the meeting we had fellowship and snacks.

Helari preaching and demonstrating the sin that so easily entangles...:-)

Saturday was my study day(which day isn´t, hehe), but I also went to Põlva with Anette in the evening for the youth meeting. It was so lovely to be back there! It was first time I was back there after summer. It was so great to see everybody there! The Church is constantly changing, with both the building projects and the youth rising up more and more to be involved in everything! :-) Wonderful!!! Again I had the honour of taking up the offering and Anette was preaching. It was her last time in Põlva before she leaves to go back to Norway, so she shared from her heart, really encouraging and challenging the youth to fully pursue God and everything He has for them. It was soooo good! It was really a word in due season, and I believe the youth really took a hold of it! We all need to keep the hunger alive and pursue God more and more! I dont know about you but I am so hungry for more of Him!!! More of his preasence, more of his word, more time with him, to get to know him more and more and more!!! :-) I pray that is the cry of your heart as well! Can you imagine what happens when his children all over the earth really begins to cry out for him, to really pursue Him and when we fully dedicate ourselves to Him!!! Ah, I am sooo longing to see God move in the earth like never before! I so want to see people coming to Christ, people´s lives being changed, people being healed, restored, delivered!!! Also from this cry and desire I think my song "Fill me with your compassion" arose... But I really feel like challenging and encouraging all of us to rise up higher! God has soooo much in store for us! Let us not settle for living everyday life in the ordinary way. Let´s lift our eyes and heart to God and let Him fill us till it overflows, so that we can always walk through life looking at things from God´s perspective! It is a little bit bigger than ours!!! WOW, well, I wasnt planning to preach, but I just want to share something from my heart to yours! May God seriously bless you and draw you closer to Him, this fall. He wants to pour something new and fresh into your life! Everyday is a new and exciting day in our walk with God! Let us stay fresh and close to the Father´s heart...:-)

Annie preaching and Ennar interpreting

Youth meeting in Põlva

So yeah, continuation...hehe...Anette then came to my place overnight from Sat to Sunday. Sunday meeting was also sooo amazing! Ludmila was preaching about prayer and we prayed so much that whole meeting! It was seriously a touch from Heaven in that meeting! It´s great to see how God is moving in people´s hearts! The worship was also so good and it was so great to see Lilian back in worship again! (Well, for me that is first time, since I have not been here THAT long..hehe) It was amazing! In the evening after some hours of studying, I met up with Vivia and Liina and we went for a nice looong walk that ended up at my place for evening tea.:-) We had such a blessed time, and I am so blessed to have friends like them! You guys are amazing! I am soooo thankful for you!!! :-) I feel so blessed!!!

Annie and I in Põlva

Well well, what can I say?

As I am going through pics from this weekend, I just realize how much has taken place! Not to mention during the week! There has been cells, church, catching up with friends, youth, movie nights, and the list goes on!!! We had an amazing youth evening last Friday! This was the first time we had a different kind of meeting, with some games, simple worship, watching some film clips, and pictures on the theme of "Joy", and then we had a time more like Bible study, and not the preaching form... First there wasnt so many people, but at the end we were still quite a few gathered. We had such good time, and everybody could share and read from the Bible. It was really cool! I like it! :-) After the youth meeting 4 of us, Mona, Helina, Anette and I ended up watching a movie at Anette´s place.

Youth meeting...

Saturday I had some studytime in the morning and then in the afternoon I was invited over for lunch to Maria´s place. Or actually she was "house-sitting" a friends house, so she invited me over there and had a beautiful lunch prepared when I arrived. It was so good seeing her, cause it has been soooo long since I last saw her! She studies history and goes to another church, so I dont usually happen to see her that often. Not to mention that we both are busy ladies...;-) So it was so good to get the time with her and catch up after summer and all...

Maria fixing lunch...:-)

Then from there I had to go to my next "catching up meeting". Viktoria, one of the precious girls, came over to my place for dinner and a movie night. I had not seen her either after summer, so it was so great to see her and spend quality time with her!

Viktoria and I...(he he we didnt plan the dressing before)

Anette preaching and Julia interpreting.:-)

Then on Sunday was really special cause ANETTE was preaching!!! It was sooo good!!! She is a great preacher and I believe God has so much in store for her! He will greatly use you girl in so many ways!!! The preaching was about different seasons in our lives. So many good points and you could feel the anointing.:-) Also we prayed for Tom, Julia, Andrus and Helen as they are moving into new leadership positions in church. Julia is giving over the main youth leader position to Tom, as she now is full-time teacher in the Christian school. So now Tom is our youth leader. :-) Andrus is now in charge of worship. It is so great to see these wonderful servants moving into the things God has for them even more! You guys are so amazing!!! :-)

Helen, Andrus, Tom, Julia and Eino.

After church we went out to eat lunch at Taverna. It was so funny, cause Helina, Vivia, Anette an dI went there and as we came there Liina and her family was there. And then after a while Eino, Lilian and the boys came as well! So we were almost just church people in the whole restaurant! :-) Cool!! Here you can see some pics from that!

Helina and I

Vivia and Anette

Eino and Lilian

The Boys, Sam, Joel, Mattias..(the girls stayed at home) :-)

Weekend in Finland...

Well, last weekend I spent in Finland. It was great cause Anette was going to Tallinn to pick up her boyfriend Jostein from the airport, so I got a ride with her to Tallinn. We had a good time together, although both of us were rediculously tired..hehe We spent some time at Ülemiste shopping center before I headed to the boat...

I spent the night in Helsinki at Hanna´s place before we then went to Liljendal on Friday. It was good to be back there, to see some people, and then the wedding on saturday and so on.. On the way to Liljendal we stopped by mom and dad´s newly renovated apartment, that they are in the process of renting out...it was so nice!! Now I saw it in the finished condition...:-) some pics from there...

The kitchen and diningroom...

Well then in Liljendal I had some time visiting the old people at my summer work place. It was so good to see them again! :-) They are just so lovely and funny...they sure put a smile on your face! And it was nice to see that the oposite reaction also took place...it is amazing how "little" you can do for someone to make their day!

That same evening we also went to visit my grandparents. It was so good to see them again! :-) Have to take the chance while being in Finland...

At my grandparent´s place... (p.s. you never leave hungry...) :-)

Then Saturday went to studying and getting ready for the wedding. The wedding you can read about separately in the previous post... but here again I can say that is was an amazing wedding!

Just some pictures before the wedding...

And mom...:-)

Well, then Sunday was not much else but packing, and leaving to go to Helsinki.. Then Anette and Jostein came to meet me at the Harbour in Tallinn! It was soooo great to see both of them!!! And they then shocked me in the car...well, first I thought they were engaged when they looked so happy/full of secrets...but then they popped it out...that Jostein´s present to Anette was a trip to Barcelona in April!!!! AND the reason of my laugh/heart attack in the car, was due to the fact that he had also booked a ticket in my name!!!:-) So OH MY GOSH, WE ARE SO GOING TO BARCELONA IN APRIL!!! Again the same gang from the Italy Roadtrip!!! It is just sooo amazing!!! Sometimes you wonder how much great things God has in store for us!! And I am sure the reason that we get it little by little is that we would be BLOWN away if he just scooped down all the blessings at once!!!:-) We serve such an amazing God!!! :-) So yeah! AMAZING!!! Then we still got some wonderful time together in Tallinn before we dropped Jostein off at the airport and drove on to Tartu... Such a blessed time!!! :-)

Are they cute or what?

Julia and Oscar´s Wedding!!!

A week ago, to be precise, Julia and Oscar finally got each other!:-) It was a beautiful wedding with tones from Heaven and lots of fun and program! It does make you realise how fast time is going.:-) It doesn´t seem like a long time ago that we spent many late youth nights at the Mission´s Church in Borgå...:-) It was so great to see friends that I have not seen in a long time! I do now understand why my description in the wedding guest page was..."Jenny Djupsjöbacka, daughter of the wedding preast. Has a hard time staying in Finland... Studies medicine in Tartu." :-) The distance does creep in at some point in time and you realize how many years has actually past...
Well, shortly, it was a fantastic autum wedding with much laughter...:-) (That you get when Anders and Elna takes care of the entertainment..hehe) And the music during the ceremony was just amazing, with Christoffer, Elna, Jenna and Christer singing and Emelie, Eerika and Lina playing. Not to mention all the other talented people contributing with wonderful musik and program at the party... A lovely time all together!

Captivated by the beautiful music...

Hanna och Anna...:-)

Weekend Update:-)

How are ya doing? Here comes some pics and update from the weekend. It was nice, cause this weekend was a bit longer, as we had friday off..:-) So Friday morning started well with a wonderful swimming session at Aura Keskus with Anette. It was nice and relazing with swimming, sauna and girl talk at the same time. ;-) That morning I then had a meeting with the owner of my apartment and the real-estate lady. I got a new contract for my beautiful home, so I will have it for at least 2 more years! Jeeee!!!:-) I was soo happy!!!

Anette and I then had lunch in town before I headed home for some studying. In the evening Anette came to my place for a movie night and sleepover. We watched "Step up", which was soo good! It was so inspiring and the dancing was just amazing!:-) After the movie we decided to go for a walk before hitting for bed. We walked to the city and sat down at Raekojaplats for a bit. These "energy drink people" then came and gave us a bottle of this new energy drink. We decided to drink it the following day and not distract our beauty-sleep... well to make a long story short, when we had tasted the drink the following day we both ended up with the worst headache ever...so I do not recommend for you to buy this new "Traffic" energydrink... Just a little hint...he he...

Movie night at my place with Annie...

Saturday Anette, Mona, her friend, and I had lunch in the city. Besides that and the headache, it was mainly a study and relaxing day for me...

Sunday (today) was church. Pastor Enar Jallai from Põlva was preaching and Anette was leading worship. It was a really good Sunday meeting! I got alot from the preaching and the worship was amazing! :-) One cool thing was that there was a man from Norway who needed translation, so I translated the whole service from Estonian to Swedish!!! I was a bit unsure at first if I should do it, but then I went for it, and I am glad I did! By God´s grace I was able to translate it, and it was a really good traning and also a test for my level of understanding estonian...:-) God is so good! :-)

Annie leading the worship:-)


After the meeting we headed for Anette´s apartment were Helina, Anette and I had a delicious lunch... (You guessed it, it included chicken..hehe) We spent a relaxing afternoon there and then we went for a walk in the city before I headed home...and you guessed it...some more studying in the evening... It has been another wonderful weekend and now I am ready to face another school week. :-)

Fun times at Raekojaplats...

A New Season in Tartu 2007

So guys, the fall is finally here... Now school has started for me again. I came back to Estonia last Friday. I spent some time at my sister´s place in Helsinki before coming here. We had a good time with sauna in the evening and then some shopping and lunch the following day. Here you can also see some pics of that...

When I arrived in Tartu, Anette came to meet me at the busstation. We then spent all weekend together, with her staying at my place. It was so good seeing her and spending time with her again!! We had an amazing "girl weekend" with talks, walks, shopping Church and then Sunday after church we met up with our other dear friends, Kristiina, Joona, and Eeva for lunch at La Dolce Vita...Good times!!!:-)

Annie and I enjoying life at my place:-)

I started school on Monday, September 3rd. It is really good being back in beautiful Tartu again!!!:-) I have had some mixed feelings concerning this year, to be honest. There will be many changes taking place this year, the biggest one being Anette moving back to Norway again... Even though I know that it will be an amazing year, I have been a bit resistant.. I also know there is LOTS of studies and work to be done...I can feel the big challenge...BUT I am also getting really excited about the new semester, subjects, ect. I am once again reminded of God´s faithfulness - With God all things are possible. It feels good to be studying what you are interested in and what I feel God has called me to do. I just know that I need all God´s grace once again, but when I am weak He is strong...:-) It is comforting knowing that since He has called me, He will also make a way through it! :-) God has so much more faith in us than we have in ourselves sometimes... That is actually a bit overwhelming... but when it´s something big, it´s God!!!:-)

I am also excited about the youth work, and Church in general. There are many changes taking place in the youthwork, with leaders shifting, and people moving on to other areas of churchlife. Change can be challenging. It requires both openness, flexibility and making the most of the situation at hand. But I think the beauty of it is to see "life in motion". It is so good to see people moving on to new things and new leaders coming along to serve. It is growth. We had an amazing gathering on Monday with the youth leaders, and it was so amazing to see how God is at work! I think we could all sence how God is doing something new and fresh... So it will be an exciting fall-year! :-) God is good!!! :-)

Youth leader´s meeting at Anette´s place...