God is so faithful!

Frida and I at La Dolce Vita

Drama "Heaven´s gates and hell´s flames"

Oh, wow, what can I say, other than that God is so good and faithful! :-) This last week was massive! It was so good, but so packed as well! We had the drama "Heaven´s gates and hell´s flames" at church for four nights in a row-Saturday to Tuesday. There was rehearsal and preparation on Thursday, Friday and Saturday before the first play. I was an angel in the drama on two of the nights, but Mon and Tue I had school til so late so I was not able to be there then. But it was so great cause many people were touched and came to Christ during this time.


It was a step of faith for me to be apart of the drama, cause I had alot of school stuff. I had to study for two tests that I had that Monday, but God is sooo faithful!!! It is amazing how when you put God´s kingdom first how all other things also fall into place! I was amazed when I looked back at the week and saw what all I managed to get done! I even had time for a relaxing movie night in between and to meet up with Friends from Finland for lunch, plus a packed school schedule and studies and drama!!! God is so amazing! :-) :-) :-) So here are some pics from the drama etc.

Another Wonderful Week(end)

Well, this week has been crazy with school and stuff, but God is good and faithful!!!:-) But now it´s time for some serious updates!

Last weekend was amazing when Tom Jensen was here from Norway. He had Ruben and Calle with him, and they preached and shared some at the youth meeting last Friday. It was a meeting where the Holy Spirit moved and people got prayed for.

That Saturday was the seminar with Tom, and it was amazing as usual! So good, inspiring and challenging teaching. He was preaching about having a strong vision, about choosing God´s best and not just the good. About who we let us get influences by -"the law of attachment". Of not trying to imitate people, but becoming everything God has created us for! That and many other good things! So yes-it was a blessing!

Sunday meeting was like a fire bomb!!! :-) It was seriously revival in the house!Tom was preaching about reaping and sowing. We are a product of the decisions/choices we make. It was a really good message, and the worship was so strong and the Holy Spirit was doing great things!How amazing is our God!!!:-) You can really sense that there will be a great harvest of souls coming in soon!! There is a fresh hunger for God and to pray and seek God for the city and nation! I am sooo excited! Praise God!!!

Anette came to my place last Thursday after her Estonian lesson. Here is a pic from that time:-)

Wednesday evening I was invited to my old cell group, at Anette´s place and we had a blessed time together with fellowship, prayer and worship! Amazing to do life with wonderful sisters!:-)

Now this weekend and beginning of next week we are having the drama "Heavens ´s gates and hell´s flames", and I am believing for a great harvest! I will give more updates on that later on!

AMAZING EASTER!!!

I hope that you all had a great Easter! What an amazing thing that we can celebrate our Risen Lord and Saviour,that we can remember all the things Jesus had to go through for our sake. The depth of the salvation that Jesus paid for with His precious blood, is so marvellous! The love and forgiveness that is flowing down from the cross cannot be described in words! It all goes back to the cross, to the prefect lamb that was slain for our iniquities...

This Easter I spent here in Estonia. It has been an amazing weekend! Friday we had Youth meeting and it was so powerful! The presence of God was just so strong! Lise, Sigurd´s sister is here visiting, and she shared some things from her missions trip to India. Very inspiring! Sigurd was preaching about what Jesus did on the cross-and it was really powerful. The Worship was amazing and in the end we had communion together. An amazing way to spend Good Friday! Then after the youth meeting Lise and Sigurd came over to my place for pancakes, in the middle of the night, and we had a blessed time together! Talking about being healthy...:-)

Saturday evening 12 people gathered here at my place for prayer and then we went out in the streets sharing the gospel with people, talking to them. We were also handing out invitations for the next youth meeting and the drama that is coming up in a few weeks- "Heavens gates and hells flames". It was just sooo good to be out there talking to people! We had some really good conversations! People are hungry, but how can they know what they are hungry for if nobody tells them the good news? And how can they believe unless they hear the Word? I hope and believe that this is only the beginning and that we could make it a habit, being out there where the people are and getting used by God!!! He needs more workers, cause the harvest is big, but the workers few! After we had been out there talking to people we gathered at a cafe and got something warm to drink, since we were all freezing by that time! We had a great time there as well! Blessed with wonderful sisters and brothers! :-) After that Helina came to my place and spent the night here. It was so good having her over!:-)

Sunday, another wonderful meeting at church was awaiting us! Albert, who has been a pastor here, but now lives in Israel, was here preaching. It was a really good message where he talked about Jesus life and death and resurrection. And once again the worship was powerful and amazing! After the meeting the Christian school had a concert. It was really cute to see and hear the kids sing from their hearts!

In the evening, Helina, Lise, Sigurd and I went over to Joona´s place, where he had prepared an amazing Easter dinner, with dessert and everything. Kaia, a friend of Joona, was also there. We had a good time together with deep conversations. I guess we walked all through the Bible or something:-) Then before we were about to go, Joona just said that lets just pray together first. And we prayed and then we started praying for each other and we ended up having a full on prayer meeting in several hours! The Holy Spirit was touching people and we saw deliverance, Holy Spirit baptism and I was laughing for quite a while...it was just amazing!!! God is sooo good! I couldn´t have pictured a more blessed Easter dinner celebration! God is longing for us to draw closer and drink deep from the fountain! What a mighty God we serve!!! Hallelujah!

Yesterday,(Tuesday) I went over to Anette´s place. Lise, Anette and I spent some good time together and again we could just take some time and pray for each other. It is such a blessing with wonderful sisters! Lise then came over to my place and spent the night here. We had such a good time together! I was so blessed to have her stay over! And this morning we enjoyed a nice breakfast together, before she headed home to Norway.

So in other words an amazing Easter!!! :-) God is alive and doing great things all over the world! And how amazing that we can be apart of it!!! Be blessed!!!

"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns! "

Isa 52:7 (NLT)

Seize the Day...

Wow! Today it´s already the 1st of April! How crazy is that? I bet you it´s a joke! :-)

I don´t remember that it has been such a nice, warm and early spring in a looong time... I have really tried to enjoy being outside alot this week, taking long walks and enjoying the sunshine! I truly feel this freshness and new energy coming...:-)

Today at church pastor Eino preached about that all good gifts come from above, and how to take hold of the small things in life. How to change our thinking and words, and how we that way set the atmosphere. "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he..." And I have been thinking alot about that as well- these heavenly moments on earth, when you can feel God- I guess what Darlene Zschech would call the "Kiss of Heaven". There are so many beautiful moments and we need to learn how to live in the presence, how to not be stressed but go throughout life with the inner peace, and live in constant communication with God-praying without ceasing. When we delight ourselves in the Lord, we have that joy and peace. When our thoughts are fixed on Jesus and all the things we have to thank him for, then how can we do anything but praise him? And God wants to embrace us. He wants to draw us closer to himself. He is so awesome! And his goodness shines! All creation testifies about Him! All creation sings his praise!

We were created to worship our creator. We were created to live in relationship with him, to walk with him... That´s the very essence of our being! And what an amazing reality we live in! That is what the world is longing to hear! The good news! Jesus came to bring us out of the darkness, into his wonderful kingdom!!! Let us never loose focus and the amazement of the biggest gift of all-Jesus Christ! In him we live, and move, and have our being!

Ps 96
Sing a new song to the Lord!

Let the whole earth sing to the Lord!
Sing to the Lord; bless his name.

Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.
Publish his glorious deeds among the nations.

Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.
Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise!

He is to be revered above all the gods.
The gods of other nations are merely idols,

but the Lord made the heavens!
Honor and majesty surround him;

strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
O nations of the world, recognize the Lord;

recognize that the Lord is glorious and strong.
Give to the Lord the glory he deserves!

Bring your offering and come to worship him.
Worship the Lord in all his holy splendor.

Let all the earth tremble before him.
Tell all the nations that the Lord is king.

The world is firmly established and cannot be shaken.

He will judge all peoples fairly.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice!

Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!
Let the fields and their crops burst forth with joy!

Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise
before the Lord! For the Lord is coming!

He is coming to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with righteousness

and all the nations with his truth.

Praise God!

I just had my anatomy test on the cranial nerves and tractuses etc, that I have been studying for like crazy and-PRAISE GOD!-I got an A!!!!! :-) So, I am so happy now, feeling relaxed and satisfied cleaning my apartment and enjoying the incredible weather! It is almost like summer already! My thermometer shows 25* C in the sun, and it´s not cold in the shade either! :-) Yesterday I sat outside in the "backyard" studying for a while, so that I wouldn´t miss the nice weather while studying! :-)Sooo good! Anyways, soon Anette will come here and we´ll have an relaxed afternoon together, before she goes to Norway (for a visit)... So yeah...That´s my life right now... and also explains why it´s been awhile since last update:-) But now-enjoy the spring!!! :-)

"The joy of the Lord is your strength!"

Neh 8:10

Updates, Updates...

Well, let´s see how I manage to update the last- I dont know- two weeks, in a nutshell... hmmm... Alot of time goes to school and studying, of course, but it´s amazing how much more takes place during the week as well... So here comes some highlights besides the "pleasure" of studying cranial nerves, ect...

One beautiful Saturday morning, Julia called me as I was reading, and asked " Hey we are in your neighbourhood and we have some pancakes, can we come over?" So my dear friends, Julia, Vivia, and Liina came over with pancakes and we had some breakfast together! :-) It was such a nice surprise! Later on that day we got together with some youth at Sigurd´s place to pray, and it was really good.

My second cousin, Gustav, was in town with his classmates from the Uni in Umeå, Sweden. I got to spend some time with him, which was really cool. I joined their group for some sightseeing in town and then Gustav visited my place for coffee and then we were off to Youth at my Church. And I interpreted from Estonian to Swedish for the first time!!!Of course it wasnt 100%, but he got most of it, I hope!:-)

Then we also had this "cell group party evening", where one of the cellgroups is organizing an evening for the other cellgroups... This first time it was Andrus and Sigurds cell that had it. It was an evening with snacks, games, some worship and then we watched "Transformation" together... I have seen it so many times, but it is just as inspiring and amazing each time, to see what happens when God comes to town!!!

That Saturday I got to borrow pastor Eino´s car (what an amazing blessing!!) and Joona and I went to buy his ventilator and other stuff he needed for the appartment. Then we did some shopping and lunch at Lõunakeskus. After that we went to this really interesting exhibition at the Old Anatomicum, where they had there wax models. Then we met Sara for coffee, went and installed the ventilator, and then we picked up Anette, ordered some pizza, got a movie and had a movienight at my place. And then Anette stayed the night. An effective and realxing day!

Sundays there is church in the morning and then we usually go out to eat at La Dolce Vita for lunch... That Sunday there was Helina, Vivia, Joona, Liina and me. We did the talking in Estonian, so that I could get some practice! After that Helina came to my place, and we had a good and creative time together.:-)

Last Tursday I went to Anette´s place to watch a movie and do some pilates and then I also stayed the night. And as usual we had a blessed time.:-)

Friday was study time and Cell group in the evening. We were four people last Friday, and we had a blessed time.

Saturday I had to do some major studying again, and then Anette came over and we made some delicious dinner, and then Joona and Kristiina came and we had dessert and watched movies. Sigurd joined us later on when he got back from Põlva. We had a good time, and it makes me so thankful to God for my friends here. Anette then stayed the night, and after the others had left we still did some pilates at 12:30 at night...:-)

Then it was another wonderful Sunday with Church and some great worship and amazing preaching by Eino! It was such a good message! God is really trying to tell us to get out there and share the FULL gospel! Reaching out both with words and with action!!! After church we had a really blessed time at La Dolce Vita. It was Anette, Sigurd, Joona, Diana(a girl from Germany) and me. Helina joined us later on. Again I am so greatful for my friends! And here you can see some pics from there.

oh, I almost forgot...some news...I cut my hair!!! YES!! And it got alot shorter than I was planning, but it´s all good...:-)

Well, hmmm...I think that is a short summary of the last weeks... And may I just say that I am really really excited that spring is here!!! Still a bit chilly, but it´s here!!!:-)

Thoughts on Life and Death...

Wow, it´s been a while again...:-) So much has happened since last time... So I have to update more about that later on...But I want to share some thoughts that has been in my heart and mind... My precious aunt passed away a week ago...I was in shock when I heard, although it wasn´t unexpected...she was very ill with cancer... And I don't understand yet that she is gone, but I guess little by little the realization comes, especially when I go back to Finland for the funeral...Life is precious, and too many times we take it for granted...but the verse that has been stuck with me lately is Rom 14:8 "If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord." and also from Phil 1:21 "For me to live is Christ..." The hope that we have in Jesus does not let us down or disappoint us (Rom5:5). So my prayer is that we cherish the gift of life that we have been given and use it well for the Glory of God!!! And that we don't just take for granted the time we have with our family and friends here on earth, but that we always live well and love well... Just a few thoughts... Also Ecclesiastes chapter 3 has been going through my mind..." There is a time to live and a time to die...a time to laugh and a time to cry...but God has made all things beautiful in its time and He has set eternity in our hearts...." (own shortened version...) and yet man can not fathom what God does from the beginning to the end...We serve an AWESOME GOD!!! His ways are a bit higher than our ways and his thoughts a bit higher than our thoughts... His goodness and love-the very nature of God, cannot be simply described in words...that´s when we STAND IN AWE of HIM!!! How amazing that He so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that who ever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life!!! HIS LOVE that rescued us and brought us out from the darkness into the Kingdom of his beloved Son... That love is a bit bigger than we can ever grasp... it reached all the way to eternity and beyond...