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2008-09-04T22:57:00.002+03:00

Hei! After being one year in coma I suddenly woke up, and the first thing I decided to do was to change my blogg. So from now on you can check out: www.estonianmission.wordpress.com

Be blessed!

2008-04-16T19:05:00.005+03:00

Hei dear faithful friends! Thanks for stoping by;) Ok, I don't have much time to write right now, but since I feel the blog pressure and I'II write som stuff here...Yeah, what's the news? Last weekend, no actually two weekends ago I was in Estonia!! That was soooo amazing and my thoughts are still captivated from the days I spent there... I had not been there since last May, so it was special to meet the people I had nearly spent two years with. I realize that Estonia more or less is a second home to me. That place has definitly stolen parts of my heart! I give you a picture from there:

Here are some of the guys! We went with a team of youths from Zoe Kiren. Great bunch of people. Really a blessing to be with them!

Time is flying. The exams are waiting, so you won't hear from me until the end of May! So if you want you can pray for my exams I would be very thankful;) God bless you!

2008-03-27T17:30:00.003+02:00

Oj oj oj...what can I say? I am impressed that you still have patience with me. I haven't been in the blogg mood for a while as you can see. I won't make any promises that I will be a faithful blogwriter in the future either, but anyway..here I am.

Right now I am sitting here at the libary of the University of Oslo. Loads of stuff to do and there seems no end to it, but praise God there is victory. When I think about it, I have only 5-6 weeks left of the this semester and then I have passed one year of arabic studies! I will probably continue to study arabic next year as well, where I take one semester in Damascus, Syria to improve my speaking skills. So let's see..I think that will be really cool.

I had a great Easter by the way. First I spent some days with my family at our cabin in Renå fjellet. Just relaxing, skiing in the mountains and eating lots of food and sweets hehe...Wednesday evening I went to Idre-fjellet in Sweden with a bunch of friends of mine. That was awesome! We rented 10 scooters and drove mile after mile...MAN! It is so much fun! Here are some pictures from the trip:

2007-11-09T17:57:00.000+02:00

The fellowship of sharing in his sufferings...

Hei! To day I was watching Benny Hinn on God TV. That channel is such a blessing from God and I can sit there forever listening to the word of God. I was really touched by what Benny Hinn shared to day and I just want to share with you briefly.

He read from the book of Phillipians, chapter 3:10

I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, (NIV)

This is a powerful verse and I have read it many times, but very often I have stopped at the part which says: "...to know Christ", we all want know him, and "the power of his resurrection", because we want all the power from God so we can do mighty things for God.

But B. Hinn talked about what comes next in this verse; "and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings.." This part we often skip because it makes us a bit scared. But this is the fellowship that God want to enter into. A fellowship that the Apostle Paul desired with all of his heart. As Benny Hinn said, very few Christians to day know about this fellowship, it is unfamiliar to us. But when Jesus touches us with his presence and glory He want us to participate in all of who He is. He want us to come closer to Him and unite with Him.

The verse goes on to say; "..becoming like him in his death". To die..? Yes, that is the position God want us to be in, where we are no longer fighting on our own, but rather resting in his presence and let Jesus take controll. A postion where Gods presence is over us 24 hours a day, not just now and then. How? It happens when you die to yourself and Jesus becomes alive in you. His glory rests on you and stays there. The postion the Bible talks about as "prayer without season..." "walking in the spirit", "walking in love". That is the place God has ready for all of us here on earth.

I don't know if I expressed myself good enough here, but I hope the Holy Spirit does his part too. My friends, there is much more to the Christian life than we have exprienced so far. It is easy to settle down and think this is it. But let never the thirst and the hunger for God diminish in your life. Jesus is really alive to day!! Let us get to know Him personally in a deeper way.

God bless you.

2007-10-19T10:56:00.000+03:00

Hei! I just want to write briefly here on my bloggy. Yesterday I came home to my family for the weekend. And after being in Oslo the last weeks it is good to see them again. So what have I been doing lately? Hmm...the studies takes most of the time during the weeks. I tell you, to study arabic is not the easiest thing to do, but it is fun (even though I am tempted to through the arabic book out of the window sometimes) When I look back I actually realize that I have learned something. We have three tests before the excam in Descember and we have to qualify on two of them. I have qualifed on the two tests we have had so far, so then I am ready for the excam.

Apart from from the studies then...what have I done? Last weekend I had the priviledge to join one friend of mine, David Aanje, to Hamar and preach for the youths in his church, Livets senter. That was great! Long time since I preached so it was good to start again. That church runs a tv channel as well and I was attending one of their programs that was about missions. So they made an interview with me and I shared some of my experience as a missionary. So in november you can see me on the Christian channel, Visjon Norge.

Now my time is running out here...I need to go back to my studies. I have a lot of things to do. No room for vecation yet!

God bless you all!!

2007-09-07T13:58:00.000+03:00

Hei! I am still alive!!!!!!! Yooohooo...Yeah, please forgive me for not writing on my blog these last months. Actually I have tried twice but just right before publishing it, something happened to the computer. Now I try for the third time, and I will just give you a brief information of what I am doing now a days.

As most of you know, I returned back from Estonia in Mai, after nearly two years there serving as a missionary. I must admit that I miss that time more and more....It was for sure an amazing time in my life. But though I am not living there I will visit the church and the people now and then.

To day I am enjoying the life as a student. I am now studying at the University of Oslo, where I study about the Middle East and North Africa (culture, society, politics, religion and Arabic) This year will mostly concist of Arabic-studies. I am actually planning to learn Arabic. Next year I might take one semester in Damascus in Syria to practice the language, but that is not descided yet. You may wonder why I chose to study this? The reason is mostly becaue I feel God is calling me to do missionwork among the Arabs in the area of Middle East and North Africa. It is a exited study but also very challenging!

This was all for this time, but I will try to write more often;) This weekend it is the youthconferance "Breack Through" in Zoè Kirken, and I am really looking forward for those days. Tom Jensen, Remi Høidahl and Johannes Amritzer will preach! Glory to God!!

2007-07-02T10:00:00.000+03:00

TEAM CROATIA!

Yesterday I arrived in Norway after an amazing missiontrip to Croatia. We were alltogether 42 people (mostly youths) from our church in Norway (Zoè Kirken). We drove with bus all the way down to Croatia (2400km one way)The first three days we spents in Zagreb and three days in a beautiful city called Split. I can't find much better things to do than joining a teamtrip like this. It beats any form of vecation!

The temperature was very high compared to Norway. In Zagerb it was ok, but in Split there were close to 40C. It was impossible for us to be active during the day, but in the evening it became calmer and we went to the streets with big blast. There we had dances, drama, songs, testimonies and preaching of the Gospel. We saw 48 people saved on during those days in Croatia. We had people from churches with us, and they probably led people to Jesus as well. Croatia is a strong Catholic country and it was not always easy to reach them. Many of them thought they had all settled by going to church, being baptized and living a good life. But Jesus didn't mainly tell us to do all those things (all of it is well and fine), but Jesus told us to follow him and live in Him. Many of the Catholics haven't a personal relationship to Jesus and have not experienced the love of God. We saw God touching Catholics those days and we praise God for that.

I will show you some picture from those days. If you take a look at: http://chrisfrilans.com/plogger/index.php?level=collection&id=26 you will find a lot of nice pictures from those days.

Here you see me with my dear sister and brother. I am so proud of them! It was my brothers first teamtrip in his life and he really enjoyed it. He played guitar in the band (on a high level I would say)

This picture discribes the beauty of the coutry!

2007-06-02T11:02:00.000+03:00

Pastorcourse Graduation:

Now I am sitting here on the hotell in Bratislava, Slovakia, and in some few hours I will fly home to Norway. I have been here now since Sunday last week, mainly to graduate from the pastorscourse. After 8 months attending this outstanding pastorscourse it has come to its end. What a blessing it has been to be a part of this -to receive all of this great knowledge and get close friends from several different countries, such as Albania, Moldovia, Aserbajan, Germany, Switzerland... I thank God for His goodness and the favor He has shown me.

On the picture you see me receiving the diploma for the pastorcourse -a special moment in my life:)

So from now on you can call me pastor if you want hehe...No, but this course has given me a really good training, and I am looking forward to put in to practice what I've learned.

Monday I will start to work in Norway, and a house is waiting to be painted! Looking forward to get in some cash also. My dear friends, be richly blessed! Remember, Jesus is Lord!!

2007-05-25T11:22:00.000+03:00

Hi! I just watched a touching videoclip about a missionary who brought revival to a city in India. It is amazing what God is doing to day! Take a look at this video also: http://www.gfa.org/video-joseph

2007-05-22T21:54:00.000+03:00

A new season in life!

Seasons come and seasons go, chapters starts and they end. After about two years in Estonia, my time has come to an end. I actually left the country with all my stuff the 14th of Mai. It was sad of course to leave Estonia, which has become more likely my home. But I knew I had to face that day sooner or later. It has been a wonderful time in Estonia, where I have received a lot of experience. Experience in serving God, in helping people with different needs and seeing peoples lives changed! I am so thankful for God that He gave me the opportunity to work for His kingdom in Estonia. I know that this is just a brief start of what God has in store for the future. The time in Estonia has been a warming-up for the race to run! My time there has helped me to get focused for what life is about -to love and serve God will all of my heart and soul.

Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ Phil 3:8

I can write a lot more, but I won't have time for that. The future is bright and the best i yet to come. I am looking forward for what is waiting around the corner. I give you some picture that I've taken lately.

Monday, the 14th I left from Estonia towards Sweden for a conferance in Uppsala. On the picture from the left you see pastor Enar from Polva, on my left side, Joona from Finland and Andres.

I attended the Spring conferance with Ulf Ekman. I hava actually no words for how blessed it was. The theme for this conferance was "The spirit of prayer and the spirit of faith". Ulf Ekman preached out from Zechariah 12:10 that God wants to pour out His spirit of grace and prayer. During those days God led me into a more intimate fellowship with him. Or in other words, I received a new hunger to seek His face, not for prayeranswers, but to be with Him and rest in his presence. I want to quote from Isaiah 30:15

For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel:
"In returning and rest you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength."
But you would not,

To day we are so easily occopied with everything that is going on around us and we have problems with quiet ourselves down and be before God. But there is a great reward if we return to God and rest in in His presence. Look in verse 21

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

To day we need as never before to hear from God and walk where He wants us to walk. God is calling all of us into his fellowship and to stay close to him.

Here you see me with my dear sister, Lise. Together with a bunch of norwegians we celebrated 17th of May in Sweden. A new and good experience.

This was all for this time. To morrow I start to work on our boat to get it ready for the summer! Be blessed!!

2007-05-13T00:20:00.000+03:00

Mors dag!

Kjære mamma! Du er den vakreste og flotteste mamma'n på jord! Hvem kan vel gjette at du snart runder 49?? Stolt er jeg iallefall at du er min mor. Skulle gjerne vært hjemme og gitt deg en stor klem, men vi får ta det igjen senere. Ha en flott dag!

Vi sees snart;)

2007-05-07T11:25:00.000+03:00

This weekend my parents and my two youngest brothers came to visit me in Estonia. It was their first time here and we had a great time together! They arrived in Tallinn on Friday and we spent the whole day there and stayed overnight as well. I even ordered a massage for my mother, which she liked very much. I will show you some picture from those days:

What a nice family! Here we took a lunch in Tallinn

Saturday we went to Tartu and in the evening we went to my apartment for coffee+

On Sunday we went from Tartu back to Tallinn, but we drove through a city called Pärnu. There we went to a great beach. Almost like Carlifornia except from the temperature (as you can see...)

It is a great blessing from God that he has given me such a wonderful family!

2007-04-29T19:44:00.000+03:00

Three Christians died as MARTYRS:

In the end of April this year, three Christians from Turkey was tortured and killed. One was from Germany and the others from Turkey. One wedensday morning, the 18th of April they were in their church having Bible lessons. Suddenly 10 young men rushed into the room and attacked them.The young men got guns, breadknives, ropes and towels for their final act of service to Allah. They tied those three Christians to chairs and as they videoed their work on their cellphones, they tortured them for almost three hours. There is written down details of what happened to those three persons, Tilman, Necati and Ugur:

Tilman was stabbed 156 times, Necati 99 times and Ugur’s stabs were too numerous to count. They were disemboweled, and their intestines sliced up in front of their eyes. They were emasculated and watched as those body parts were destroyed. Fingers were chopped off, their noses and mouths and anuses were sliced open. Possibly the worst part was watching as their brothers were likewise tortured. Finally, their throats were sliced from ear to ear, heads practically decapitated.

This was done to three innocent Christians, who desired nothing else but peace. But a group of young men (all under 20 years old) was sent in the name of Allah to kill them. Why? Because they were concidered as a threat to Islam and a threat to the national security. All of them held a letter in their hands saying: "We did it for our country. They're trying to take away our country. They're trying to take away our religion."

To day there is discussions of whether Turkey should be a part of European Union or not. The Turkish government has bent over backwards to present a picture of religious tolerance, a picture of religious freedom; yet there still is that element of nationalism and radical Islam that is present in the society.

I am amazed when I read what Tilmas wife said to the Turkey's journalists about this episode: "Oh God, forgive them for they know not what they do." These words reflects what Jesus said while hanging on the cross. (Luke 23:24)

2007-04-29T00:11:00.000+03:00

As you might have heard, there are big fights going on here in Tallinn, Estonia. It is really a tradegy where a young man (20 years old) has been killed and and over 70 injured! My grandmother called me this evening and asked if I was involved in this. She was worried of course. I am not living in that city, but in the city called, Tartu, about 200km south of Tallinn. So I am totally fine. But I really pray that this will stop, because next weekend my family will come over to visit me. I have booked a hotell in Tallinn for all of us, because we're planning to spend a whole day there...But I think it will calm down until then;) Be blessed!

2007-04-27T01:39:00.000+03:00

Hei!
I just wanted to show you a picture of some dear friends of mine here in Estonia. Next to me you see Amir. He is from Tadsjikistan and is married to Marju(from Estonia). I love to be together with them and they are such a blessing to me. There are few people I know with such big hearts as theirs. They have been so generous to me. For instance when it comes to wood. For two (freezing cold) winters they have supplied me with wood for free. They have borrowed me the car if I needed it and much more. I owe them a lot!! But I am so thankful for them and therefore I give some PR here on my blog;)

2007-04-22T22:19:00.000+03:00

I am sitting and reading in the Bible from the Gospel of John. It is so facinating to read what Jesus is saying in chapter 10:4,5

"When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”

Very often we Christians are thinking and wondering and thinking and thinking and praying and seeking and thinking...about...where does God want me to go, or what does God want me to do, or am I doing the right thing, etc...I have at least been in that position. And you can sometimes go nuts and get frustrated. But when I read what Jesus is saying, it really sets me free. "...he (Jesus) goes on ahead of them, and his sheep (you and me) follow him because they know his voice." It seems to me that Jesus wants to make something clear for us here. He want us to understand how things really are. That we don't have to fight and struggle and worry about where we are going, or if we are going the right direction. Because we all want to go the right direction and do the will of God (talking about Christians). What Jesus is saying to us is:

"My dear friend. Why do you worry so much? Haven't you seen me? Lift up your eyes and look, I am walking before you. Don't be afraid of going wrong..but just follow me. I will lead you with my voice. There are many voices trying to get your attention, but when I speak you will hear me clearly. You know my voice."

By reading from John 10, you see that Jesus makes it very clear that the walk with Jesus is very simple. There is a rest and a great joy when you follow Jesus. He has chosen us to be His sheep. He goes before us and we just have to go where He is going. Sometimes it seems like He is going in a wrong direction or in a complicated way. A way we don' t understand by our intellect. But Jesus knows the best way to go. We just need to follow him and go where He tells us to go. What a priviledge it is to follow Jesus -our Great Shepherd.

2007-04-20T19:55:00.000+03:00

This evening I arrived in Tartu after 11 days in Slovakia. As usual it was a great blessing to be there! The first week we had the theme called: "Christian counselling" which dealt with how to counsell people in different situations, what people are going through in times of cricis, their feelings and thoughts, etc. It was very interesting and helpful to know! Roberth Ekh, the pastor from Word of Life Church in Sweden was teaching, and he has about 25 years of experience on that field. In every subject we have on this pastorscourse, we have teachers with a lot of experience and great breakthrough in what they are teaching about! We really receive the best of the best!!

The 2nd part of the modul we had different subjects, such as Children ministry, help ministry and how to start Christian schools. All of that was amazing. With the teaching about children ministry, I almost wanted to become a children minister hehe...it is soooooo important to give the young people the word of God!

It says in Proverbs 22:6: "Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it."

If we can reach the young people with the word of God, we will have a generation that never will depart from the ways of God. We had teaching about the Christian schools. I have never realized how important it is with Christian schools. 50 years ago the pulic schools were actually functioning like todays Christian schools. Every day they sung Christians songs, the read from the Bible and they prayed to God. Before the teacher let the students go home, she/he asked God to bless everyone of them and to protect them. This was a part of what the children received in their education. But now things are totally different. We have a puplic school system where God is left out. We can see the consequense of this to day. To days generations are growing up in Europe without any form of knowlege about God. Some say that we don't need God...But take a look at what's going on in society and what the statistic shows. Everything is pointing downwards. People are suffering of psycholigical problems more than ever, people are raped and people are killed constantly, and I could keep on writing a list...Yeah, I could keep on arguing for the importance of Christian schools. If we want to bring Norway, Estonia and the rest of Europe to where it was, we need to fucus on education with Christianity as a foundation. We might not realize the importance yet, put in 10-20 years we will definitely understand it! But if we start now with establishing Christian school all over Europe, we will have a generation who know their God and who is ready to stand up for the truth. A generation like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who refused to bow down for any other god than the Heavenly God. How come that they had such a boldness that they even was ready to die? It was because they were trained in the word of God from a very young age. They knew who the real God was and no one could convince them of something else.

So this modul of the pastorscousre stirred me up to fight for establishment of Christian schools in Europe! John Wesely who brought revival to Europe, understood the importance of education and put emphasize on that. The same did Martin Luther, who changed the whole of Europe by focusing on education of children. Let us learn from those men of God! Amen.

2007-04-09T00:27:00.000+03:00

Happy Easter! Friday my dear sister came to visit me here in Estonia. It was so nice to see here again!After being here for soon 1 1/2 year, she is the first familymember who has visited me. We have had a really good time. Friday we had a youthmeeting and Lise had the chance to testify from here teamtrip to India. She goes 2nd year at Word of Life Bibleschool in Sweden, and she just came home from 5 weeks missiontrip to India. She experience so much and she inspired the youths to go out with the Gospel to all nations. It is no wonder why I am veeeery proud of her!!

Saturday, we were 12 youths gathering in the evening for prayer, before we went to downtown. There we divided us into smaller groups and we walked around talking with people and sharing the Gospel. And what happened in this time of the year, Easter, is really the heart of the Gospel. So it was a perfect time to do what we did. We experience many good things, and it is just wonderful to talk with people. It is one thing I have realized more and more. People are hungry for God!!!! They are seaching, they are thinking, they are looking around. The harvest is ready to be reaped.

It is great to be here! To day we went first to church, and Albert Türpnu was preaching. He was the one who started the Word of Life church here in Tartu, and it was a blessing to listen to him. The church was more or less packed... After that Lise and I, together with three other girls went to our friend Joona and ate a really tasteful dinner. We had such a good time together! We were talking about God for hours and praying together (of course also eating..). But we experienced Gods presence so strong, and Joona was actually baptized in the Spirit for the first time! He was filled with the Holy Spirit and started to speak in other tongues.

Jesus died for you and for me, but he also resurrected from the dead! That is what we celebrate to morrow (or right now, since it is so late). Jesus resurrected, and this means He is alive to day. The Bible says that He ascended up to Heaven and sat down at the Father's right hand. He promised to send us (people on the earth) the Holy Spirit (which is equal with God, the Father and the Son). The Holy Spirit is here to meet us and to show us Gods Kingdom! To night we really experienced the Holy Spirit in a special way.

Now, it is late, and I need to go to bed. But I will end with saying that God has so much for you, but we all need to seek Him and ask Him to meet us. And then God will come and fill us and bless us! Not just for us to be blessed, but for us to go out and bless people around us. God wants to touch people through you!

"I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hell and of death." Revelation 1:18

Have a blessed Easter!

2007-04-05T11:27:00.000+03:00

Jesus is risen from the dead!

Jesus lever, graven brast! Han stod opp med guddoms velde.

Trøsten står som klippen fast: At hans død og blod skal gjelde. Lynet blinker, jorden bever, graven brast, og Jesus lever!

Jeg har vunnet, Jesus vant, Døden oppslukt er til seier, Jesus mørkets fyrste bandt, Jeg den kjøpte frihet eier. Åpen har jeg himlen funnet, Jesus vant, og jeg har vunnet!

(Johan Nordahl Brun, 1786)

2007-04-01T19:12:00.000+03:00

Now I just came back from Jogeva where I was preaching. It was a blessing to be there and share the word. The people there are so hungry and receives the word as it is.

I was preaching from John 12:26-27, where it is talking about Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey. The people were praising him as the king of Israel, but Jesus also knew that in few days, the same people would shout: "Crucify him!!" It says in verse 27 the His soul was troubled. He knew that the hour had come when he had to give up his life for people on the earth. This was not an easy thing for Him to do. We have to remember that Jesus, the Son of God, lived as a man here on earth. He had put aside all the priviledges of being God, and lived fully as a man. So He could feel the pressure from every side. Just imagine yourself being in his position, knowing that a crucifixion was waiting...

But Jesus said: "...unless a corn of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit" John 12:24

Jesus knew that He was sent by God to this earth for one purpose -to die for humanity. To die for the sin that was bounding people all over the earth. Jesus looked at the fruit that would come after His crucifixion. His death would bring freedom from salvery of sin to humanity!

"And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to Myself." John 12:32

What a tremendous fruit! His blood that was shed 2000 years ago, still speaks to day! All people are drawn to Him. What we have to do, is to come to Him. Because every person who calls upon the Name of Jesus shall be saved. Every person on the earth, even to day, can take part in what Jesus did on the cross. Sin and sickness was put on Jesus at the cross, so we can receive forgiveness and healing, to day!

"Thank you, Jesus, for the love you have for us. That you died for us even when we were sinners. We didn't deserve to receive your love. But you chose to lay down your life for us, so that we could be cleansed from all sin and have peace with God. Because of you, I can call myself a son of God. Jesus, in the same way as you gave up your life for me, I give up my life for you. My life is in your hands. You are my Lord. Use it for your glory! Amen."

(ps. this is not an 1st April joke...)

2007-03-30T23:25:00.000+03:00

Hei! I just came over an inspiering article by one of my favorite preachers, Johannes Amritzer.

Take a look at:
http://www.missionsos.org/english/news/a_word_from_the_president.htm

I come back later with some more updates.

Good night! (since it's night now when I'm writing)

2007-03-22T23:18:00.000+02:00

Good to see you here! Just want to tell shortly from to day. I went to the youthprison to day, and I am so thankful to God that I can serve Him there. Sometimes it can be a challenge when it comes to language, because there are not so many prisoners who can help me to interpret. Normally I get some help from on of the guys and from the prisonpriest. But to day the priest was not there and I didn't find the one who usually helps me. So I decided to talk with some of the russian-speaking prisoners. And I met one guy that I've never seen before and he spoke very good english, so he helped me the rest of the day with interpreting.

I went with him to one of the cells together with about 5-6 people. We had a wonderful time together talking. Two of those prisoners were so hungry for God and I we sat together for many hours talking about God. They had many questions and by the help of the Holy Spirit I was able to answer and guide them in the word of God. One of those two guys are released from prison next week! But the best part was that I could pray with him to salvation to day. In five days he is out of prison, and then he can start a new life with Jesus as his Lord and Savior! I gave him my phone number, and so did he. We will for sure keep in touch (even though he speaks russian). But he would love to come to our church in Tartu! Glory be to God forevermore!!

What a God we serve! A God who loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. It is the greatest miracle on earth to see a person who was lost, but now is found. A person who was bound in slavery of sin, but now is released and sat free by the blood of Jesus Christ!

"For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." John 3:17

My dear friends, let us tell the world about Jesus! The Gospel is too good news to be kept quiet.

2007-03-18T22:15:00.000+02:00

Friday night I came back from some fantastic days in Slovakia. I just want to give you some pictures from those days. Let's start with a picture of the castle me and some russian pastors visited. It was a huge castle which was build in the 13th century and and a lot of history belongs to it. And I was amazed by walking inside of it, watching room after room with luxurious furnitures. I heard one "funny" storie from that castle. They had problem heating this huge castle, so the ladies who were suppose to wear dresses, were freezing all the time and therefore became easily sick. So the women died often in a age between 30-50 years.

Yeah, you see the yard on the inside of the castle.. A massive place. There is much more to tell but..On the way back from Slovakia to Estonia I landed in Prague, so I spent a whole day there by my self. I was there last year, but it is such a nice city, so it was worth seeing it a second time. I give you a picture from there as well.

I went up in the tower of the citycastle, so I got a panorama view of the city! I aslo visited a place called the Betlehem Chapel, who belonged to the Charles University of Prague. The dean for the Universtiy and the pastor for this chapel was called Johannes Huss. He was born in 1369 and he brought reformation to Czeck Republic. He actually laid the foundation for the reformation in Germany with Martin Luther. Johannes Huss died as a martyr, only 45 years old. He was a man that stood up for the truth of the Bible and even gave up his life for it. What an example for us, and a man to follow!

On the picture to the right you see the inside of the Bethlehem Chapel.

So this is some of what I experienced. This weekend has gone by fast. I recommend you to read Anettes blog for more info about the weekend:) Here is a picture of us eating at a restaurant after been in the church. Here in Estonia, especially in the church there is a majority of girls. This means that I most of the time hang out with girls (I don't complain...), but to day we were two guys around the table. He is a wonderful brother from Finland, called Joona, studying theology here in Tartu. OK, this was all for this time! Be blessed.

2007-03-11T22:29:00.000+02:00

Hello again! Yesterday I hang out with my room-mates from Polen! We went to the city together last night, and you see us on the picture eating ice-cream! We had so much fun together!

2007-03-07T22:25:00.000+02:00

Hei! I just want to write a very short update on what's going on. Yesterday I arrived in Slovakia again and it was good to be back again! When it comes to the weather there are big contrasts between Estonia and Slovakia. I left Estonia with minus degrees and snow, but here the spring has arrived and the sun is shinging while the birds are singing! So after class to day I played football together with a group of pastors. I also have to say that it has been so good to day, listening to Joachim Lundquist teaching aboiut youth ministry! He has so much experience and many stories to tell. I got so inspired! To morrow I will preach on a youthmeeting in one of the pastor's church, here in Bratislava! So that's a blessing to be given that chance. I am really looking forward to that. OK, now I will go to bed. This time I am sharing room with three guys from Poland. Wonderful people! You hear from me later;)

2007-02-26T22:39:00.000+02:00

Many Muslims meets Jesus Christ to day!!

I came over an amazing site that you have to enter. To day thousands of Muslims discover that Jesus Christ is alive. That Jesus is the one that gives them abundant love and peace.

If you enter on this file below here, you will see a movive about a radical Muslim, who fought against Christians, but one day Jesus appeared to Him. Jesus showed him that He is the way, the truth and the life.

I have such a love for the Muslims, and I pray that thousands upon thousands of Muslims will meet Jesus so they can see that He loves them so much, even to the extend that He gave up His life for them! You will be richly blessed by watching this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp_9OuOuzic&mode=related&search=

2007-02-26T17:32:00.000+02:00

Hei!

Yesterday I came back from a wonderful winter camp. We were alltogether 60 youth from several places in Estonia. We had the camp at the same place last year also. It is a peaceful place with perfect skiing conditions close by.

Camps like that is so valuable! There were youths from different backgrounds and not all of them were Christians. But on this camps everyones life was changed. We had great meetings on both Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The topic for the camps was "To be a solider of God". God is really raising up a young army of soldiers! And this wintercamp was a part of whant God is doing these days!

2007-02-13T13:34:00.000+02:00

Now I haven't written on my blog for a while, so it is about time. Right now I am back in Slovakia. I came laste week and will return to Estonia the 16th. This week the pastor from Word of Life in Moscow teaching us. His name is Mads Ola Ishoel and also from Norway!!! So now we are two norwegians here... He is teaching about the development of man, from a psychological perspective. This is such an important teaching about how man is developing from being a small baby until he grows up.... About how the personality is formed, what makes us the one we are. It is very intersting!

On the picture you see a small city called Banska Stiavnica. I went there with some of the guys who live in this city and visited their church. It was a very intersting place. 250 years ago it was a lot of gold in that place and people came from everywhere to search for gold. But now all the gold is gone and the gold-diggers too. So to day it is a peaceful place away from people. But I liked to be there and it was a blessing to visit

their church!

Here you see the guys I went together with. I am so glad that I got to know them. It is a blessing to get to know people from different places in the world.

2007-01-21T19:49:00.000+02:00

A video you HAVE TO watch!

I just received a video file from a minister who is preaching the Gospel to the Muslims in the Middle East, through crusades and TV etc. He is mightly used by God! He is from Iran and was a fanatic Muslim, but then He met Jesus and was radically saved! He know what Islam is all about and he does everything he can to inform the Body of Christ about Islam.

To day there are about 50 million Muslims in Europe. And the religion Islam is growing like never before in Europe. Few people know what a serious consequence this will have on our society and culture. Islam is one of the biggest threat that Europe is facing! People need to get aware of what Islam is about.

So enter into this file and take some time to watch this video:

http://www.video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2668560761490749816&q=undercover+mosque

2007-01-19T16:58:00.000+02:00

About one hour ago I arrived in my apartment in Estonia. I haven't been here since descember so I have allmost forgot how it is over here. What met me was a freezing cold apartment (I am now heating up with the fireplace, but it is still cold here...), and a bunch of bills that have been waiting for me. But the word of Paul came to my ear: "I have learned to be content in every situation." So soon the room is warm and the bill is payed! I rejoice in every situation! That is the greatest strength we have -the joy of the Lord.

But I feel as such a blessed man. It is like the blessing and the goodness of God has overtaken me. He really gives us the desire of our heart! The days at the pastorscourse have had such an impact on my life. The spirit of God has been working so strong these days! A new hunger and eager to seek Gods face in prayer and in the word. I have actually much to say about these days, and several things happened. But I don't have time now...

To morrow I will have the youthmeeting in Polva, so I need to get read for that! Please remember me in prayer for the work over here. Be blessed brothers and sisters!!!

Allright, that's all for this time!

2007-01-12T13:39:00.000+02:00

Hello! Here on this picture you see the hotell in where I am attending the pastorscours in Slovakia. Tuesday I came over here after a long and good vecation in Norway.

The days here on this course is like a great conferance. I gain a lof from the time here. This week we have had the churc history from the 17th century up to our time. It was very inspiering to hear how God has used men and women through the ages. To day we are marked by what happened hundreds years back.

To day the body of Christ lives in complicated times, where they are attacked from two sides: secularizing and Islam. Through history we see how for instance Islam has taken over big parts of the world. North Africa was in the 7th century a Christian continent, but to day Islam rules. We see that Islam is coming strong as never before to Europe. If the Church doesn't take this seriously we will see drastically changes in few years!

But I believe there is hope for Europe! There is time to reevangelize Europe. A time where Christians from all dominations go out in the fire of the Holy Spirit, with the Gospel.

So it is a blessing to be here in Slovakia, with pastors and leaders all over Europe. Together we get more united and we get focused and trained for the race that is set before us!

Let us bring Jesus to the world. Let the fire and the presence of Jesus flow out of us, out of you. Let the word of God be spoken from your mouth! Be blessed.

2007-01-04T21:59:00.000+02:00

Look at this beautiful picture I took not far from where I live!

With that picture I just want to wish you a blessed New Year!!

Only the best is ahead. I believe for the best in 2007. What if this year was the only year you had left? What would you do? Hmm..Feeling can go fast up and also fast down. Are you going to follow them and move like a rollercoaster. Or are you going to step out in faith and believe that Jesus is Lord in your life. He holds around you all the days of 2007. You might feel He is gone some times... What then? No cimrcunstance comes as a suprise to him. No situation is too hard for him either. Jesus is God, and without him NOTHING was created. He knows what 2007 will bring. He knows the tough times and the good time you will face. "No one can take my life away from me. I have have the power to lay it down and the power to take it up" Jesus said before He was curcified. Nothing could stop Him. Nothing was too big and hard for Him. He ruled over every circumstance, every difficult cirmumstance. He went through it and came out in victory. He conqured death and hell! To day, and this year, Jesus Christ is your Lord. He leads you (out of battles) into victory. He desires the BEST for you;)

2006-12-24T18:55:00.000+02:00

My dear friends and bloggreaders.

I wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

I just came back from church and the food is soon on the table. I can't wait to taste! It is so good to be with the family again. Christmas is a wonderful time. What a day we celebrate, that Jesus Christ came from heaven, born here on earth. God became a man, fully God and fully man. What a miracle it was, and still is!

Enjoy the Christmas-time.

2006-12-17T22:25:00.001+02:00

Hei! Here you see the whole group of people that attends the pastorscourse! It is such a blessing to be a part of all of this. Every day I can feel the presence of God that fills this place. It is amazig to listen to the teaching I recieve here, it brightens my view in many ways. This week we had about doctrines and ethics, and it has been some of the best days so far. To morrow will the pastor of Word of Life in Sweden, Robert Ekh, come. He will teach about the Christian family, which I heard is very good. It's is all so good, so it is hard to categories the different modules.

But even though I'm enjoying the time here, I am looking forward to Christmas like never before. I haven't seen my family for 4 months, so it will be good to give them all a hug. The 22nd of desember I land in Norway.

Adeos!

2006-12-13T22:34:00.001+02:00

Hei!

The last days have been very hectical so I haven't been able to write on my blogg. Right now I am in Slovkia. I arrived last night, and it felt good to be back again. It is really God's grace that I have the chance to be here. I was reminded to day that this is really a time that I'll never receive again, a time to let God speak to me through His word, a time to fellowship with him and get to know Him more intimate. Very often God gives you great gifts in life. He can put you in a position where you have the change to grow and be stronger. But then it is up to you how we use the posibilites God is giving us. Those situation can either give you nothing, or it can change your life forever! It is all up to you;)

I have mention that the previous sunday we had a concert in the prison! It was better than I taught it should be. We had all the prisoners (85 guys) in the sporthall and a team from the church sung and played for them. Then one evangelist called Villy Vork was invited to preach the Gosple that night. And it was so good! Many prisoners took a real descision to follow Jesus! Many bow the head, closed their eyes and prayed the salvation prayer! A great sight. Then we served everyone "gløgg" (christmasdrink) and cake, which they really appreciated. Later, Villy, dressed as the St. Claus and he gave every one a christmasgift. They were for sure shocked when the saw St.Claus in the prison..hehe..
In the evening we showed a Christian movie on a big screen in the sport hall. A touching movie about the reality of heaven and hell. That the life can suddenly be over and then..what then?

It was a great time there. I talked with several prisoners and I could see that they had receive something strong from God. The power of the Gospel is what people longs for!

(We were not allowed to take any picture inside the prison this time, so I am not able to give you any pictures.)

You here from me sooner or later, be blessed!

2006-12-13T22:34:00.000+02:00

2006-12-04T21:52:00.000+02:00

This day was an intersting day. I was invited by the coverment to visit an old prison in Tallinn. The reason I was invited was because I work as a volantaire in a prison, so I was together with several other prisonworkers also. But that prison is one of the most terrible places I've ever seen. It was built in the 18th century and was closed in 2002. I went into rooms where prisoners have been killed, and it was still marks of blood on the floor! They didn't know how many who have been killed there. During the communist time, thousands were arrested, and the prisons were overbooked. One room, for instance, was made for 16 people, but they had sometimes 50 prisoners inside of that room. They had to sleep in a certain position in order for everyone to fit in. And during the night the guard woke up everyone and told them to change position of sleeping. Grazy..! I also have to add that they slept on the floor without any bed, and druing the winter it could be freezing cold, because the heatingsystem seldom worked...

After visiting that prison, many of us went to a covermentbuilding to eate and talked togehter about the situation in different prisoners. It was good, and I had the chance to share from my own experiences. The main leader for all of the prisoners is a Christian, which make it easy for us to do spread the word of God in prisons.

Believe me, after visiting that prison in Tallinn, you would be more than thankful that you are a free person! Let us use our freedom and our lives to glorify God!

Amen.

2006-12-02T22:45:00.000+02:00

On this picture you see some of the guys from the prison. This week I've been there Tuesday and Thursday, and it is a blessing to be there. There is not much happening in the prison, so the prisoners are coming where things are happening -in the prisonchapel. Many of the prisoners are coming from difficult circumstances, and some are in there for many years. But through that time they hear the Gospel preached and they get the word of God on the inside of them.

Personally I can see big changes in peoples life. Some of them can be difficult to get along with in the beginning, but as the time goes by they are getting more and more soft. You can see that the word of God and His love changes them! The word of God never returns back empty!

On the left side of the picture you see the prisonpriest. He is doing an amazing job. He is like a father to all those guy there, and he has such a respect among the prisoners. It is a privildge to work with him.

Next Sunday we will go with a big group of youth from my church and have a Christmas-concert there. We did that last year also and it was a big success!

2006-11-25T18:42:00.000+02:00

A powerful norwegian psalm

Sometimes I read in a psalmbook that my grandpartens gave me some years ago. Most of the melodies of those psalms don't fit my ear. But the lyricks is so powerful! So now and then I read from this psalmbook. And I did that to night. I just want to share a psalm that was written in 1680, by Joachim Neander:

Jesus, du har brakt Guds rike Nær i ord og
sakrament! For dets makt må Satan vike, Troens
djerve ild er tent. Nakent kors og åpen grav Er de seiertegn du gav.

Mild og sterk på nådens trone Triumferer du, Guds
Lam! Som et tre med mektig krone Skal ditt rike vokse
fram. Over hav og kontinent Skal din seier gjøres kjent.

Jesus, kom og vær til stede, Døp ditt folk med Ånd og
ild! Fyll vårt liv med ekte glede Så vi lever slik du vil.
Rust oss ut til ærlig strid, Til å gå mens det er tid.

(I am sorry for you english-speaking people...you better get hold of a norwegian to help you translate..)

2006-11-25T13:12:00.000+02:00

Back from some fantastic days in Slovakia.

Yesterday night I came back to Estonia! It has been some amazing days in Slovakia. It's getting better and better. The pastorscourse gives me more than I could imagine. This week I listened to teaching about the Church history. It was really interesting and it made me understand that God has been moving all through the centuries. Mighty things have happended. One example is a church father called, Ireneus (130-202), who was casting out demons, gave sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf. Even dead persons were raised up! The Church was moving strong!!

But later the Church splitted up, and miracles ceased. But still God used different people in mighty ways! It is intersting to see how God has restored things back to his original plan. And that we live in a time where God gives us insight about his will, so will can start to live like the early Church. A Church that manifested the Glory of God.

Yesterday I had also the chance to see Prague for the first time. I had to wait on the airport for many hours, so I descided to see Prague. God blessed me! On the airplane from Slovakia I sat next to a missionary from Spain. (You see her on my left side. The picture above is also from Prague) She was together with some school teachers from Spain and helped them interpreting. They invited me to join them in the city. They had to wait for a plane too. So they guided me around to famous places. We had such a good time together. And I want to learn Spanish as never before!!

It's good to be back in Estonia. And I will run fast now, the time before Christmas!

Be blessed;)

2006-11-19T19:01:00.000+02:00

22 years old to day

Yes, so to day I am finally 22 years of age...I guess it's a good age, or? Let's say so. At least I am happy to be here attending this pastorscourse. This morning at the breakfast, they sung the birthdaysong first in english, then in russian, greek, spanish and swedish...Never experience that before;) I feel so blessed to be here. Sometimes I feel that God is too good to me! And he is..that's why I want to serve Him with all of my heart!

This day have been just great. Most of the pastors went to the church, and I just love this church! Then we went some people to downtown, where we relaxed and eate some ice-cream on Mc Donald's.

Yesterday we move to an other place for the lessons. The building (where the picture is taken from, to the left) was actually a former cummunism school! But thank God for the fall of the communist regime, and to day the building is used to teach pastors!! Hallelujah, that's what I call victory!

The next coming week we will have teaching in church history. I have heard that this course is very special and a great blessing. So I am looking forward to it!

Ok, that was a shorte update! Be blessed!

2006-11-16T16:12:00.000+02:00

Tuesday I landed in Slovakia and when I came out of the airplane, I was surprised of the warm temperature. No sign of the winter yet... Very good to be back and to meet the others again. This week we're learing about "Modern Humanism". It might sound boring, but it is intersting to learn about how people have been thinking and acting through history. You see how it has influenced the church and their way of thinking. Even to day we are influenced by what happend in the 18th century. So this subjcet covers the time from the 17th-20th century. It is amazing to see how God has been moving, and how he has restored things back step by step. After listening to this teaching, I realize that we live in really special times, where God has settled things in order for Jesus' return. Still there is a job to be done before that happen, but we live in interesting times, that's for sure! And soon and very soon, we are going to see the King!! That is a reality.

2006-11-13T09:49:00.000+02:00

Yesterday the soccer team from my city, Fredrikstad, won the cup in Norway!! They beat the other team, Sandefjord, 3-0!! And guess what?! Two of those goals were made of an ESTONIAN player named, Raio Piiroja! So even here in Estonia people are celebration Raio and FFK for their victory!

2006-11-12T20:46:00.000+02:00

Hei! Now I just came back from the church in Polva. Because to day I had the priviledge to preach there. It was a blessing to be there and share the word. I shared about the Living water that flows on the inside of us. From reading in John 4:10,14, you see Jesus talking with the samaritan woman. So I used this story to learn from what Jesus did. Jesus new He was a gift from God, He knew he possessed Living water, and He knew that he could give it away! If you want to know more, get the tape hehe..God is so good! I love that church and the people there were so hungry for God, you could just sence it. Next to me is my dear friend, Tom, who was helping me interpreting. He did a great job!

Yesterday I invited my friends to celebrate by my 22nd birthday. My real birthday is on the 19th, but then I am in Slovakia for the pastorscourse. That was actually the second time I had my birthday in Estonia. Maybe more in the future, who knows? It was a blessing for me to have them over! I am getting older guys...but I'm getting closer and closer to heaven.

Earlier the same day, many of the youths from Polva went down to the marketplace in the city. It was a great time for all of us. For some of the youths it was the first time reaching out to other people. So we had baked a lof of cakes and served tea and coffee. A good opportunity to talk to people and sow into their lives. It is important for us Christians to be visible to people. This way was a good start for the Polva youths, and it's something that we'II continue with!

Tuesday I will go to Slovakia and I'm looking forward to it. It was such a blessing for me last time. I am thankful to God for his provision and that I am able to go there. What an a wonderful God we serve!! You hear from me later;)

2006-11-07T20:03:00.000+02:00

Yes, yes, I know there has been a while since I updated my blogg, but be mercyful to me, dear friends. After being here in Estonia for about 9 months, I have discovered my great mission. When you look at that picture you might think that I've move into a new apartment, but you're wrong. It is inside the church. The winter has arrived and it's getting colder and colder (last winter it was -30 and windy..ohhohææ) So the bulding needs to be heated up. And it is not done through electricity or gass, but through wood. It is done in the hard way, the old Russian way. So this week I've offered to help out, and so far have I been there for 20 hours. Missionwork is not just from the pulpit preaching, but ALL what is necesarry for the church to function. The Bible say that if you are faithful in the small Jesus sets you over more. So when I am making fire to heat up the church, I am getting ready to spread the Holy Ghost fire all over the world..hehe..I like to do this thing, because I am there on my own, it is quiet and great time for prayer. Sometimes I think I have the same feeling as king David on the sheperdfield. During those silent hours on his own, he discovered God in a mighty way. Most of his written psalms came from those times. Ps. 86:10-12 is one great example:

"For you are great and work wonders! You alone are God.
Teach me Your way, O Lord, I will walk in your truth: unite my heart to fear your Name.
I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; and I will glorify you name forevermore."

Let the fire of God burn on the inside of you! People are freezing to death because of lack of fire. Must you be the one that enlights the fire of Jesus Christ on the inside of peoples lives!

Be blessed!

2006-10-23T21:31:00.000+03:00

Right now I am in Slovakia and attending a pastorcourse! I have been here for about a week and on Friday I'II return back to Estonia. It has been such a blessing to be here. There are about 85 pastors and leaders here, representing 20 different nations. So I have got to know many wonderful people. I am the only one from Norway and the youngest one too, but that is great:) The first day of the week, Ulf Ekman was teaching and it was outstanding as usual. Teachers from Word of life University like; Svante Rumar, Paul Burge and Birgitta Andersson have been here too. And every day has given me so much revelation in the word. It has been amazingly good! On the picture on the top you see the word of life church in Bratislava (the city where I am in). The worship was heavnly and fresh, a church full of life! The other picture is of all of the pastors in the classroom...

2006-10-14T12:13:00.000+03:00

Cellgroup:

I just wanted to show you the guys in my cellgroup. Yesterday we had the gathering in my place and we had a great time together. The theme was "worship". Both Andrus (the one in red shirt) and I shared from our heart. We had a blessed time together!

2006-09-27T18:07:00.000+03:00

Yesterday I went to the youthprison in Viljandi for the first time after arriving here in Estonia. It was so good to see those guys again. There were many familiar faces, but also some new. It is special to see those prisoners who are born again, because they are really like brothers to me. Because we have all Jesus as our Lord. We had a great time together and I guess there were over 10 guys gathered in the churchroom. Both the prisonpriest and I shared the word! I will go there every Tuesday, but I will try to go more often also if I'm able to. I am a bit depended on having a interpreter with me (which I will on tuesdays). Some of the prisoners and the priest speaks ok english, but it is a little hard for them to interpret! But it was wonderful to be back again!

You can see the University building pictured. The reason is that I will try to start a evangelistic work among the students this year. So to day I put up posters on the different faculties which invited the christian students for a meeting. I want to see how many Christians there are among the 20 000 students! Imagine just to lead 1% of the students to Jesus? That equals 200 souls!! I will at least start now and then I have to trust God for His guidance and favour! This year, the Name of Jesus will be lifted up and known among the students in Tartu! Amen.

2006-09-27T17:46:00.000+03:00

Visitation from Norway!

This weekend Tom and Sara came to Tartu. We had such a good time together. They came on Friday and Tom preached at the youthmeeting, and on Saturday he had a seminar called "pastoral care". Sunday he also had the morning service in church. Tom has a very important role in the Word of Life church, and he means a lot for the pastor and the congregation! This was his 41th time in Estonia and he will travel to Estonia on a regular basis in the coming future. He will actually come back in three weeks and also in November and in Januray. Unfortunately I won't see him so much, because I'II be on the pastor course when he is here. That's life my friends. Sometimes you can't make everything. Ok, that was just a short update on what was happeing this weekend!

Remember, Jesus is Lord!!

2006-09-19T16:14:00.000+03:00

Dear friend!

Just want to say hello and tell you that this sunday Anette and I went to Riga in Latvia. Ulf Ekman was preaching in one of the churches there (a huge and good looking church) It was so inspireing to listen to Ulf preaching about the spirit of faith! Right now I am reading his book "Faith that overcomes the world", a powerful book that all christians should read! Yeah, so we came to Latvia just before the service 11am and then we spent the rest of the day in Riga. What a nice city it is?! I will actually travel to this city every month this year. As you know I will take the pastorcourse in Slovakia, and I realized that the cheapest way to get there, is to travel from Riga Airport. You see, to take the buss from Tartu to Riga (back and forth) will only cost me 70NOR!!! A ride for free allmost...Jupp, that was all I had to say for this time, but you hear from me soon;)

2006-09-12T18:43:00.000+03:00

Yesterday I came back from an awsome trip! I feel so blessed after being travelling with Carl Gustav. We spent first two days in Bulgaria, where it was a confernece. And it was just great! It was such a breakthrough and the messages that where preached went straight into the peoples heart. A strong faith atmosphere filled everyone! EARLY Saturday morning we went to Albania (we didn't get much sleep during those days hehe..), where he had two services! It was four intensive days where I experienced a lot. I met so many wonderful people. I believe it is impossible to not start to love them!! They are filled with life and joy. The best experience was to get to know Carl Gustav through hours on the airplane and different places. Sunday night we played bowling with an other pastor couple, and on the picutre you see him making a strike. He is such a man to honour and a person I respect more and more. A great example to follow. It is amazing to see how many people that get blessed through a man who has given his life to God! Let us all give our lives 100% to God, let us give ALL we have, and let us bless others with our lives.

I have also descided to attend the pastor course Livets Ord is arranging in Slovenia in the city called Brattislava. It is a intensive course for pastors and leaders, with subjects like Church history, Couseling, Mission strategies and much more. It will be one week every month from october until mai. I am looking so forward to it and I believe it will develop me a lot. After being in Estonia I understand more and more that I need more knowledge and traning. Training time is neve wasted time! But I believe it will be a perfect combination to get practical training here in Estonia and receive strong academical traning on this pastor course!

God is good! This afternoon I also arrived in Taru, and it feels much better than I thought to come back to Estonia! I am so excited for the coming months that awaits me! You'II here from me soon;)

2006-09-04T16:03:00.000+03:00

Hei!

Just want to send a brief update to what I have done lately. This past week, one of my best friends (from England) visited me and spent one week in Norway. He is one of the guys I lived together with during the Bibleschoolyear in USA. So I desided to let him discover some of the beautiful parts of Norway. So we drove the car first to my family in Sogn og Fjordane, then to Bergen and visited my onkle and aunt, then to Haugesund to see some of our friends from Bibleschool and finally in Stavanger where we also stayed with a young couple we both knew from the Bibleschool year. One the picture you see us on the famous place called "Prekestolen". What a place? Oh God, what a creator He is!! On the way over the mountain of Hemsedal we suddenly saw a couch that somebody had forgot (they must have been in a big hurry..)But we thought if was funny, so we took a rest there..

To morrow I am going to Uppsala in Sweden, because on Thurday I will travel with Carl Gustav to Albania and Bulgaria. I am so excited for what God has in store! So next week on the 12th of September I am returning back to Estonia! It is an honour to serve my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ and be use by Him.

Be blessed my friends, and check out the blog now and then in the future to come;)

2006-08-20T03:58:00.000+03:00

Hei hei hei!

I know I haven't been good at updating my blog this summer. The reason is that I haven't used much time infront of my computer...But I am still alive! Juhuuu..I have worked a lot this summer, even though I have had some free time to relax. But there have been some houses painted this summer. Some don't understand how I can stand to paint house after house, summer in and summer out. But I do it with for one main reason, and that is to earn money for the coming year in Estonia..And God has blessed me with great painting projects. I thank God for his goodness!! So the 12th of Septembe I'II return back to Estonia. Hallelujah;) For how long I don't know yet, but I guess until christmas time. I know God wants me to go back, so I am excited to follow His guidance and be where He wants me to be. But before I move to Estonia I am so lucky to travel with Carl Gustav Severin. He is my hero and I man of God that I highly respect. I feel SO BLESSED to be able to travel with him to Albania and Bulgaria Thursday to Sunday the first week of September. I can't wait to go!! A great year is ahead of us and God has wonderful things in store for us all. Let us obey His calling for our life and surrender ourselves wholehearted to Him!
Be blessed!

2006-07-02T18:01:00.000+03:00

Titt tei (hello in norwegian.)

One picture describes more than 1000 words, so I don't need to write too much this time (let's see hehe). This picture was taken yesterday, when two of my friends and I went out with the boat. Just look at this picture and the view I have behind me. I might also introduce my dear friend standing behind me, Ole Thorbjørn. Life is so good here in Norway at the moment and the weather is outstanding. When that picture was taken, I am about to jump into the water which holds a temperature around 20C, and it's getting warmer..johoo. There is no doubt about it, the summer has arrived to the viking land.

In the evening that same day we went some more guys to a youthconferance in a place called Hedmarktoppen, about 200km north of my hometown. The missionary, Johannes Amritzer was preaching (you find his website adress below on the lift side.) It was such a powerful evening where close to 100 youth received Jesus into their hearts and about 100 youths were baptized in the Holy Spirit. Johannes was preaching about how much ONE LIFE is worth. How much is it worth for you? I am not able to refere to all what he said, but my desire to live my life for others grew even more.

So many people all over the world are crying out for the Saviour who can help them and meet their needs. Are you willing to offer your "good"reputation, your own dreams for others? Are you willing to lay down your life for Jesus Christ so that he can use you to reach people in need? To day there are more than 6 billion people on the face of the earth, which means that there are more people on this planet than there are people in heaven!! God desires to reap this great harvest and bring as many as possible to heaven!! But He can do NOTHING without your willing heart, without your feet, arms and mouth in action! God is depending on YOU! One day you will stand face to face with Jesus, and he will ask you; "What did you use your life for, did you just live to please yourself, or did you live to lead soul after soul to heaven?" You can choose what to answer;)

Have a great summer!!

2006-05-31T20:08:00.000+03:00

Summer moves on!

Now a days I am working and working here in Norway. Last week I made ready our boat wood (it is actually from 1938!! But it looks good ..) So I am looking forward for some nice boat trips this summer. Nothing is like listening to the sound from this old boat while driving on the ocean. These last days I have started to paint, which I will work with during this summer. I stared to paint my first house when I was 15-16 years old and since then I have been painting houses...but I like it and at least it is a good way to earn "big" money..hehe..But one of the problems is that I am not very good to clean my hands after a day of painting so all through the summer you see me with red, or white (all the colors of the rainbow) painiting spots on my hands..

But life is good and God is great! Something I like very much by painting is that I get a lot of time to think about life, about God and His word. Yeh, yeh..See you later then my dear blogg-reader! Enjoy the summer. You hear from me sooner or later:)

2006-05-07T22:23:00.000+03:00

A great weekend!

This weekend my dear youthpastor from Norway, Tom Jensen, came to Estonia. I have been so blessed by his stay here in Tartu. One reason is that he lived together with me in my apartment, and we had such a good time. To day we went to buy food..and he told me: "Sigurd, just feel free and find whatever you need of food and I will pay for it. Just be bold." Can you imagine? So I did what he said..hehe..and I feel like a blessed man to day. I won't starve for some weeks now hehe.. But I was fed spiritually as well. Friday Tom had the youthservice, and the Holy Spirit was greatly manifested that night. It was just wonderful! Saturday, all the youthleaders were gathered and Tom had a leadermeeting about "Vision". How important it is to go with the vision that God has given you, and Tom shared many different aspects around this theme! It was so encouraging! This morning he had the sundayservice in church, and once again many people were toughed by God.

I tell you folks, God is working here in Estonia. Something is about to happen here. You can just sence it...And I am so thankful to God that I can be a part of what He does here in Estonia:)

Live radical for the Lord and be a wessel of fire for God! You are the carrier of the revival of God. You are carrying the presence and power of God, and you can give it to others. There are so many to day that needs to experience the LIVING God! And you are the one that God will use...if you want to. Be a part of what God is doing these last days! You don't want to miss out...

2006-05-02T13:32:00.000+03:00

Hei! Yesterday I had a wonderful day! We went three cars packed with people to Põlva and watched motorcross! It was so exciting to look at, and if I have had a crosser I would have participated hehe.. On this picture you see how they were jumping, and I guess some of their jumps were about 30 meter long. They were flying...!

After some hours watching, we went to pastor Einos countryside
and barbecued. And I got to taste my favourite meat, called Sachlek...I can't describe how tasteful it is, and it you haven't tasted it, you have missed something very vital in your life;) I also have to say that I took my first bath (outside) this year, and it was veeeery refreshing!!

Be blessed then, dear blogg reader.

2006-04-25T19:43:00.000+03:00

Hei everyone!

I guess you think I have left the planet since I haven't updated the blogg for a while. But I am still on this planet Earth and still in Estonia. I went on an Easter vecation to Norway. Actually I stayed at a place called Drevdagen on the swedish side, close to Trysil. Ten friends of mine went up there and rented 6 snowscooters. I think it was the most fun Easter vecation I have had in my entire life! We had so much fun...and drove scooters on the top of mountains and through forests. It was just a great experinence. In the evening we went on meetings (powerful Holy Ghost meetings)! God, friends and snowscooters are a good combination...

Wednesday night I arrived in Estonia! Here in Estonia is the summer closer than in Norway. Yesterday I could have worn T-shirt and shorts, it was awesome weather! By the way, the time is flying, and soon I will leave Estonia for the summer. Can you believe it?! So I just have to give all that I have this last part. It has been a blessed time here in Estonia! I know I'm not the same as I was when I started in Estonia. It has been a time where I have gained a lot of experience and matured. This year has given me a stronger desire to serve the Lord and to commit my life to Him! But what God wants me to do next year I will not tell you yet;) I will come back to that...Be blessed then my dear friends. Stay tuned to heaven!!

2006-04-04T10:12:00.000+03:00

The Name Above All Other Names -The Name of Jesus!

"Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and those under the earth,
and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
(Phil. 2:9-11)

I love those verses! When God rose Jesus from the pit of hell, the Name of Jesus was given to Him. Jesus Christ won the full victory over sin and death, and defeated the devil once and for all. Jesus took back everything that the devil had stolen and disarmed him completely! To day there is nothing that has dominion of this Name! Everything has to bow down before this Name. A believers and ambassadors of the Kingdom of God, we have been given the right to use this Name (Mark 16;17) We are the carriers of this wonderful name! You are possessing all authority in heaven and earth! When you speak out that Name, all darkness, all fear, all sickness, all depression, all hate have to bow down down. When you speak out this Name, the Glory of God takes place and all darkness have to flee!! Halleluja. This Name has been given you, and God wants you to use it.

Live in victory, and stand strong in the Lord!

2006-03-27T12:14:00.000+03:00

A norwegian psalm:

Lev for Jesus, for alt annet er ei verdt å kalles liv!
Til den vennen fremfor andre helt og fult ditt hjerte giv!

Lev for Jesus, samle sjeler, Fylk dem under korsets flagg! Skynd deg før enn natten kommer, Virk mens ennå det er dag!

Tusen, tusen arme sjeler Lengter etter liv og fred,
Si dem noen ord om Jesus Før enn livets sol går ned!

Si dem hva du selv har funnet, Vitne om hva Gud deg gav!
Vis dem kjærlighetens kilde, Nådens hav du øser av!

Lev for Jesus, gi din Frelser Livets vakre ungdoms vår!
Gi ham og din manndoms styrke, Gi ham alderdommens år!

Gi deg helt! For han som ber deg, Selv har gitt seg helt
for deg. Da han fattig og foraktet gikk her nede korsets vei.

Gi deg helt! Og vit at ingen, Ingen der har angret på!
Lev for Jesus til du salig får inn til hans hvile gå!

(Written by Linda Sandell 1873, Sangboken)

2006-03-26T15:46:00.000+03:00

The presence of God.

"I will extol You, My God, O King; And I will bless your name forever and ever.
Every day I will bless you, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised.
And His greatness is unsearchable."
Ps. 145:1-3

Yesterday there was a worshipnight in Word of Life Church in Tartu. It was just heavenly! The presence of God was so precious. It is nothing as dwelling in the presence of the Lord, to taste His goodness! The same God that Abraham, Moses or King David worshiped, is the same God that we can worship to day. When I think of that, I need to give my God some of my time and start praising Him. He wants us to walk with Him and adore Him all the days of our lives! So let us give Him our attention and spend some time in His wonderful presence!

Have a blessed day!

2006-03-20T17:17:00.001+02:00

Heisann heisann!

This weekend I was on a youthcamp with youths from the church in Taru. And it turned out to be real success! Friday evening we arrived on a peaceful area, one hour south of Taru. That night we had a woundeful time together with social activites and barbecue. When everyone had went to bed, three other guys and I went to the sauna. After that I was relaxed and more than ready for a good night sleep:) Saturday we woke up to a dream-weather and many went for skiing. In the evening we had a youthservice where pastor Eino was preaching. Actually he didn't preach so much that evening because the Holy Spirit had other plans. The Holy Spirit took over and the presence of God was greatly manifested. Youths were praying for eachother and they were all met by God! It was a wonderful eveing! That's the best thing with youthcamps like this, when youths that maybe never have met God personally, can meet Him in a strong way and their lifes are changed forever!

I am so glad I can serve a God who is alive to day, a God that loves us and desire the best for us! Sunday, the last day of the camp, we visited a Baptist church in that city. In the morning Eino was preaching (the Holy Spirit was there still, and He had some words from Heaven to give us..). In the evening I had the priveledge to preach at the youthservice (I don't know if I ever will have the chance to preach in a Baptist church...maybe..hehe..) I was speaking about how God has equiped us and made us ready to spread His Kingdom to the ends of the earth!

Be blessed brothers and sisters!

Jesus is Lord!!

2006-03-08T23:06:00.000+02:00

Vecation in Norway!!

I figured out it was time to let you know that I am still alive...Right now I'm actually in Norway. I came Saturday, but next Monday I'II return to Estonia..I can't stay too long here;) So now a days I am working and saving up some extra money (In April I will go on trip to Russia, and some extra money is needed..) My mum got me bussy, and she have a long list of things she wants me to do...The last couple of days I have ironed my dads shirts..and yes, it took about two days to finish. And still there is more to do (we have a iron-room at home, and it is unfolded clothes everywhere!!) But to day I went over to the kitchen and washed the shelves there...You are probably not intersting in reading a list of what I am doing the whole day. I need to say that I was skiing about 20 km to day. There is so much snow here in Norway, it is beautiful! They say it hasn't been like this for 40 years!! So next time it will experience this, I might be around 60 years old. So I better enjoy this before my stomach gets too big, and my hair too grey;) Life is good! This coming weekend, Ulf Ekman is coming to Zoè Church, and I have great expectations for it! Stay blessed!!

2006-02-16T11:08:00.000+02:00

VALENTINES DAY:

This Tuesday was not like any others days, it was the Valentines Day! Instead of wasting time and money on a date with a girl, I wanted to do something radical...maybe not very radical, but it was funny. Together with some other youths from church we went to downtown Tartu. There we handed out warm tea, and chocolate for people passing by. We also gave them a red Valeintines-card formed as a heart, and the scripture from Joh 3:16 was written on.

We had a really good time, and people enjoyed it a lot. Many wondered why we did this for them, what kind of people we were. This opened the door to tell the Gospel to them! I like this kind of thing, and we should do this more often. As Christians we should be much more visible to people! So this was a good way to celebrate Valentines day, wasn't it?

Be a witness for Jesus;)

2006-02-05T23:00:00.000+02:00

Heisann! This evening Mihkel and I went to prison (not because we robed a bank..). We had such a blessed time as always. We never know how it turns out to be, but God is faithful and leads the way -as always! First we visited an "open cell". A cell with six prisoners who are allowed to work, and have more "freedom" than the rest of the prisoners. Majority of those are released from prison in some months...So to day we actually discussed marrige;) And I have a lof of experience hehe,...not. But we had some good conversations! Then we went to our churchroom and gathered about 20 prisoners. Mihkel shared about "the believers authority", and it was very good! We are now planning to start some kind of a bibleschool. Our goal is then to start a training program for the christian prisoners, and teach them the word of God! Then we will also have gatherings for the rest of the prisoners, with focus on evangelism! So I believe great things are about to happen! Please pray for us and the prison ministry;) Bless you all!!

2006-01-18T22:34:00.000+02:00

Here you see my bedroom hehe..no, here I cut my firewood. Now a days wood is needed big time! It is so cold outside..this morning it was 25 degrees below freezing! You can't stay outside more than 10 minutes before you need some warm air...People say that in a couple of days it will be even colder outside, probably 30-35 degrees below freezing! This room(pictured) actually keeps the same temperature inside as outside:) Missionlife is hard, don't you think?

2006-01-15T20:00:00.000+02:00

Praise God!
This evening I have been in the prison. We had a wonderful time together with the guys. It is so amazing to both feel and see that God is working in the midst of us! To day we ministered to 10 prisoners. And guess what, 8 of those invited Jesus into their heart! Isn't that amazing?! I think this is just a glimbs of what we will see, what God has in His heart to do. Now we have a group of people that we can start to train and help them grow in the Lord!!

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek." Rom 1:16

2006-01-14T12:41:00.000+02:00

Here you see some pictures from prison! Those pictures are taken in descember when we came with a team...We had such a good time there, and the prisoners really enjoyed it too. The guy next to me in orange shirt, is Mihkel. He is helping me to interpet to Estonian. So both of us minister in the prison every weekend. (The other guy interpet from Estonian to Russian..so I never know how my words will turn out in the end..hehe)

This weekend we continuing in the prison:) I am so excited about the time that is ahead! Many prisoners will meet God and be changed for lifetime!!

2006-01-13T00:11:00.000+02:00

This picture is not taken in Estonia for sure. The tallest mountain here is about 300 meter over the sea. But this picture is taken from a place in Norway, called Norefjell. It takes about 3 hours to drive north from my hometown, Fredrikstad. My brother, sister and I were driving slalom. I can do that forever, it is so much fun! And as you can see, the weather wasn't that bad either:)

2006-01-12T23:52:00.000+02:00

I just wanted you to see my dear family..Here you see us around the table, eating some good food one of the christmasdays...The picture is not the best maybe, but you can see my parents in the front, Ove and Gro, and my three brothers, Mikael, Daniel and Benjamin(behind the candels). In the left corner you see my only dear sister, Lise!

2006-01-08T17:30:00.000+02:00

Happy New Year everyone! Now I am back in Estonia, and a great time is waiting. I had a wonderful time in Norway together with my family and friends. But it is feels very good to be back. I am so excited for what's ahead and what God has in store! After Christmas I returned to Estonia with a team from Zoè Church (you can see all of us on the picture..) We had a wonderful time together and it was sad to let them go. It is a pleasure to fellowship with brothers and sister in the Lord and longs to serve Him!

Let us run the race that Jesus had set before us this year! I heard one say;"Life is too short so I have to run!" We live in important times, and there is no time to lose.

God bless you all!

2005-12-23T22:18:00.000+02:00

"For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given;

And the government will be upon His shoulder.

And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

Isaiah 9:6

2005-12-23T21:38:00.000+02:00

HoHo!!
To morrow we will celebrate Christmas Eve. Think about it...to morrow night people all over the world are celebrating Jesus, the Son of God, who was born to live among us. I think that is incredible! Some may not belive Jesus was born at all...they rather think that it's just a sweet fairy tale.. If the majority of the world population think this way, I find it is incredible as well! Because then we have people all over the world getting free from their job for just one reason- to celebrate a Jesus-baby from a fairy tale...No, it is not a fairy tale! Jesus was born in Betlehem for you and me, for the humanity! That is the reality and the truth!

Let us honor Him in this time of the year, and thank Him for all He has done for us!

I wish you all a Mary Christmas and a Happy New Year:=)

2005-12-10T22:36:00.000+02:00

Every saturday I am serving God in a youthprison. It is a blessing to be there! The more I am with them, the more compassion I get for them. And God put on my heart to do something special for them, in this time of the year.

Therefore we visited the prison with a youthteam from the church in Tartu(you can see those precious people on the picture!) We wanted the prisoners to get a taste of christmas. Around 75 prisoners gathered in a gymhall and listened to us. So we were singing several christmas-songs for them. And it sounded so good! Then Anette testified..very good! One of the guys on our team testified as well. Earlier he actually stayed in prison for 4 years. He really know what this prisonlife is all about. But then he spoke of how God got hold of His life and changed it in a tremendous way! When you looked at the prisoners, you could see they were touched by this testimony. In the end I was sharing what christmas is all about- the reality of it. The presence of God was there the whole time. I believe all the prisoners were touch by God, through songs and the different words that were spoken.

When we were finished performing, we went down to the kitchen together with all the prisoners. The reason was, that we had made ready cakes and mullet claret(gløgg) for them! They enjoyed this very much. And when they had finishing eating and drinking, we gave a christmas gift for every single prisoner...(a chocolate and a card with a bibleverse and a greeting from the youths)

We had a wonderful time to day. By doing all of this, we're showing that we do care for them, and that we wanted to bless them! We talked to some of the guys in the prison, and they were so thankful- it meant a lot to them. I am so excited for the coming year, and the time I will have in the prison. God is so good, so merciful and faithful! He can change the life of everyone, and I am ever thankful for it!!

2005-12-10T22:16:00.000+02:00

After living one year in America, I also experinced what American-christmas is all about. It really means you need to wear sunglasses in nighttime, because the christmaslights are hanging EVERYWHERE! But after seeing christmas in Tartu, I'm realizing that estonians are about to follow up those americans..! On this picture you can see the City Hall in Tartu, decorated with christmans lights.

You should have been here...

2005-12-10T21:43:00.000+02:00

For those of you that think Estonia is somekind of a grey and sad country...think one more time..just take a look at this picture. Isn't it beautiful? Behind the christmastree, you can see the City hall of Tartu. Tartu is an old city, and has kept its old buildings. So when you walk on the streets in Tartu, you are surrounded by big and old buildings. Those buildings, mixed with some christmas-lights, make it very cosy:) By the way, Tartu is a veeery cheap place to buy christmas gifts!!

2005-12-02T17:53:00.000+02:00

Yeah! Here you see the master chef! You may think that pizza is the only thing I can make? And you have absolutely right. Or, let me think..I have actually made some spagetti and some caserolle(?)...not too bad, is it?

I talked to my mum the other day, and she convinced me to try to make some fish..and I took the chance. You can't believe it! It turned out to be, what I call, a fenomenal dinner. It tasted just marvellous! But then..I tried to repeat my sucsess in the end of this week. I did excatly the same as the first time. My expectations was so high..I was even proud of myself. But then I closed my eyes and took my first taste...juikkyææææææ! I was about to collapse. Something went wrong..

So from now on, I'II stick to my safe and always tasteful PIZZA! By the way, it is good that it is a norwegian girl(Anette), that sometimes invites me home for dinner. Then I have the chance to taste something else than Estonian pizza..So now you have seen some glimps of my food conditions on the missionfield:)

2005-12-01T18:54:00.000+02:00

Hello my dear friends!

This is actually my first website ever in my 21-year long life. So from now on you have the chance to follow my Estonian life in details. Maybe not all the details, but... As you may understand, I am living in Estonia, working as a missonary. So on this blog I will give you some reports and post different pictures for you to watch:)

I will try to do my best! Please post some comments to what I write or just say hello. You will hear from me soon and maybe I will hear from you as well??!