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;)

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!!

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?

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

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!!

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:)

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!

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!

"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

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:=)

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!!

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...

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!!

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:)

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??!