Here we go for 2010!!!

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Howdy!! The 2010 SDTS is on the run! See you in the slopes or in VANCOUVER!! ;)

Graduation / Valmistujaiset 2009

Well, the time came to bring this school to an end. We've had good time... Just thinking back - the DTS brought us to five (!!) countries (in addition to Finland) and gave us all so many friends, so many experiences, we learned so many new things...

Be encouraged to join us next year – to know God and make Him known!




Tuli aika pistää saattaa tämä koulu päätökseen. (Sniff.) Oli hieno DTS jälleen kerran. Jälkeenpäin on mahtava ajatella, että tämä OP-koulu vei meidät viiteen eri maahan (Suomen lisäksi) – saimme kaikki paljon uusia ystäviä, kokemuksia ja opimme niin paljon.

Tule mukaan ensi vuonna – tuntemaan Jumala paremmin ja tekemään hänet tunnetuksi!!

Well done!!

Isä Taivaan, tätä kaupunkia kädelläsi siunaa!

Well done? Was it well done...? Did we even do our best? Even if it did, would that have changed the world - or the Baltics? Could we have achieved more, worked harder (despite the rain), been more persistent in prayer, been more courageous...?

We'd sure long to hear the Lord say: "Well done!" But, towards the end of the training/outreach some of us felt that we maybe did not reach what we expected of the outreach. We did not see great revival spread accross the Baltics like a wildfire. We did not have too much thrill all the time... even the car was working perfectly the whole trip. And as for ourselves ..."I was not as courageous I wanted to be. I was not as good leader as I dreamed of being..."

But He replied: He said He was sad that we felt disappointed and unable to celebrate on what we had done during the outreach trip. What...?? God himself felt sad that we were disappointed to ourselves! THAT'S QUITE AN ENCOURAGEMENT!! Even though we did not see many impossible things, God said He was more happy to what we did than we were ourselves! That is something, dude! Our Papa is simply so good!!!

Hyvin tehty!

Hyvin tehty? Oliko se sitten hyvin tehty? Teimmekö edes parastamme? Annoimmeko kaikkemme Baltian hyväksi? .. Niin, olisimmeko voineet saada aikaan enemmän jos olisimme olleet ahkerampia, rohkeampia, sitkeämpiä?

Me kaikki haluaisimme kuulla Herran sanat: "Hyvin tehty sinä uskollinen palvelija!"... Mutta, aktion loppua kohti muutamat meistä kokivat, että emme ehkä tehneetkään parastamme, emme onnistuneet... emmekä saavuttaneet kaikkia niitä (epärealistisia) tavoitteita joita matkallemme asetimme. Emme nähneet suurta herätystä Baltiassa, eikä aina ollut suuren seikkailun tuntua... autokin toimi moitteettomasti koko matkan... Ja olimme ehkä pettyneitä ennen kaikkea itseemme: "En ollut niin rohkea kuin olisin halunnut olla... en ollut sellainen johtaja, jota haaveilin olevani..."

Mutta Hän vastasi! Hän sanoi, että Hän oli surullinen siitä, että koimme pettymystä, emmekä osanneet täysin sydämin iloita ja riemuita siitä, mitä kaikkea saimme tehdä ja kokea aktiossa. Jumala itse oli surullinen siitä, että olimme pettyneitä itseemme! Mitäähh? Mikä rohkaisu!!! Vaikka emme nähneet kovin paljoa mahdottomia asioista aktiossa, Jumala sanoi, että Hän oli tyytyväisempi meihin kuin me itse! Se on jo jotain! Wau!

Rukouskävelyllä Liettuassa

The last weeks in Estonia...

Well, one word could say more than thousand pictures, but I'll try to cover the activities of 3 weeks in a few pictures and words, too...

After a short break in Saaremaa we drove to Turi in central Estonia. There we stayed at and worked with a local church. That was a little bit difficult time for us as a team as there was not much work to do and it was difficult to even do anything outdoors as it was raining almost all the time. The difficult time, however, brought us somewhat closer to each other as a team. We also made good friends with some of the youth in the church.

In Tallinn did some cleaning and minor maintenance at the base. We also did prayer walks in Tallinn and an overnight prayer "marathon", during which God spoke to us many things. That was a great night! We also visited the city of Narva in the east (and we saw Russia!!) and did another visit to Turi. Many different people shared of their insight and visions for Estonia and we were really thrilled to hear of many interesting stuff. In total, during our trip we drove some 7000 km.

The last days we spent in the base in Tallinn for debriefing etc. Even though some of our expectations were not met, we were really delighted when, on the very last day, God shared His heart about the expectations, encouraging us that even though we might not be happy as we did not see all the great things we were expecting, He was still rejoicing over our trip and work more than we did ourselves! Wow! Our Father is so Good! The Baltic countries still may need a lot of "preparing the soil" before greater things can happen. Let us pray that the greater things will happen on God's time!!

...going all the way...

Rainy days' blues

Some of the days it seemed that rain was our constant companion...
Well, thank God for the rain - it's good for the plants!
Let it rain...
let it rain!

We indeed had a rainy summer.. sometimes it changed our plans, but we also enjoyed some sunshine, especially during the Lootuse fest.

a missing post from Narva

Due to limited internet access, I couldn't post this. I promised the girls we met at a Russian speaking church in Narva that this will go on the blog, so here we go!

Narva is a very interesting place as it was situated by the borders of Estonia and Russia. I'm really thankful that we came to this place. It is very rich in history and has a great scenery - the castles on both sides facing each other, and the river in between. We also went to the biggest church in Estonia, where you can have an overview of Russia and the city, Narva. We didn't only play as good tourists but made sure we spoke blessings over these two nations.

We had a great time with the youths at the Russian-speaking church. I was telling myself, why haven't we come earlier? Anyhow, it was very encouraging to see these youngsters on fire for God and hungry for the Word. It wasn't easy saying goodbyes, especially when you get to connect with them easily. I'd like to take the liberty of saying this to all those youths, "May you continue dreaming God's dreams and living out the life He has purposed for you. Go for it!"

ciao!!!

Light at the end of the tunnel

We all knew, it's coming. One day it is enough and that's it.
If we didn't know we wouldn't have done it. But we knew so we did it.
6 months with strangers. Weird people, talking English and listening to words you've never heard
before. Going to places where you've never been before. Seeing beautiful sceneries and recording important things, not on tape but in your mind. Try to capture every little thing. Every little thing has value and when you think of it, in a while it will have more.
Today is 15th of July and I needed to check on the computer because I lost count.
One thing I know is that we have 6 days to go! It went fast, indeed.
People are waiting now on me. So I am going, going, gone.
For the last time we are heading for Tallin. For the last things!
Changing are lifes, minds and team.

Adieu!

Lootuse fest

Greetings from Saaremaa, the great island in Western Estonia. We had a good but really busy week in Tallinn; we participated as volunteers in the Lootuse fest (well, we thought for a long time that it is about flowers, but the Estonian word 'lootuse' means simply 'hope'...) What we mostly did was that we helped as car park ushers, directing big buses coming from all over Estonia to their right places in the carpark. That was pretty fun...! It was quite big festival, altogether some 30 000 people were estimated to visit the festival during the 3 days. Billy... no, sorry, Franklin Graham, M.W. Smith and Exit were among the speakers / artists.

We also had fun tailgating... You know car park ushers do have some privileges... :)

As for the programme... One interesting, a little bit critical thought that came to our minds is that... why is it so that – once again - the children's programme was so much more fun, entertaining and interactive than that of the adults... Are we too old to enjoy clowns, BMX-bikers and theatre pieces?

The other highlight of the week, of course was the visit of our distinguished school leader, Mr D, as well as Claire, all the way from Finland.

Liettua

Hill of Crosses... there are an estimated 200000 crosses on the hill... But these days it is a pretty touristy place...
Ristikukkulalla on n. 200 000 ristiä... mutta nykyään se on aikamoinen turistirysä.

Läbas! Olemme tosi iloisia ja kiitollisia, että mahdollisuus vierailla Liettuassa aukeni – lähes viime tipassa. Jo Liettuaan saapuminen oli elämys sinänsä: matkalla näimme paljon metsiä ja kirkkaankeltaisia canola-peltoja – niistä piti pysähtyä ottamaan kuvia...

Vietimme kaksi ensimmäistä päivää Plateliaiassa, jossa Liettuan Missionuorten ex-johtajat Randy ja Karen asuvat. Paikka oli todella viihtyisä rauhallinen kylä suuren luonnonsuojelualueen keskellä. Meillä oli myös mahdollisuus ottaa vähän aikaa rauhallisemmin ja niinpä käytimme aikamme puutarhanhoitoon, ulkoiluun ja rukoukseen. Kävimme myös museoksi muutetuussa, NL:n aikaisessa ohjustukikohdassa – se oli aika synkkä paikka.

A local tourist attraction was the remains of the Soviet-era nuclear missile base... That was a grim place...

Kylän laitamilla sijaitsevan kukkulan juurelta löysimme juutalaisten kansanmurhan muistomerkin. Valitettavasti tämänkin kylän juutalaiset surmattiin II maailmansodan aikaan. Surullista Liettualaisten kannalta on – näin meille kerrottiin - että likaisen työn tekivät paikalliset ihmiset... Kuulimme enemmänkin Liettuan historiasta ja täytyy todeta, että varsin sotaista täälläkin on ollut...

Manna-keskuksessa meillä oli mahdollisuus tehdä myös vähän käytännön töitä. We had the chance to do some practical work @ the Manna center.

Plateliaista suuntasimme länsirannikolle Klaipedaan, joka on oikea Baltian helmi. Sanna ja Saulius, jotka toimivat paikallisen City-srk:n johtajina ottivat meidät lyhyellä varoitusajalla vastaan ja majoittivat paikalliseen Manna-nimiseen keskukseen, joka on vielä rakenteilla – siitä on tarkoitus tehdä kirkko/virkistyskeskus/turvakoti/toimisto/... mitä vielä. Rakennnus on suuri ex-hotelli aivan meren rannassa... Oh... ne hiekkarannat!!!

Klaipedassa vierailimme mm. kahdessa paikallisessa koulussa (parhaat kouluvierailut tähän asti), autoimme Manna-keskuksen remontissa, pidimme pyhäkoulua ja vierailimme päiväkeskuksessa. Kävimme myös rukoilemassa paikallisen synagogan (raunioiden) luona. Se oli aika järkyttävä paikka – kaikki muistutti meitä kuivista luista (Hes. 37)



Liettuan vierailumme ei olisi ollut täydellinen ilman pysähtymistä Ristikukkulalla Siauliain lähellä. Siitä voisi kertoa oman tarinansa, mutta kukkula symbolisoi paitsi liettualaisten vastarintaa neuvostoaikana, myös maan varsin voimakasta katolista perinnettä ja uskoa. Tästä voisi kirjoittaa enemmänkin, mutta jääköön toiseen kertaan... Su Dievu!

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Lithuania

Läbas! We are so thankful for the opportunity to be in Lithuania. Entering the country was a fantastic experience – the scenery was exceptional! You look around and you don’t see just thick forests, but bright yellow fields, so we had to pull over at some point and take some pictures at the canola fields.

We spent our first two days in Plateliai, where Randy and Karen live. It was like an oasis for us – first, we were surrounded by a great scenery… lakes with great panoramic view, hills, cows, reserved forest, and away from busy streets and noise. Second, there wasn’t any specific ministry set for us so we did some things we felt the Lord wanted us to do. We did some practical work like gardening, cleaning on the street, and wood work (yay!). We also did some prayer walk through the hills, kind of overlooking the neighborhood. And guess what we found out? We found a Jewish site – it was pretty special place; especially after hearing the history of Lithuania and the Jews in the country during the Soviet Union times… terrible times but there’s still hope. We may not be able to go back and undo the horrible past but we can pray for healing and reconciliation. Yes, we had a quick history lesson from our hosts… so cool! Oh before I forget, we also had a great time playing volleyball and basketball with some youths, who happen to know hosts.

Then we were on the road again heading towards the West coast, Klaipeda. We were warmly welcomed by a wonderful couple we got to know from our previous hosts. Susanna and Saulius have been working with City Church; and they have been faithfully doing some ministry with Manna Retreat Center. Again, we were so blessed with accommodations because we stayed 300 meters away from the beach!!! Our stay in this city was quite busy but relaxing at the same time. We visited Rainbow Christian School – small school but there’s a warm and welcoming atmosphere. After that, we went to a Day Center, at a perfect timing – it was one of the kids’ birthday. How the center was established was very encouraging. One really cool thing in most houses and buildings we’ve been to was, from what you see outside, you wouldn’t dare go in because they looked old and unbecoming but you’ll be amazed with how they look like when you go in. We also enjoyed doing some practical stuff in the building where we stayed and had a great time fellowshipping with the rest of the people from City Church – sharing Finnish licorice to them, playing dodge ball with the Sunday school kids, and having sauna at a wonderful American family.

One of the highlights of our stay in this city was the visit to the synagogue. Personally, it wasn’t easy to be there so all we could do was pray and speak blessing to both the Jews and Lithuanians. Before we head out for a long drive to Estonia, we had a program in the morning at a Public School. We all thought it was really neat because we got a chance to do one of the things we’ve aimed for – to leave a message more than doing drama or songs. It was very encouraging to see the openness from the students and teachers.

Leaving Lithuania won’t be complete without stopping by the Hill of Crosses. Now this is another long story but yeah, it was an interesting experience. Ok, until next time and “Su Dievu!” (it literally means ‘go with God’. Cool, huh!

Rēzekne

Rēzekne is the capital of Latgale, the 2nd biggest region in Latvia. Driving through the region was a refreshing experience - green hills, yellow fields, all trees and flowers in bloom... ahh.. beautiful landscape! Not only the scenery is great but the people are friendly and hospitable.

One day after we came from the "special kids" center, we were asked to do some woodwork for an elderly lady. It happened to be her name day so she offered something more than tea and cake, and so we thought to ourselves, "we shouldn't have eaten lunch. Anyhow, speaking of old folks, we went to another village called Ružina, where we stayed overnight. Our host has been given such favor from the local government to bring clothings to the villagers. It was also encouraging to see what the Lord has been doing through him - working with the social welfare department, pensioners' center, meeting with priests and pastors of different churches, and starting Latvia House of Prayer for All Peoples. I think it's very interesting how God connects people. Ivars happened to be one of those who came to Turku during the Christ Day! One more thing, when he took us to the Old Folks home, we were so glad to hear that one of the biggest supporters was people from Finland.

Well, I must say (and I think the team would agree with it) that our visit to the Old Folks home was really fun! Not only did we entertain them through songs and drama but they responded with Psalms and folk songs (in Russian, Latvian and Polish). Some of them were bedridden so we visited them in their rooms. I believe many were touched and felt somebody cares for them... that they too have value. Words aren't enough to describe how happy and thankful they were. We too were so blessed and felt God's compassion and love for them, especially for those who didn't have any relative to visit them. Tomorrow, we'll be visiting another Old Folks home somewhere in the center town.

For the remaining days of our stay in Latvia, we'll be doing some street evangelism and fellowship with some pastors. We leave for Lithuania on Monday morning.... another loooong drive so pray for travelling mercies! Paldies un ciao!!!

Saldus

Hi there!!! We spent a nice week in Saldus, working with e.g. local youth club and visiting one orphanage... So far in our outreach we have had a lot of small experiences of different kinds of ministry in day centers, crisis centers, hospitals schools for handicapped children, etc. Pretty interesting, but we are maybe still hungry for more... Let us see!! Thanks to Ieva for hospitality!! We'll try to give more updates when we get to somewhere with a better internet connections.

Now we are already in Rezekne which is to the East of the country, close to Russia and Belarussia.

Salduksessa oli mukava viikko, teimme toita paikallisen nuorisokerhon kanssa ja vierailimme jalleen yhdessa orpokodissa - hyvin rohkaiseva vierailu! Viimeiset pari viikkoa on siis kokeiltu monenlaista sosiaalityota. Taytyy postittaa kuvia kunhan paasemme paremille verkkoapajille...

Kitchen missions... [keittiölähetystä....]

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Pikainen tervehdys Salduksesta! Täällä netti on vähän kortilla joten pistän vain pari kuvaa viime viikolta. Keittiöhommissa oltiin useampikin päivä; yhdet häät ja isompi perhetapahtuma Talsin kaupungissa... Matka jatkui tänne etelä-Latviaan pari päivää sitten.



A quick greeting from Saldus, Southern Latvia. Hardly any internet connection here- just writing quickly from the local youth club. The pictures above are from last week - well, seems we did a lot of kitchen work.... :)

So, as we are no longer in Valdemarpils - just need 2 say thanks to all you buddies there! Yo! We are still hoping that a door would open for us to visit Lithuania, too, before going to Estonia'

Team building

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In Valdemarpils we had some time for team building games.

Valdemarpilsissa oli aikaa myös tiiminrakennuspeleihin.

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First weeks in Latvia

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We've been now some 10 days in Latvia. The first days have naturally being more like "acclimatization" and simply trying different things. It's been a good start for our training phase. We have a cool translator spending all her available time with us. We've had a chance to trying many kinds of ministry, including visits to prison, children hospital, schools, churches plus practical work.

Well, as you may know, it's good always to first have a dry run before going for real... So YWAM has adopted a policy of first practising ministry with not-so-live targets first... So, we could try child ministry and social work with accretized "crash-test" dolls.

Child ministry and social work training event.

After the practice it was the time for the real thing! :) Below, just a snapshot from our visits...



To be honest, the visit to Jelgava prison blew our minds. It was so awesome! We did not quite know what to expect, but I have to say I've never been in such a situation. The church inside the prison was beautiful and there were maybe 30 prisoners. The atmosphere was really warm and welcoming. The prisoners were worshiping God with lifted hands... and were really delighted of our visit. And I've never heard a worship band with such a groove!!! Almost blew us from our feet! So, never know what to expect...

Bless ya guys in the home front!!

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On the long road to glory...

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On this narrow road to glory
Sometimes it might seem hard to tell
That this narrow road to glory
Is better than the bright lights of hell.

(Steve Grace)

Anyways, our photoessay continues. We finally got on a boat and all the way to Latvia...



The road was not too bad. Our time was enriched by nice hitchikers! A great way to travel.



Upon arrival we were welcomed by the colleagues in Valdemarpils... It's a beautiful place.

By the way, did you know that Latvia has something like 400 km of sandy beach! The whole coastline is just one beach...

Just one flashback more...

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Well... ah...

Thanks, Joseph for an awesome last week of lectures! This is just a thanks to you!

And a warm thank you to all who made this school possible - including our wonderful base leaders, base staff and all teachers from at least 5 different countries!!! It was awesome time!

Gospel Savo 2009

Gospel Savo 17.-19.4.2009

Gospel Savo probably the biggest Christian music festival in the Savonia region. Well, that was another awesome time. Long days & nights but worth it! We even got to the backstage... ;) Then, almost right after the music and smoke had faded it was our time to start packing for the road to LATVIA!

Gospel Savo kokosi tänä vuonna väkeä Ahmon koulun juhlasaliin ihan kiitettävästi. Päivät olivat pitkiä, mutta hauskaa oli!! Kiitos kaikille järjestäjille ja etenkin Riitalle ja Pirkolle keittiössä!! Musiikin vaiettua ja savun hälvettyä oli heti aika alkaa pakkaamaan Latviaa varten...

Are U Ready?

For everything is a time. A time to lurn and a time to do. A time to jump and a time to land.
A time to jump and a time to fall. A time to fall and a time get up again.
And now it is time to go!
Latvia and Estonia here we come!

Going, going gone.

We almost reach the end of the lecture face!
And we can't tell how great it was! Thats why they made pictures!
Klick on the picture for a big vieuw.

Dalarna...

Forsnäs, Dalarna 19.-27.3.2009

Dalaälven 24.3.09

Dalarna is said to be the heart of Sweden - at least culturally and in many other aspects. It is a really beautiful region with hills, rivers, traditional red houses, horses (incl delicious horse meat) and wonderful friendly people! We had a chance to spend a whole relaxing week in Dalarna, more specifically with YWAM Dalarna near Hedemora. That was excellent time in an international atmosphere. We met many international people both in the base as in the cities we visited. Hello to all of you! Hope that we'll see again!

This year 2009 is actually a very important anniversary. It is now 200 years from the separation of Sweden and Finland after a war between Sweden and Russia. Russia won the war and Finland was annexed to the latter. It is significant to us that the Swedes are memorizing this!

We remembered and realized all this only when arriving to Sweden. Sweden has even published a new one Crown coin in memorial of this.

We really felt there was something in the relations of these two nations that God wants to do. Reconciliation. Noteworthily, Dalarna is a region where many Finnish immigrants used to live in the past centuries.

Taalainmaalla

Forsnäs, Dalarna/Taalainmaa 19.-27.3.2009

Missionuorten Taalainmaan keskus
YWAM base in Dalarna

Taalainmaata (Dalarna) sanotaan Ruotsin sydämeksi - ainakin kulttuurillisesti ja monin muinkin tavoin. Taalainmaa on todella kaunista seutua, mäkineen, jokineen, punaisine taloineen, hevosineen (eikä pidä unohtaa maukasta hevosmakkaraa) ja ystävällisine ihmisineen! Meillä oli mahdollisuus viettää kokonainen rentouttava viikko Taalainmaalla, tarkemmin ottanen YWAM Taalainmaan vieraana Hedemoran lähellä. Se oli todella rentouttavaa ja antoisaa aikaa kansainvälisessä ympäristössä!

Tämä vuosi 2009 on itse asiassa tärkeä juhlavuosi. Nyt on kulunut 200 vuotta Suomen sodasta ja siitä kun Suomen ja Ruotsin tiet erosivat. Ruotsissakin on muisteltu tätä. Uudessa kruunun kolikossa lukee teksti: Den underbara sagan om ett land på andra sidan havet. (Kertomus maasta meren toisella puolen).

HJF puhumassa seurakunnassa Borlängessä
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HJF speaking in a church in Borlänge

Tajusimme koko asian vasta saavuttuamme Ruotsiin. Koimme, että Jumala haluaa tehdä jotain Suomen ja Ruotsin suhteidenkin kohdalla - sovintoa kansojen välillä. Juuri Taalainmaalla onkin aikanaan asunut paljon Suomalaisia.

Spring is here! (kevät on täällä!)

The Finnish spring is finally here... so we moved out to play outdoor sports, such as basketball!!
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And everyone had so much fun...

Spring is also the time for all kinds of practical work... such as preparing the firewood for the next winter

Snowboarding and other extreme sports...

EXTREME SPORTS! You want to know about it??

Well, sure we do some snowboarding every now and then - perhaps we can update here some better pictures later on...

... but snowboarding isn't the only type of extreme sports you can do in Finland. If you want to get really physical, you can try e.g. ICE FISHING!

This is a VERY hard way of earning your living...!!!

Gothca!!!

Lumilautailua ja muita extreme-lajeja...

EXTREMEURHEILUA SUOMALAISITTAIN


Niin, tokihan Suomessa voi harrastaa monenlaista extremeurheilua, eikä lumilautailu suinkaan ole kaikki kaikessa... tänne varmaan lisäämme vielä muitakin lumilautailu-kuvia jossain välissä.

Timo lead us into the secrets of ice fishing
Timo opasti meitä pilkin saloihin...
Aika extreme tapa ansaita leipänsä... siis kalansa...

Landscapes in Koivumäki

Just a few pictures from where we live...

Suksimme Tsekkiin...

Liberec, Tsekin tasavalta
23.-28.2.'09

Do you hear me??

Helmikuun lopulla teimme viikon matkan Libereciin, Tsekin tasavaltaan, jossa osallistuimme hiihdon MM-kisoihin. Se oli hieno reissu! Jaoimme paljon trakuja mutta meillä oli myös kohtaamisia mielenkiintoisten ihmisten kanssa. ... ja toki käytiin välillä laskemassa.

HJ doing an interview of some of the tourists to the competition.
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HJ haastattelemassa kisaturisteja.

Kontaktihenkilömme pastori Michal oli kova jätkä - hän oli mm. kääntänyt Raamatun tsekin kielelle. Tsekin historia on mielenkiintoinen ja aika haastava - siellä on ollut suuria herätyksiä ja Moravialainen lähetysliike oli nykyaikaisen lähetystyön pioneereja. Nykyään Tsekki on aikamoinen takapajula hengellisesti..

We thought this must be the ugliest statue in the world.
Tämän täytyy olla maailman rumin patsas...

Skiing outreach to Liberec

Liberec, Czech Republic
23.-27. February 2009

Tarkkaavainen lukija on saattanut nähdä tämän kuvan jossain muuallakin...

In late February we made a one-week outreach to Liberec, Czech Republic to attend in the FIS World Ski Championships. That was a great trip. We handed out a lot of tracts (well, maybe not something I personally enjoy a lot, but anyway) and met with many interesting people. ... and of course, did some snowboarding!

Our contact person, Pastor Michal, was a really cool guy - he'd, for example, translated the Bible into Czech language.




Czech Republic has a rich Christian heritage, being the home of many of the early reformators, as well as the Moravian movement. However, these days Czechs boast on being the most atheistic country in Europe.

This is our team in front of the outreach bus.
"Life is short", says the snowman!

It's also fun...

Yeah - we also have sometimes fun in the DTS. Actually we have fun every day because we have so funny people around! :)

Danzku is another really funny guy at the place... :)
We have so much fun every day just because he is around.
He is working as the caretaker at the base.

Wacky Worms (TM) were an important part of our team at one point of time...