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.