Man - woman roles
The next issue of FOLK our Norwegian teaching magazine will tackle the whole issue of gender in the Christian community. We will look at the different roles of man and woman and how they complement each other. The last few days I have finished three related articles on the subject and Solveig is writing an article on mature women should teach and train younger women. I am convinced that she will share a lo of very helpful insights in her article.
In the next month I don't have much traveling to do as I have planned to spend most of the time writing. I have many things I need to finish in writing and I am getting new ideas popping up all the time of subjects I need to write on. By the grace of God I intend to write down the vision God has given me. I will entrust it to my co-workers and together we will pass it on to future generations!
God is good!
Observations and meditations from a Norwegian perspective. Inspirational and motivational insights from an ordinary person. I am a Norwegian, living in Bergen, Norway with Solveig, the most wonderful wife in the world, but travelling internationally. We are the parents of six children and the proud grandparents of 11 grandchildren. I am a writer, speaker and teacher enjoying life!
November 29, 2003
November 28, 2003
Strong but gentle leadership
Strong but gentle leadership
As I was reading Isaiah 40:10-11 this morning I was struck by the way the Sovereign Lord is describing his glorious leadership. His opening remarks hits you like a heavy hammer: He will rule with awesome strength! When it dawns on you how awesome he is, the everlasting God, the Creator of all the universe, the Holy One, you shrink back in fear and just want to hide from his holy presence!
But then He goes on describing how he uses his awesome strength and the picture changes dramatically. He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.
What a wonderful way God is displaying his awesome strength! By caring for and feeding his flock. By carrying the small ones in his arms and by holding the weak ones close to his heart. It is indeed a strong but gentle leadership!
God is good!
As I was reading Isaiah 40:10-11 this morning I was struck by the way the Sovereign Lord is describing his glorious leadership. His opening remarks hits you like a heavy hammer: He will rule with awesome strength! When it dawns on you how awesome he is, the everlasting God, the Creator of all the universe, the Holy One, you shrink back in fear and just want to hide from his holy presence!
But then He goes on describing how he uses his awesome strength and the picture changes dramatically. He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.
What a wonderful way God is displaying his awesome strength! By caring for and feeding his flock. By carrying the small ones in his arms and by holding the weak ones close to his heart. It is indeed a strong but gentle leadership!
God is good!
November 24, 2003
A growing church in Troms�
A growing church in Troms�
Friday Solveig and myself landed in the artic city of Troms� as the sun went down behind the mountains for the last time in two months. For the next two months the sun will not rise above the horizon in the south but only shed its dim and red twilight into the artic days of Troms�.
In the evening Solveig was meeting with the ladies of the covenant community to share her spiritual insight from the word of God mixed with her wisdom drawn from her forty years of experience of marriage and ministry in the church. All the ladies were blessed by what she shared!
Jimmy Thomsen, Karl Enok Thu and myself met together for a time fellowshiphip and sharing as well. They are the leaders of a growing community of people loving the Lord. It is always good to spend time with them, listen to them and their aspirations and then trying to come up with some good answers to their questions.
Saturday morning all the cell-group leaders and their assistants met for a wonderful breakfast in Ingebj�rg and Karl Enoks home. It was really a good time eating and chatting together. With great attention I was listening to their reports of the groups they were leading. Some good things are going on in that emerging postmodern church of mainly young people from many different nations. God is really at work among them.
Sunday morning they met in a new school building for the first time. The facilities were very nice and will be a bonus for them in days to come. About 50 people were gathered together for worship, fellowship and for listening to God! And God spoke! Hallelujah! God is not a silent God, but a God who speaks! Spiritual gifts were in operation and the Word of God was preached. Many people were touched by movings of the Spirit of God in the gathering. I can clearly sense that this covenant community will continue to grow and be a blessing to the entire city of Troms�!
Sunday night we attended the joint prayer meeting at the old wooden cathedral of Troms�. About 100 predominantly young people were gathered for prayer for the city. It was led be a young lady. The hand of God was certainly resting upon her for this prayer ministry. This evening they were especially praying for the 20 different churches in town. Prayer requests from all the churches had been gathered and placed on posters placed on the walls. We had a prayer walk as we went from poster to poster prayer for the different needs of the churches of Troms�. I was impressed with the intensity in the prayers of some of the young people, but more than anything I was touched to see a middle age lady praying fervently in tears for the people of God in Troms�.
While they were praying I felt like Jesus Christ was embracing the city in love! It was like he was pulling the people in the city to himself by putting his kind and loving arms around them.
Friday Solveig and myself landed in the artic city of Troms� as the sun went down behind the mountains for the last time in two months. For the next two months the sun will not rise above the horizon in the south but only shed its dim and red twilight into the artic days of Troms�.
In the evening Solveig was meeting with the ladies of the covenant community to share her spiritual insight from the word of God mixed with her wisdom drawn from her forty years of experience of marriage and ministry in the church. All the ladies were blessed by what she shared!
Jimmy Thomsen, Karl Enok Thu and myself met together for a time fellowshiphip and sharing as well. They are the leaders of a growing community of people loving the Lord. It is always good to spend time with them, listen to them and their aspirations and then trying to come up with some good answers to their questions.
Saturday morning all the cell-group leaders and their assistants met for a wonderful breakfast in Ingebj�rg and Karl Enoks home. It was really a good time eating and chatting together. With great attention I was listening to their reports of the groups they were leading. Some good things are going on in that emerging postmodern church of mainly young people from many different nations. God is really at work among them.
Sunday morning they met in a new school building for the first time. The facilities were very nice and will be a bonus for them in days to come. About 50 people were gathered together for worship, fellowship and for listening to God! And God spoke! Hallelujah! God is not a silent God, but a God who speaks! Spiritual gifts were in operation and the Word of God was preached. Many people were touched by movings of the Spirit of God in the gathering. I can clearly sense that this covenant community will continue to grow and be a blessing to the entire city of Troms�!
Sunday night we attended the joint prayer meeting at the old wooden cathedral of Troms�. About 100 predominantly young people were gathered for prayer for the city. It was led be a young lady. The hand of God was certainly resting upon her for this prayer ministry. This evening they were especially praying for the 20 different churches in town. Prayer requests from all the churches had been gathered and placed on posters placed on the walls. We had a prayer walk as we went from poster to poster prayer for the different needs of the churches of Troms�. I was impressed with the intensity in the prayers of some of the young people, but more than anything I was touched to see a middle age lady praying fervently in tears for the people of God in Troms�.
While they were praying I felt like Jesus Christ was embracing the city in love! It was like he was pulling the people in the city to himself by putting his kind and loving arms around them.
November 20, 2003
Apostolic team meeting
Apostolic team meeting
All Wednesday the apostolic team led by Noralv Askeland came together for a time of prayer, dialogue and planning at Gullbotn. We had a wonderful time together as we met with the Lord and one another.
After being away for a full month it was very good to see my friends again. It was so good to touch base again and listen to all the personal reports and updates we sharing with one another. I really give thanks to the Lord for all my friends and for the privilege of being part of a company like this. Their friendship enhance my life!
God is doing some wonderful things in all the emergent churches we are working with. We are facing our challenges and we will overcome every obstacle by the grace of God. I am very encouraged by the reports I heard, and I am very blessed by the fresh expectancy and faith in the Lord which I observed in my friends in the apostolic team.
All Wednesday the apostolic team led by Noralv Askeland came together for a time of prayer, dialogue and planning at Gullbotn. We had a wonderful time together as we met with the Lord and one another.
After being away for a full month it was very good to see my friends again. It was so good to touch base again and listen to all the personal reports and updates we sharing with one another. I really give thanks to the Lord for all my friends and for the privilege of being part of a company like this. Their friendship enhance my life!
God is doing some wonderful things in all the emergent churches we are working with. We are facing our challenges and we will overcome every obstacle by the grace of God. I am very encouraged by the reports I heard, and I am very blessed by the fresh expectancy and faith in the Lord which I observed in my friends in the apostolic team.
November 18, 2003
Home again
Home again
Yesterday evening we reached our home safely after one month in beautiful India. We have had a very enjoyable stay in the great nation of India. We met a lot of wonderful people and we could see with our own eyes that the Spirit of the Supreme God is at work in this vast continent with so many people groups.
Last Sunday in Jaipur we were taken to be with one of the eleven congregations in covenant community. It was a moving time as we listened to the testimonies of the people who were encountering God in their every day life. One boy told us how his dumb uncle had been prayed for, and was able to speak normally after their prayer. Others told how they had experienced the Lord's protection in difficult and dangerous situations. I was tremendously blessed by a happy lady giving thanks to the Lord for a piece of soap that she was given, this marvelous soap made her smell like an orange and she was extremely excited and thankful! Bijut told a wonderful story of how the Lord had used him to pray for an ill person when he was visiting a friend at the hospital. The doctors didn't know what to do for this man, but he was instantly healed after Bijut's prayer. Several children told how the Lord had helped them at school and at exams.
But now we are back home in Norway again. It is always good to be home. When we arrived in Bergen we were welcomed by Jakob and Sara, our grandchildren, and Josef our son. Elizabeth, our daughter-law had prepared a nice dinner for us. It was a very good welcome!
The temperature is very nice, around six degrees Celsius, but the days have become very much shorter during our absence and is getting shorter and shorter day by day until Christmas. This morning we attended the prayer meeting at the church and enjoyed a good breakfast together with the brothers.
The rest of the day I have spent going through my mail and I have been very much encouraged by some feedback from people we met in India. I have lit the log fire-place and are enjoying Indian temperature in the living room at the moment!
Yesterday evening we reached our home safely after one month in beautiful India. We have had a very enjoyable stay in the great nation of India. We met a lot of wonderful people and we could see with our own eyes that the Spirit of the Supreme God is at work in this vast continent with so many people groups.
Last Sunday in Jaipur we were taken to be with one of the eleven congregations in covenant community. It was a moving time as we listened to the testimonies of the people who were encountering God in their every day life. One boy told us how his dumb uncle had been prayed for, and was able to speak normally after their prayer. Others told how they had experienced the Lord's protection in difficult and dangerous situations. I was tremendously blessed by a happy lady giving thanks to the Lord for a piece of soap that she was given, this marvelous soap made her smell like an orange and she was extremely excited and thankful! Bijut told a wonderful story of how the Lord had used him to pray for an ill person when he was visiting a friend at the hospital. The doctors didn't know what to do for this man, but he was instantly healed after Bijut's prayer. Several children told how the Lord had helped them at school and at exams.
But now we are back home in Norway again. It is always good to be home. When we arrived in Bergen we were welcomed by Jakob and Sara, our grandchildren, and Josef our son. Elizabeth, our daughter-law had prepared a nice dinner for us. It was a very good welcome!
The temperature is very nice, around six degrees Celsius, but the days have become very much shorter during our absence and is getting shorter and shorter day by day until Christmas. This morning we attended the prayer meeting at the church and enjoyed a good breakfast together with the brothers.
The rest of the day I have spent going through my mail and I have been very much encouraged by some feedback from people we met in India. I have lit the log fire-place and are enjoying Indian temperature in the living room at the moment!
November 14, 2003
Rajinder and Madhu�s miracle baby
Rajinder and Madhu�s miracle baby
Yesterday Rajinder and Madhu came to see us. They are a lovely couple that we met a few years ago when they were new believers. Yesterday they brought their baby boy and their firstborn son with them and told a moving story.
After the birth of their first son they lost three children, two in late pregnancy and one died at the hospital soon after birth. Doctors told her that if she had a boy this time he would most probably suffer from the same defect as the baby that died at the hospital. But this humble couple put their trust in God and asked for healing and a safe delivery of the child to be born. Madhu wanted to give birth to the baby at home because of what she had been told by the doctors at the hospital. If she gave birth to a boy he would have to undergo a lot of tests and treatments and had to be taken all the way to a hospital in New Dehli.
Three weeks before her due time for birth she went to the hospital because of pain and unease. At the hospital she was scanned and thoroughly examined before she was sent home to rest and wait for another three weeks for the due time. The very same night she went into labour pain, was able to call for a midwife and gave birth to a beautiful boy! He got some rash and wounds in the back and lost some weight for a while. After prayers from the covenant community he was healed!
Now they were standing in front of us and telling moving their story giving thanks to their Lord. They were radiantly and a kind of beauty of gratefulness engulfed them as they showed us their miracle baby! I could see the beauty of the Lord in this poor couple. We were standing on holy ground encountering God. In His presence we had the privilege of offering prayers and thanksgiving. We felt so blessed being able to see the miracle of the Lord in this tiny baby.
God is so good!
Yesterday Rajinder and Madhu came to see us. They are a lovely couple that we met a few years ago when they were new believers. Yesterday they brought their baby boy and their firstborn son with them and told a moving story.
After the birth of their first son they lost three children, two in late pregnancy and one died at the hospital soon after birth. Doctors told her that if she had a boy this time he would most probably suffer from the same defect as the baby that died at the hospital. But this humble couple put their trust in God and asked for healing and a safe delivery of the child to be born. Madhu wanted to give birth to the baby at home because of what she had been told by the doctors at the hospital. If she gave birth to a boy he would have to undergo a lot of tests and treatments and had to be taken all the way to a hospital in New Dehli.
Three weeks before her due time for birth she went to the hospital because of pain and unease. At the hospital she was scanned and thoroughly examined before she was sent home to rest and wait for another three weeks for the due time. The very same night she went into labour pain, was able to call for a midwife and gave birth to a beautiful boy! He got some rash and wounds in the back and lost some weight for a while. After prayers from the covenant community he was healed!
Now they were standing in front of us and telling moving their story giving thanks to their Lord. They were radiantly and a kind of beauty of gratefulness engulfed them as they showed us their miracle baby! I could see the beauty of the Lord in this poor couple. We were standing on holy ground encountering God. In His presence we had the privilege of offering prayers and thanksgiving. We felt so blessed being able to see the miracle of the Lord in this tiny baby.
God is so good!
November 13, 2003
Exciting time in Jaipur
Exciting time in Jaipur
We have had some very busy but exciting time in Jaipur. Zephry has been very kind to us taking us many interesting places. He took us to a fortress overlooking the city and we walked on the high wall on the edge of the cliff, - a very enjoyable experience! From that perspective we realised the vastness of the city of Jaipur with its 3 million inhabitants. The sunset was lovely and in the darkness of the night the lights of the city were a marvellous sight.
One day we were taken to the four hundred and fifty years old palace of Samode. It was a breathtaking experience to see that beautifully and extravagantly painted Durbar hall and the marvellous Sheesh Mahal � the Hall of Mirrors; - all in the middle of �nowhere� of a dry mountain area of small run down villages. We had a cultural show of Rajasthani dancing as well as a puppet show. At the evening we had a delicious meal together with our friends. In the company of friends everything get a better taste!
We have also had the privilege of spending time with the students at the Covenant School as well as some of the community leaders. It was a very profitable time of spiritual insight, edification and instruction. Weeds were uprooted and seeds were sown, - a wonderful harvest is on the way!
Peter and Nirmala, as well as Jaiprakash, Jorgi and Gouthar came to see us, and we had a wonderful time with them. They are giving very good reports of progress being made in their areas of operation. They told us some very encouraging good news as well as sobering stories of persecution and difficulties.
Burkabhai was giving the good news of the Kingdom to a paralysed man he met in one of the villages he visited. This person happily received the messaged and wanted to commit himself to the Lord. Burkabhai carried him on his cycle to a nearby river and baptised him. When he lifted him up from the water a miracle took place and the newly baptised believer was able to walk! The paralysed condition was gone! God is good!
We have had some very busy but exciting time in Jaipur. Zephry has been very kind to us taking us many interesting places. He took us to a fortress overlooking the city and we walked on the high wall on the edge of the cliff, - a very enjoyable experience! From that perspective we realised the vastness of the city of Jaipur with its 3 million inhabitants. The sunset was lovely and in the darkness of the night the lights of the city were a marvellous sight.
One day we were taken to the four hundred and fifty years old palace of Samode. It was a breathtaking experience to see that beautifully and extravagantly painted Durbar hall and the marvellous Sheesh Mahal � the Hall of Mirrors; - all in the middle of �nowhere� of a dry mountain area of small run down villages. We had a cultural show of Rajasthani dancing as well as a puppet show. At the evening we had a delicious meal together with our friends. In the company of friends everything get a better taste!
We have also had the privilege of spending time with the students at the Covenant School as well as some of the community leaders. It was a very profitable time of spiritual insight, edification and instruction. Weeds were uprooted and seeds were sown, - a wonderful harvest is on the way!
Peter and Nirmala, as well as Jaiprakash, Jorgi and Gouthar came to see us, and we had a wonderful time with them. They are giving very good reports of progress being made in their areas of operation. They told us some very encouraging good news as well as sobering stories of persecution and difficulties.
Burkabhai was giving the good news of the Kingdom to a paralysed man he met in one of the villages he visited. This person happily received the messaged and wanted to commit himself to the Lord. Burkabhai carried him on his cycle to a nearby river and baptised him. When he lifted him up from the water a miracle took place and the newly baptised believer was able to walk! The paralysed condition was gone! God is good!
November 09, 2003
Jaipur - The Pink City
Jaipur � The Pink City
Thursday night we arrived safely in Jaipur and we were met at the airport by Brenda and Zephry who gave us a warm welcome. They took us to the Atithi Guest House. We have stayed in this place before and we were given the same room that we usually occupy here. This is like our second home!
Friday was a busy day with a lot of paper-work to be done, as well as finalising the plans for our stay here. Both Solveig and myself took the opportunity to see a optician as well as visiting the Bapu Bazaar. It was a long time since we had been there and I really enjoy just walking through the Bazaar looking at people and all the goods for sale. Part of the enjoyment is also the joy of shopping things for our grandchildren, children and friends. I like to bargain; but Solveig feels sorry for the poor seller who is able to read her face and give me a less good price than if I had been on my own! And of cause I find great delight to buy some nice things for Solveig. It always feels good when I am able to buy something for my most wonderful wife!
Saturday morning we had to rise very early to go to the airport to receive Bente Danielsen who was joining us for the last week of our stay in India. The taxi we had ordered the day before arrived more than 30 minutes late but the driver drove very fast to the airport and we arrived at the scheduled time of arrival of Bente. However her flight landed 15 minutes before time so she was patiently waiting for us reading here crime-story novel. It was so good to see her!
Unfortunately no room was available at the hotel when she arrived even though a proper reservation had been made! Poor Bente had been travelling all night with no sleep and now there was no room for her in the guest house! I felt so sorry for her. The management of the guest house apologized and did their best to find a solution. After some time a room was vacated and Bente could move in. It was a small room but worse it was the most noisy room in the entire guest house because of some construction work that was going on. I made it very clear to the manager that we were not happy with the arrangement and was given the promise that she would have an ac-room by tomorrow.
Sunday morning at the breakfast table the manager joyfully announced that Bente would have her new room in the morning! We were all happy! Bente seems to be very satisfied with her new room and is settling in very well.
After breakfast we walked to the Rotary Club to meet with the covenant community as they gathered for their monthly joint worship service. The hall eventually became very full with wonderful people in colourful sarees and salwar suits. We heard many exciting testimonies from these covenant friends of miracles of healings and wonderful provisions of the Lord. These people are really alive to their God and are seeing his power at work in their lives. New people are being added to their numbers all the time. I am always moved when I hear their testimonies and watch their grateful faces as they give thanks to the Lord for his everlasting mercy and kindness.
Solveig brought a powerful vision and prophetic utterance very much in line with what the Lord had already put on my heart. As I was asked to come to share I felt so privileged to be among such wonderful people of God being able to share some spiritual insight with them. At the end we joined with the other leaders in praying for a lot of precious children and adults in need of healing, deliverance, blessing and help with their studies. Some men I prayed for were instantly healed! Solveig and Bente ministered to a lot of women and children of which some were instantly healed! What a privilege to see the power of God at work among his people!
God is good!
Thursday night we arrived safely in Jaipur and we were met at the airport by Brenda and Zephry who gave us a warm welcome. They took us to the Atithi Guest House. We have stayed in this place before and we were given the same room that we usually occupy here. This is like our second home!
Friday was a busy day with a lot of paper-work to be done, as well as finalising the plans for our stay here. Both Solveig and myself took the opportunity to see a optician as well as visiting the Bapu Bazaar. It was a long time since we had been there and I really enjoy just walking through the Bazaar looking at people and all the goods for sale. Part of the enjoyment is also the joy of shopping things for our grandchildren, children and friends. I like to bargain; but Solveig feels sorry for the poor seller who is able to read her face and give me a less good price than if I had been on my own! And of cause I find great delight to buy some nice things for Solveig. It always feels good when I am able to buy something for my most wonderful wife!
Saturday morning we had to rise very early to go to the airport to receive Bente Danielsen who was joining us for the last week of our stay in India. The taxi we had ordered the day before arrived more than 30 minutes late but the driver drove very fast to the airport and we arrived at the scheduled time of arrival of Bente. However her flight landed 15 minutes before time so she was patiently waiting for us reading here crime-story novel. It was so good to see her!
Unfortunately no room was available at the hotel when she arrived even though a proper reservation had been made! Poor Bente had been travelling all night with no sleep and now there was no room for her in the guest house! I felt so sorry for her. The management of the guest house apologized and did their best to find a solution. After some time a room was vacated and Bente could move in. It was a small room but worse it was the most noisy room in the entire guest house because of some construction work that was going on. I made it very clear to the manager that we were not happy with the arrangement and was given the promise that she would have an ac-room by tomorrow.
Sunday morning at the breakfast table the manager joyfully announced that Bente would have her new room in the morning! We were all happy! Bente seems to be very satisfied with her new room and is settling in very well.
After breakfast we walked to the Rotary Club to meet with the covenant community as they gathered for their monthly joint worship service. The hall eventually became very full with wonderful people in colourful sarees and salwar suits. We heard many exciting testimonies from these covenant friends of miracles of healings and wonderful provisions of the Lord. These people are really alive to their God and are seeing his power at work in their lives. New people are being added to their numbers all the time. I am always moved when I hear their testimonies and watch their grateful faces as they give thanks to the Lord for his everlasting mercy and kindness.
Solveig brought a powerful vision and prophetic utterance very much in line with what the Lord had already put on my heart. As I was asked to come to share I felt so privileged to be among such wonderful people of God being able to share some spiritual insight with them. At the end we joined with the other leaders in praying for a lot of precious children and adults in need of healing, deliverance, blessing and help with their studies. Some men I prayed for were instantly healed! Solveig and Bente ministered to a lot of women and children of which some were instantly healed! What a privilege to see the power of God at work among his people!
God is good!
November 06, 2003
A warm welcome in Ahmedabad
A warm welcome in Ahmedabad
Monday night we arrived at the airport of Ahmedabad where we were warmly received by our apostle friend (name with-held for safety reasons). We were taken to his house and we have been staying with him during our stay in Gujerat. Our friend is leading a network of 930 covenant communities throughout all of India with 123000 people. Last year only they saw more than 30000 people added to their communities. To me it is a great privilege to be able to be with such a servant of the Supreme God.
We have also had the privilege of spending some time with some of the community leaders and some of his disciples. This night the Spirit of God fell on all of us. Solveig brought a prophetic word that changed our entire gathering. This is a day of a second wave of refreshing and blessing upon these wonderful people of God in the state of Gujerat. I am convinced they will see some extra ordinary miracles take place in the days ahead. They have already seen many miracles taken place, but now they will see some outstanding manifestations of the power of the Holy Spirit.
There are a good number of zealous teenagers working with my friend. One teenager was led by the Spirit to pray for a paralyzed woman. She had been lame for more than two years and was unable to move around. This teenager prayed for her and raised her up in the name of our Lord. She was instantly healed and she could freely walk and move around!
God is good!
Monday night we arrived at the airport of Ahmedabad where we were warmly received by our apostle friend (name with-held for safety reasons). We were taken to his house and we have been staying with him during our stay in Gujerat. Our friend is leading a network of 930 covenant communities throughout all of India with 123000 people. Last year only they saw more than 30000 people added to their communities. To me it is a great privilege to be able to be with such a servant of the Supreme God.
We have also had the privilege of spending some time with some of the community leaders and some of his disciples. This night the Spirit of God fell on all of us. Solveig brought a prophetic word that changed our entire gathering. This is a day of a second wave of refreshing and blessing upon these wonderful people of God in the state of Gujerat. I am convinced they will see some extra ordinary miracles take place in the days ahead. They have already seen many miracles taken place, but now they will see some outstanding manifestations of the power of the Holy Spirit.
There are a good number of zealous teenagers working with my friend. One teenager was led by the Spirit to pray for a paralyzed woman. She had been lame for more than two years and was unable to move around. This teenager prayed for her and raised her up in the name of our Lord. She was instantly healed and she could freely walk and move around!
God is good!
November 03, 2003
Wi-Fi connection
Wi-fi connection
This afternoon when Knut and Zephry went to the OM Bookstore to buy some new books I discovered that my wireless connection works at the Taj Banjara hotel! I am so excited! Now I sit in my room with my laptop and I am able so send a blog from my own computer! What a blessing the new inventions are for work of the Kingdom of God!
I have been able to read my email and send some answers and be in touch with my friends around the globe!
I am so grateful to the Lord for all the new inventions that enable us to communicate and be in touch even if we are far apart geographically! I believe that in days ahead much of our mentoring or discipling will be done this way as we will be able to cross borders and save time and money while we are in touch with one another more frequently than ever before.
God is good!
This afternoon when Knut and Zephry went to the OM Bookstore to buy some new books I discovered that my wireless connection works at the Taj Banjara hotel! I am so excited! Now I sit in my room with my laptop and I am able so send a blog from my own computer! What a blessing the new inventions are for work of the Kingdom of God!
I have been able to read my email and send some answers and be in touch with my friends around the globe!
I am so grateful to the Lord for all the new inventions that enable us to communicate and be in touch even if we are far apart geographically! I believe that in days ahead much of our mentoring or discipling will be done this way as we will be able to cross borders and save time and money while we are in touch with one another more frequently than ever before.
God is good!
A special treat at the Taj Banjara
A special treat at the Taj Banjara
Sunday night we arrived at the Taj Banjara hotel in Hyderabad after a long day of travel and ministry to covenant communities in the Warangal area. Early morning we were taken to several local covenant communities. There was a lot of singing, some good testimonies from people who had met with God the last few days we had been together at the Bala Vikasa centre. It was very encouraging to hear those testimonies. God is so good! He is working powerfully among these peoples.
Knut and Elisabeth were taken by Abraham to two different communities. They were given food and a warm welcome. One place more than 200 persons were present. This community has been form by Moses, a former student from Jaipur Covenant School. In less than two years this community has grown to about two hundred people. This time they met in a new rented building which they hope they will be able to buy with the nice plot of land attached to it.
Zephry and David Paul went to be with Prakash and the community he was leading. Solveig and I were taken by Wilson to the covenant community in Narsampet. We all had a wonderful time with the precious covenant people of God.
After a long, dusty and tiring journey we arrived at the Taj Banjara hotel around eight o�clock in the evening. I was so tired and felt so dirty. But a warm shower did a miracle to freshen me up! When we all were ready we went to the Tandoori outdoor restaurant at the lake. This restaurant has been given the price for the most romantic restaurant in India! We went to celebrate the Silver Anniversary of Knut and Elisabeth. The surrounding was perfect for the occasion! The food was delicious! But the company of our good friends is what made the meal such a wonderful time. Friendship is the music of our lives and no treats can ever compare to the sweetness or excitements of friendship!
Sunday night we arrived at the Taj Banjara hotel in Hyderabad after a long day of travel and ministry to covenant communities in the Warangal area. Early morning we were taken to several local covenant communities. There was a lot of singing, some good testimonies from people who had met with God the last few days we had been together at the Bala Vikasa centre. It was very encouraging to hear those testimonies. God is so good! He is working powerfully among these peoples.
Knut and Elisabeth were taken by Abraham to two different communities. They were given food and a warm welcome. One place more than 200 persons were present. This community has been form by Moses, a former student from Jaipur Covenant School. In less than two years this community has grown to about two hundred people. This time they met in a new rented building which they hope they will be able to buy with the nice plot of land attached to it.
Zephry and David Paul went to be with Prakash and the community he was leading. Solveig and I were taken by Wilson to the covenant community in Narsampet. We all had a wonderful time with the precious covenant people of God.
After a long, dusty and tiring journey we arrived at the Taj Banjara hotel around eight o�clock in the evening. I was so tired and felt so dirty. But a warm shower did a miracle to freshen me up! When we all were ready we went to the Tandoori outdoor restaurant at the lake. This restaurant has been given the price for the most romantic restaurant in India! We went to celebrate the Silver Anniversary of Knut and Elisabeth. The surrounding was perfect for the occasion! The food was delicious! But the company of our good friends is what made the meal such a wonderful time. Friendship is the music of our lives and no treats can ever compare to the sweetness or excitements of friendship!
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