American visit

I have been spending the last month or so traveling around the east coast of the United States; Massachusetts, Baltimore, and Atlanta being a few of my stops along the way. It has been a
refreshing time of family time, Body Life, and manual labour! I will be returning to Finland at the end of this week. Great excitement fills my heart as I look to the possibilities of what God will do in this year. Continuing in prayer.

the gospel

A couple weeks ago we had an awesome Youth Meeting in our church here in Helsinki. It was so encouraging to see so many, maybe 30, teenage Finns crammed together in our fireplace room, worshiping God together and listening to His Word. I felt as if we were in the upper room, in the presence of the Savior Himself. We spoke on the Gospel of Jesus Christ; a simple but profound message. Many times we can forget how powerful the Gospel is if we aren't faced with it's reality in revelation. We were 100% lost, totally filled with our own sin... that is, until He came. He came and lived a perfect life in order to be our kinsman redeemer, satisfying the justice of God and fulfilling the mission of the Father's love towards His creation. Incredible.

My prayer is that this message would sound throughout this country through the mouths and lives of these young people.

Lahti

Here's some photos of a recent trip we took to Lahti, a city about 100 kilometers from Helsinki. We are praying about starting an outreach to this area in the near future.