Estonia
I went for a drive in the Estonian countryside a couple of days ago. It is very beautiful this time of year. (Our little car has been through Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Serbia, visited an Austr0-Hungarian fortress on the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic and now explores this frigid northland.) First, a video of the [...]
The mission organization I direct, Stoneworks International, recently created ministry profiles of our work. These include the work in Russia and Belarus. We’ll release profiles of our work in Estonia and Montenegro later. I thought followers of our blog might be interested to see them: click on the image to see the full-size file Stoneworks [...]
Earlier this month Olga and I went to Estonia. Our good friend Anya Kazak went with us. Anya has never been out of Russia, so this was a thrilling event for her. She loves medieval history and Tallinn was a joy. It’s a very well-preserved medieval town. We really like it there. Olga and Anya [...]
Olga and I have spent some time in Estonia recently. Dave Hulley (seated at left, below), the board chair of Stoneworks International, was here to learn about our new work. It was good to introduce him to our many new friends in Estonia; Dave then spent time Russia visiting with folks there. This weekend leaders [...]
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Today we visited the Keila Waterfall west of Tallinn. It’s the second largest waterfall in Estonia, having a 6 meter drop. The water volume is down now, but it really roars during snow-melt.
Tallinn’s Town Hall on the main square in the old city. Town Hall (Tallinna raekoda) is over 600 years old (c.1402) and retains its original form. It is the only gothic style town hall in Northern Europe.
We visited Estonia this week and had a great visit. On every visit, more doors open and God reveals more relationships and opportunities to serve. Our primary connection is with Artur and Valya Põld, pictured above as they prepared a GREAT salmon dinner for us. Artur is the pastor of a local Methodist Church and [...]
This morning I took the ferry from Tallinn, Estonia to Finland. Here’s the view of the Gulf of Finland just just as the Helsinki archipelago is coming into view.
We returned on Sunday to a beautiful St. Petersburg, Russia. The weather has been perfect, and it has been great to start reconnecting with family and friends after such a long stay in the US. Olga took the picture above, in the park across the street from our flat. We are thankful for the many [...]
Most of the Stoneworks associates and workers are meeting in Tallinn, Estonia for our first annual ministry retreat. I’m the Executive Director, and we’re very glad that we could gather for this meeting. We’re spread out all over Eastern Europe and the Balkans, and this is the first time we’re all together in one place. [...]
