Finland
Finns are amazing. Here are some beneath the ice views from beautiful lake Saarijärvi in Vaala, Finland. (In case you don’t get what’s going on, watch to the very end.)
Since our last Postcard we’ve been all over Europe. At the end of August we drove from Russia to Montenegro (you can see a photo record of the trip here). The picture above was taken when we gassed up in Augustow, Poland. We spent almost a month in Montenegro, visiting family, friends and ministry partners. [...]
Before getting to the pictures, I wanted to add a couple of links about recent ministry in Belarus and Russia. I’ve been in Finland for a few days, staying at a little cabin called Koppero. The weather has been great, and I’ve been tucked away working. It’s a mix of high-tech and low-tech: no running [...]
I’ve just arrived in Finland after taking the ferry from Estonia. I’ll be here a few days before heading back. It’s beautiful in Finland now, the heart of autumn.
Mary Walsh and her daughter Sarah arrived yesterday. I met them in Helsinki and then we drove up to Koppero. It’s good to have them here. We return to Russia tomorrow and then go on to Estonia on Sunday. We went looking for mushrooms and ended up with berries: Valerie enjoys the lake: And as [...]
We are in Finland for a few days. It’s lovely here. Two friends from the US (Mary and Sarah Walsh) will arrive in Finland on Monday and spend a couple of days with us before we all drive back into Russia. Yesterday I made a video of my drive through the country. (The Finnish voice [...]
Three quick pictures: Valerie got hold of our camera and made some interesting pictures, including this self-portrait: She also used her little shovel as a microphone, singing and dancing in the yard: And we had a classic Finnish sunset:
This involves a bus, a plane, a van and a ferry. It started on Sunday – I’ve been looking to purchase a used mini-van for use as our ministry in Europe expands. Our little red car is getting a little long in the tooth, and I felt that the time may have come to find [...]
I chopped some firewood today. It was good to be in the cold air doing some physical work. I know of a small hunting cabin in the Adirondacks that has a sign over the fireplace: “He who cuts his own wood is twice warmed”. In Finnish it’s “Ken omat puunsa pilkkoo, sen tulee kahdesti lämmin”. [...]
This was the view outside this morning here in Finland — wet snow, but it didn’t stick.
