God has been showing me just how jealous he is for my heart, your heart, and the hearts of the lost! Also, note jealousness is not like what we think of as negative emotion but probably more like zealous (here's a cool study on God as a jealous God, http://bible.org/seriespage/jealous-god). The
The above photo is the result of our team ugly sweater photo shoot :) I should have more on Facebook sometime! It seems like when ever you get Jeff (our DTS leader) and Jed (our brother-in-law and CommTrans alum) together crazy things happen! Its evident from the stories they came to us with
This Friday, we partnered with the free church and handed out hot coffee, hot chocolate and cookies to people on the streets. We went out in shifts because it was so cold we could only be out for 30 minutes. The group at the church would be intercessors for the people on the streets. I have had
I was reading Galatians and came across the section on the 2 sons of Abraham (Galations 4:21-31). I had never read this or stopped enough to meditate on it at least. I love how Paul used the Old testament as an illustration to show the freedom we and the jewish people under the law have in Jesus
We've been busy here in Helsinki! Thanks to Tata and Johanna, we've had many ministry opportunities opened up. We've also met many other great christians who want to see change in their city and we will be partnering with them in ministries. Here's a few activities we've been up to while in
We made it to Finland on my birthday, the fourth. It was a crazy ferry ride from Stockholm to Helsinki because of the icy waters of the Baltic Sea. We heard another boat got stuck for a whole day this winter because the ice froze so quickly. We were on the bottom floor next to where the ice chun
Outreach is almost half over, which is definitely a crazy thing to think about. We have less than a week in Malmo and then we head to Helsinki, Finland for the remainder of our trip. During this time, I've realized that outreach is not separate from lecture phase of a DTS. I've felt like I am gr
We've been partnering with Street Church every Friday. We hand out Kaffe (Coffee), Choklad (hot chocolate), and some cookies to pedestrians on the street. We strike up conversations to them and of course the topic turns to God as they see our display of Bibles and verses and our jackets that say
"I am the way, the truth, and the life" - Jesus Someone once told me about a study where someone spoke positive words to one glass of water and negative words to another. Under a microscope, there was a amazing difference in quality. After hearing of this study, it made so much sense to me. I
01.20.2010 | Outreach | Calvin
