Our Sleeping Bags and Gear Were Soaking Wet

Summer 2015 review It’s been a busy summer for us, I believe, as for everybody else, too. But now the last event for this summer is done, and I have a few days when I can focus on emails and communication, before I go to the Seminary in the beginning of September....

Winter Norwegian Trip & Summer Plans

On New Year Holidays we took a trip to Finland and Norway. In Rovaniemi, Finland, we attended a prayer conference. This is an annual event, every year Dec 30 thru Jan 2. That is the best way to meet the New Year – to be together as a family, with the Church,...

The Sun Quits Showing Up on December 4th, so . . . .

We do conferences for men every year – 1st weekend of December, the official beginning of the Arctic Night. In reality the night starts a week or two earlier – depending on the weather, but on the Murmansk latitude the Sun quits showing up on Dec 4th.  And that is the...

Four Guys From Russia – My American Trip

The purpose of this trip was to attend  a meeting for men, organized by Alamo Band of Brothers, Boot Camp Basic.  The leader of this ministry, Jay R. Heck, invited us after visiting Norway last May, where we had our international meeting for men.  This was my 3rd time...

We Had To Do This Distance

It is mid October, and it is the beginning of the winter time here in the Arctic.  The snow is falling, the roads are bad, the car is dirty as  I don’t know what… There’s still daylight, but very soon it will get completely dark, we won’t see the Sun for almost 3...