New Work to be Done

We started a new men’s group in Kirovsk/Apatity in Feb. It started unexpectedly. A man from Kirovsk who I didn’t know before (and still don’t know in person) called me. He had questions about issues in his life and was looking for help. We talked for...

The “Bible Belt” of Norway

I recently attended a conference in Kristiansand. It is on the very Southern tip of Norway. That area is a kind of “Bible belt” of Norway. There were about 400 men from all over the country, except Finnmark. I was a sort of representative from Finnmark. 🙂...

New Men’s Ministry in Norway

Last weekend our team of five men from different towns in Kola peninsula went to Vadso, Norway, to start a new men’s group. On Friday night we had a group in Nickel, and Saturday at noon we started to Vadso. The time difference is 3 (!) hours. So we arrived in...

Men’s Conference – Russia

Last week was very busy. It started a week ago, last Wed, when my friend, a pastor and bishop from Archangelsk, Sergey Latyshev arrived to the Murmansk Airport. I picked him there and we went to Polarny, where we had a men’s group in the evening. It was...

Across the Rocky Tundra

Hello dear friends, Here is some news. We had our annual summer camp in Aug 26 – 28 this year. This time it looked more like a trip than a camp. We were few – just 10 this time. We hiked 18 kilometers across rocky tundra to the Barents Sea coast. There...