So we have arrived back in Estonia for another 8 days of mission to students and giving out more bibles.
It was so great to see our friends meet us at the airport and we spent a lot of the journey from airport to Tallinn talking about how amazing the last 3 years have been and how God has taken us on a pretty unexpected but beautiful journey. We had no idea where we were going when we started, no idea how to get there or what God had in store for us but it is great looking back on the journey so far and so exciting looking forward and thinking about what lies ahead.
Day 1 was taken up with production meetings and team meetings which went well, food and much needed sleep followed.
Day 2 we headed south to Valga which is at the very southern tip of the country and we were about 1k from the Latvian border. We were returning to a church with an American youth pastor, Chris, it was great to see him and his wife again. The event was great, lots of young people from the town came along, they heard the gospel message and all took away a bible. Also a young girl who had been along to the church in the past but not for a long time spoke to Laura, Chris's wife and said, "Ok, I am ready to follow Jesus". Amazing stuff, one more young life changed forever. The church were excited and so were we, a great start.
I am writing this blog as we travel to the next town Voru, it was an early start and I am particularly excited because we are returning to the town where we did our first ever mission event in Estonia 3 years ago! Even as I write it seems amazing that so much time has passed. I am reminded of how important it is for us to just be obedient and follow God's leading in our lives. None of what we are doing made any sense, especially in the early years, but God knew and we just followed and now it is all clear, we have seen so many come to Christ, we have a brand new youth bible an amazing team of people and so many plans for the future.
So, be obedient, follow God's lead, don't be discouraged, persevere and be blessed.
Ok, I'm started to feel sick now so will stop writing ; )
Until the next blog
Timothy James
It was so great to see our friends meet us at the airport and we spent a lot of the journey from airport to Tallinn talking about how amazing the last 3 years have been and how God has taken us on a pretty unexpected but beautiful journey. We had no idea where we were going when we started, no idea how to get there or what God had in store for us but it is great looking back on the journey so far and so exciting looking forward and thinking about what lies ahead.
Day 1 was taken up with production meetings and team meetings which went well, food and much needed sleep followed.
Day 2 we headed south to Valga which is at the very southern tip of the country and we were about 1k from the Latvian border. We were returning to a church with an American youth pastor, Chris, it was great to see him and his wife again. The event was great, lots of young people from the town came along, they heard the gospel message and all took away a bible. Also a young girl who had been along to the church in the past but not for a long time spoke to Laura, Chris's wife and said, "Ok, I am ready to follow Jesus". Amazing stuff, one more young life changed forever. The church were excited and so were we, a great start.
I am writing this blog as we travel to the next town Voru, it was an early start and I am particularly excited because we are returning to the town where we did our first ever mission event in Estonia 3 years ago! Even as I write it seems amazing that so much time has passed. I am reminded of how important it is for us to just be obedient and follow God's leading in our lives. None of what we are doing made any sense, especially in the early years, but God knew and we just followed and now it is all clear, we have seen so many come to Christ, we have a brand new youth bible an amazing team of people and so many plans for the future.
So, be obedient, follow God's lead, don't be discouraged, persevere and be blessed.
Ok, I'm started to feel sick now so will stop writing ; )
Until the next blog
Timothy James
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