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Jaanip?eva ?htu (Midsummers Eve)
Two days ago, we celebrated Midsummers Eve (Jaanip?ev). It is the longest day of the year, and it is a big holiday for Estonians. Everyone puts up he Estonian flag and then they build bonfires and stay up very late. … Continue reading
Kõrvamaa Expedition
Yesterday, we decided to go hiking in Kõrvamva National Park which is located 1 hour east of the Capital. Arvo drove us there. We were headed for a lake about 15 kilometers away. We first went through mountanous terrain. Then … Continue reading
Spring 2006
Dear friends, Lea and I are wrapping up our business in Vancouver and preparing for our third and final summer project in Estonia. This summer’s tasks will be highly varied and so we are expecting it to be even more … Continue reading
Announcing “Sam’s Estonia Update”
We arrived in Estonia on the evening of the 13th. We were greeted by a large group of family and friends from the Viimsi Church. Arvo (Lea’s oldest brother) drove us out to Leppneeme to the Haagen’s house (Lea’s older … Continue reading
“Everything We Need for Revival”
Last summer, our congregation in Viimsi celebrated the completion of a seven year construction project. Church leaders from all over the area came to offer their blessings. Among the congratulations offered that day, the director of a local Bible School encouraged us that we now had “everything we need for a revival.”
While I’m sure he meant well, his comment left me puzzled. I sat in my seat wondering what things we had now that we didn’t have before that could possibly account for the presence or absence of revival. Continue reading