laupäev, november 06, 2004
Retreat
Tomorrow morning we leave for an officers' retreat in Finland. It will be at the Silokallio Lutheran retreat center outside of the city of Pori. If you look at the web site you will see just how much we have to suffer serving overseas ;-)
The guest will be Dr. James Read from William and Catherine Booth College in Canada, so we won't have to worry about translation from Finish, Swedish or Estonian. The topic is on Christian ethics, which I think will be interesting and challenging. More and more I find there are questions of ethics I need to face, which could be the result of the gradually eroding moral climate of the Western world or my own self awareness. Who knows, but I am looking forward to the week.
The kids will come with us, so we are glad it will be a family outing. We are hoping there will be Internet access there, but if not, we'll be sure to get back to blogging as soon as we get home.
We are not too worried about leaving the house for a week because a friend recommended a young Estonian guy who can stay at the house while we are away, so it will not look empty here and should discourage thieves.
Keep us in prayer this week, that God will speak to each of us (even the kids!) and open us to all He has to say.
--Tim
The guest will be Dr. James Read from William and Catherine Booth College in Canada, so we won't have to worry about translation from Finish, Swedish or Estonian. The topic is on Christian ethics, which I think will be interesting and challenging. More and more I find there are questions of ethics I need to face, which could be the result of the gradually eroding moral climate of the Western world or my own self awareness. Who knows, but I am looking forward to the week.
The kids will come with us, so we are glad it will be a family outing. We are hoping there will be Internet access there, but if not, we'll be sure to get back to blogging as soon as we get home.
We are not too worried about leaving the house for a week because a friend recommended a young Estonian guy who can stay at the house while we are away, so it will not look empty here and should discourage thieves.
Keep us in prayer this week, that God will speak to each of us (even the kids!) and open us to all He has to say.
--Tim
