March Forth! Marssige Edasi!

Hea meel on tõdeda, et Austraalia ansambel Rivertribe on taas meie kandis.
Sellel korral koguni rohekm kui 10 kontserti kõigis kolmes Baltiriigis.
Seda puhku kolme asemel kahekesi ja kutsuvad nad ennast ka vahest Tribe2.
Elektroonilist etnomuusikat viljelev bänd väljastas hiljuti uue plaadi,
millel ka peaaegu eestikeelne lugu peal, kuid siiski setokeelne.
Koostöös Värska naiskooriga Kuldatsäuka valmis lugu nimega Setomaa.
Eelmisel aastal Jazzkaare raames esinenud muusikud astuvad ühena
peaesinejatest lavale Juu Jääb festivalil Muhu ja Ruhnu saarel sellel
neljpäeval ja reedel. Vaata lisaks
www.tribe2music.com
www.perroon.com
www.nordicsounds.ee
www.piletilevi.ee
Vaata kogu tuurikava ja proovi leida parim võimalus kogeda midagi
erilist...just nagu ise reisiks mööda maailma kultuurist kultuuri:
Thu 29.06.06 Muhu Juu Jääb festival 22:00
Fri 30.06.06 Ruhnu Juu Jääb festival 20:00
Sat 1.07.06 Paldiski Seikluslaager 22:00
Sun 2.07.06 Riga Mathews kirik 14:00
Wed 5.07.06 Riga Club Casablanca 23:00
Thu 6.07.06 Liepaja Club Fontaine Palace 22:00
Fri 7.07.06 Palanga Club Vandenis 22:00
Sat 8.07.06 Pilistvere Järgmine Peatus 22:00
Sun 9.07.06 Tallinn EKNK 11:00
head muusikat soovitades,
Timm Rannu
MTÜ Sonico
timm@sonico.ee
tuuri korraldab RBA
Heili Tõnissaar
Vabadus: Noorte Liikumine
66 050 66
heili@vabadus.org

Well, it's our final day here in Tartu, the "sunset" as Col. Knaggs says on his blog.

Tim has been feeling sick the past couple of days, but still trying to push himself to finish up on things here. He might have the same stomach virus that Peter had on the weekend. So please pray for health and strength for Tim (and the rest of us!).

We've got a lot of loose ends we're finishing up with here. Please pray that things would go smoothly -- no more 5-minute projects taking an hour, for example!

We're so grateful to our friends the Harrisons, Kontsons, Piips, Viinalasses, Vogels, etc. for their help the past few days and weeks. And also our corps kids like Liis, Karl-Gustav, and Maret. Please pray that God would be especially close to us all as we part.

Thank you!

Evelyn

Battle School starts next week here -- please pray for life-transformative experiences for each student.

Just passing along this info....

Hey Everyone,I hope everyone is enjoying your summer vacation. I want to give you areminder about this summer's English Camp. It's going to be 17-21 July! The cost is only 550 eek and that includes food, the camp and housing. We willbe having the camp in Sihva at a school and it's going to be an incredible week. We have 24 Americans coming from Atlanta and Texas for the camp and they are students themselves just finishing high school, so this is going to be very cool! If you want to come, go to www.goingup.ee and follow the link to Summer English Camp "Think Again". Register and pay today because the camp is already half full. We have people registered from all over Estonia and even other places in Europe! English Camp is an international event!You're not going to want to miss this week, 5 days, 24 Americans, and the party of the year!
www.goingup.ee
Craig Hamer
Programming and High School Director
Going UP, Tartu, Estonia

We've found it difficult at times to give a short answer when asked exactly what it is that Chris will be doing this summer. It is NOT summer camp! We usually mumble something about "discipleship training" and since most people don't know what that means any more than we do, the conversation ends there. ;-)

But now we have been sent the schedule for the summer, and here are a few of the items listed:
War Room (24-hour non-stop prayer room)
How to Find God
Classes with Captain Stephen Court and Captain Danielle Strickland andothers
Food Line
Air Force
Knee Drill
Divisonal Commander's Installation
Ground Force
Park (I think this will involve doing Vacation Bible School)
Re:cre8 (cafe)

I'm just as crazy jealous as I could be, but so glad that he will have this awesome experience!

Evelyn

P.S.
He leaves the day after tomorrow and we are still packing for our move to Tallinn. Please pray!

One week from today, Chris will take car, boat, bus, and plane to get to America!

Please pray for him especially this week! (And for us, as we finalize his preparations while also packing to move to Tallinn!)

Fri. 16 June -- Brunch with Pastor Leho Paldre's family
Lead the Fighting
2CO 10:3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Sat. 17 June -- Col. Laukkanen & Capt. Mikkonen leave Tartu
Fast and Pray
AC 13:2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said….

Sun. 18 June -- American Fathers' Day & Farewell Cookout
Read the Bible
2TI 3:14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Mon. 19 June -- Is there such a thing as a "day off"?
Witness
AC 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses….

Tues. 20 June -- Maret's graduation from 9th class
Evangelize
2TI 4:1 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

Wed. 21 June -- Summer officially begins!
Engage Demons
MT 10:7 As you go, preach this message: `The kingdom of heaven is near.' 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

Thurs. 22 June -- Estonian Salvationists leave for Roots Congress in Finland
Listen to God
JN 6:45 It is written in the Prophets: `They will all be taught by God.' Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me. 46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. 47 I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life. 48 I am the bread of life.

http://www.jesusfilm.org/languages/podcasting.html

ISA 58:6 "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?
ISA 58:7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter--
when you see the naked, to clothe him,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
ISA 58:8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness will go before you,
and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
ISA 58:9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;
you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
"If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
ISA 58:10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday.
ISA 58:11 The LORD will guide you always;
he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land
and will strengthen your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring whose waters never fail.
ISA 58:12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins
and will raise up the age-old foundations;
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,
Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
(Isaiah 58:6-12)

As Salvation Army officers, we promise to:
proclaim the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
love and serve Him supremely all my days
live to win souls and make their salvation the first purpose of my life
care for the poor
feed the hungry (v. 7)
clothe the naked (v. 7)
love the unlovable
befriend those who have no friends
meet human needs in His name without discrimination

But aren't those promises that every Christian should make?

Evelyn

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/06/05/warren.aids/index.html

Commentary: Christians must do more to combat AIDS, comfort victims
What would Jesus do when confronted by AIDS?
By Kay WarrenSpecial to CNN
Editor's note: Kay Warren, wife of Rick Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback Church and author of "The Purpose Driven Life," is executive director of Saddleback's HIV/AIDS initiative. An accomplished writer, Mrs. Warren has traveled globally to speak and learn about the AIDS pandemic.
LAKE FOREST, California (CNN) -- Joana crawled toward me on her skeletal elbows and knees, each movement a painful reminder of the fact that she was dying.
When I met her, this emaciated woman was homeless, living under a tree. She had unrelenting diarrhea, little food, no earthly possessions, and only an elderly auntie who had taken pity on her to care for her needs.
Still, she roused herself to offer me, an American visitor to her part of Mozambique, a traditional greeting.
The African pastors who brought me to visit her told me that she had been evicted from her village when it became known that she had AIDS. Now, in this second village, her tiny stick house had mysteriously burned after her status became known. A short time later, Joana died -- rejected, abandoned, persecuted and destitute.
We may think this doesn't happen in the United States. "People who are HIV-positive are treated better than that here," we say. But I'm not so sure.
I live in affluent Orange County, California, yet a disabled man in my area who was HIV positive was not allowed to enter his brother's home.
He and his wife could live in the backyard, but he couldn't come inside. To bathe him, his wife had to attach a nozzle to a hose and shoot him with a hard spray of water that would hopefully dislodge dirt and grime. The family dog was treated better than this man; at least it could go in the house.
Like Joana in Mozambique, this man may also die rejected, abandoned, persecuted and destitute.
As a follower of Christ, I am seriously disturbed by both stories.
Horrific and startling images confront each of us daily through newspapers, televisions, and eyewitness accounts of those suffering from AIDS. You can do what I did for years -- choose to ignore it all because it was too painful -- or you can become disturbed -- seriously, dangerously disturbed -- so disturbed that you are compelled to do something.
Christians are just as guilty as non-Christians of wanting to look the other way when it comes to the problems confronting our world, the topics that make us uncomfortable. But we need to be seriously disturbed about homelessness, child prostitution, rape, poverty, injustice, and HIV/AIDS.
Twenty-five years into the AIDS pandemic, being HIV-positive still carries stigma and shame. But God cares for the sick and so must we.
It's not a sin to be sick. The Bible tells us Jesus was repeatedly "filled with compassion" as he encountered broken bodies and broken minds. While polite society vigorously avoided contact with those they considered diseased outcasts, Jesus responded in a radical way: He cared, he touched, he healed.
I had no medication that could cure Joana, nothing to alleviate her pain, nothing that would restore her to health. But I offered the one thing that all of us can offer: I offered my presence. I put my arms gently around her, prayed for relief from her suffering and whispered, "I love you."
This is a start, but much more is needed. Today, I challenge the worldwide church to take on the global giants of spiritual darkness, lack of servant leaders, poverty, disease, and ignorance. It's past time for those who claim to be Christ's followers to join the struggle against the devastation that the HIV virus brings.
How many more like Joana have to die before you become seriously disturbed?

Greetings in Jesus' name, friends.
If I might tear away everything for a moment, all of our roles and responsibilities and positions and reputations and connections and expectations and mistakes and regrets and pressures and problems and hopes and dreams and longings and fatigue and uncertainty and so on...
Isn't Jesus Christ amazing?
None of the other stuff hassles or hinders in light of the wonderful love manifest on a Cross and victory displayed in an empty tomb.
Hallelujah!
He is risen!
I'll drink to that! (non-alcoholic)
Yahoo (Pronounced YA - hoo)

On Saturday, we said good bye to one of the young teens who has been coming to our programs regularly. Lauri had been living at the city's turvakodu (safe house) for children, which is like a transitional orphanage. But he is leaving Tartu to live with his mother again, so although we are sad that he is leaving, we share in his excitement of being reunited with his mom. 

We didn't think we would see Lauri before he left, but we went to a children's fair at a local shopping center on Saturday (his last day in town) and there he was! So we were able spend some time with him befofre he left. Here are Lauri with Elizabeth on a little train they have a the shopping center to ride between the mall and some of the outer shops.

Snow in June?!? No, the shopping center has an indoor ice rink and they put the scrapings from the Zamboni in the parking log. Elizabeth and Lauri had a good snowball fight. 

Lauri gets Elizabeth on the head with snow! 

Later in the day we returned to our house for yet another birthday celebration. This time our friend Ats turned 16, and we had a cookout in our yard to mark the special day. 

Ats tries to help Evelyn light the candles on his cake on the breezy day. 

Our backyard was full of friends for Ats's birthday: Evelyn, Andrei, Ats, Liis, Chris, Elizabeth and Maret. 

Where Is Home?
by Clarence Jordan

When Jesus said, “The son of man has nowhere to hang his hat,” he was trying to show the totality of the demands of the kingdom. He was not going around looking for people that he could bait by offering a better job:
“You can follow me.”
“How much are you paying? I’m getting $100 a week.”
“Well, I’ll give you $125.”
That isn’t the way the Lord gathered apostles or disciples. He made it clear to them that it was going to be costly, just as it had cost him, and that you might not have any place that you could call home.

Source: Cotton Patch Parables of Liberation

Ats turns 16 today. His mother lives in Greece and he lives in the Turvakodu ("safe home"). He's been taking Jr. Soldier classes and is trying to discover what his new Christian faith is all about.

Please lift him up in prayer today!

This whole piece has lots of good stuff, but here's a bit:
"Of course, we are all addicts in one way or another, either by reason of some substance abuse, or addiction to a certain order, way of thinking, way of relating, or to structures of religion and government itself."

http://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2003/003/20.0.html

They really do do this; they really do knock on your door late at night.

Please continue to pray for the Kendall family. Dustin Kendall died in Iraq a few months ago. His parents and little sister (Elizabeth's age) are here in Tartu, Estonia.

Thanks,
Evelyn

Remember, it's a spoof!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6453208040151871370&q=salvation+army

World Weekend of Prayer for Children at Risk
3rd - 4th June 2006
Arise, cry out in the night as the watches of the night begin:
pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord.
Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children,
who faint from hunger at the head of every street...
Lamentations 2:19

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Decline in child labour
The number of child labourers has fallen considerably for the first time, according to a new International Labour Organisation report. Some 218 million are classified as child labourers, down 11% from 246 million in 2002. Numbers fell the most in Latin America, but there was little decline in Africa. The biggest reduction was amongst children working in hazardous environments - the number engaged in this work fell by 26%.
Praise God for this change, and for the millions of children whose quality of life has improved so significantly in the last few years.
Pray that governments would continue to demand better and safer conditions for young workers, and that the poverty which forces children to work would be addressed by the international community.

Polio vaccination in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is one of just four countries in the world still affected by polio. Earlier in the year, Egypt was declared free of polio after successful immunisation campaigns.
Praise God that a polio eradication drive has taken place in Afghanistan this month. More than two million children have been vaccinated, which should lead to an end to the virus in the country.
Please pray for polio to be stamped out around the world. Pray that the last few nations would be able to vaccinate their children effectively to achieve this.

Malnutrition in West Africa and the Horn of Africa
Across West Africa, the countries of the Sahel - including Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger - are facing dangerously high levels of child malnutrition. Further east, the nomadic peoples of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are also in danger, as drought has caused up to half of their herds to die. With their families' livelihoods so damaged, 40,000 children are now so malnourished that they could well die in the coming months.
Please pray for enough rain to replenish water supplies, bringing good harvests and revived herds.
Pray for those supporting these vulnerable communities - for sufficient resources to meet their needs, and for long-term solutions preventing food crises in the future.

Child soldiers freed in Sudan
Since 2001, an estimated 20,000 children from the former southern rebel forces, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), have been disarmed, demobilised and returned to their families and communities. However, there are an estimated 2,000 children still associated with the SPLA, mainly in non-combat roles and in hard-to-reach areas.
· Praise God that currently, many child soldiers are being released in southern Sudan, as part of a process to disarm children involved with armed forces or groups. 250 children in Upper Nile State were freed at the end of April, and the government plans to demobilise all child soldiers this year.
· Please pray for children who have fought in Sudan to receive the care and support they need to reintegrate into society. Pray for God to restore them and show them his unconditional love.

Thank you for your prayers,
Cathryn Baker Prayer Mobiliser, Viva Network
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