March Forth! Marssige Edasi!

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Thirty Years of Sunshine and Bells
We’re overjoyed when volunteers come back to serve each season. One special volunteer is Floyd “Sunshine” Libby. He has manned a Salvation Army kettle for some 30 years! His friendly disposition got him the ‘sunny’ nickname. He’s such a joy to be around!
Floyd first met The Salvation Army in 1936, when he became a member of the church. “I enjoy meeting and chatting with the folks,” he says. “It’s a good feeling to raise funds for a charity that helps so many people in need.”

There were always four people sitting on the platform when I was growing up: the two corps officers, Col. Bamford (CSM), and Sunshine (CT)! When I was a kid, I didn't understand why he had such a nickname, because he always looked stern and scary to me! My mother used to say that he was old even when SHE was a kid! But of course, he actually has this huge smile that really lights up a room.

When I lived in Portland as an adult, I had wonderful times doing League of Mercy with Sunshine and my son Chris, who was then between 4 and 7 -- the perfect age to bring such joy to everyone we visited! Sunshine used to always gives his testimony (actually, I'm sure he still does!) that he got more of a blessing out of visiting the people than he gave them. He was the Corps Treasurer for many years, and used to start his prayers off the same way: "We thank you for the opportunity of giving of our tithes and offerings. We pray that you will bless it...." What a lesson that was to me -- the OPPORTUNITY of giving!

Although technically I was raised by a single mother, Sunshine certainly goes on the list of people who brought me up! Hm, maybe I'll work on actually compiling such a list!

Today I'd ask you to pray for Dana, his stepson. God knows his situation a lot better than I do at the moment: cancer, daughter, etc.

Evelyn

from Psalm 91

14"Et ta minusse on kiindunud,
siis ma päästan tema;
ma ülendan tema,
sest ta tunneb minu nime.
15Ta hüüab mind appija ma vastan temale;
mina olen ta juures,
kui ta on kitsikuses,
ma vabastan temaning teen ta auliseks.
16Pika eaga ma täidan temaja annan temale näha oma päästet."

PS 91:14 "Because [s]he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue h[er];
I will protect h[er], for [s]he acknowledges my name.
PS 91:15 [S]he will call upon me, and I will answer h[er];
I will be with h[er] in trouble,
I will deliver h[er] and honor h[er].
PS 91:16 With long life will I satisfy h[er]
and show h[er] my salvation."

In Estonian, we have none of these gender-inclusive (or lack thereof!) problems. "Ta" and "tema" mean both "he" AND "she" (and also "him" and "her").

Almighty God, You know that Kristel loves You! Please rescue her, protect her, be with her, deliver her! Amen.

Evelyn

We are now blogging over at http://kopli8.blogspot.com/

Please bookmark it! :-)

We'll blog here from time to time when we have news of Tartu and Captain Pirjo Mikkonen's work here. But we'll also tell you at Kopli8 if we do.

Evelyn

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
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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
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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.