At Home in the Kitchen in Tullinge - Stockholm...

We landed after a flight from Pittsburgh via Paris to Stockholm and are now sitting tired, but happy in my kitchen in Tullinge... Wonderful Marianne Drevon picked us up at Arlanda International Airport. Linda Zuniga had both cleaned the house and made lunch for us when we came home - what people the Zunigas are to live with :). Mattias Edlund had fixed our car that had a short visit at the car-repair garage while we were away... The church have advanced and grown with more newly saved, new people to be baptized, and last but not least - SOS Youth has had a great start with a mini youth camp this past weekend! What coworkers! What a family and church!

Right now I'm playing chess with Walter... Walter is a good player and is teaching me this no 1 strategy game :). We'll hit the gym tonight too for a workout to get this jetlag under control for the leadership gathering at SOS Church Stockholm tomorrow night.

It's good to be home again...

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The US - a Wonderful Oasis

I preached three services this Sunday and recorded some TV at Freedom Valley, Gettysburg PA. About 45 people responded to the salvation invitations and about 30 were baptized in the Holy Spirit and started speaking in tongues this wonderful Sunday! I have prayed with approximately 190 people to salvation, about 65 to the baptism in the Holy Spirit in total, and there have been sooo many healings during our little "US tour." Sunday night we baptized 29 newly saved! I have visited six of our Partner Churches this time, and we have sold a lot of my books and our Festival CD... More doors are opening all the time and with these allies we can reach more unreached people groups, do more festivals and plant more churches and Bible schools! Until the last people group has heard!

The US is a wonderful oasis for SOS, just like Norway and Finland - thank You Jesus!

Yesterday I flew home for a short stay in wonderful Stockholm, I'll meet with my leaders in SOS Church Wednesday night - oh, how I am longing to see my faithful team now...

Thursday night I preach in France and then the rest of the weekend in the French speaking part och Switzerland - fun!

Ps: This weekend five people were saved and five baptized in the Spirit home in Stockholm - hallelujah!

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Miracle Stories

Last night I preached the first service at my dear friends, the Stoltzfoos family and the mother church Freedom Valley Worship Center... About 35 people responded to the salvation invitation and many testified of immidiate physical healings that took place when I prayed the "miracle prayer" - the gospel really is a message of joy and the best message in the world! Pastor Gerry and their wild gang have already planted about 20 churches out of Freedom Valley, and they are storming forward aggressively - I learn so much from them... They are super generous and totally free from fear... If any of their coworkers want to start a new church they always say: "take as many mature members as possible with you from the mother church!" Zero greediness or suspicion, just joy and a childish belief in God that those who give most will receive most! The disciples belong to Jesus and pastors are shepherds that lead and love His sheep... American ways? No, I do believe it's called the kingdom of God...

Last night I herd sooo many miracle stories as I was signing my books... One story after another about mircles that took place when we preached in Gettysburg last summer! Tumours had dissapeared and could not be seen on the x-rays anymore, alcoholism and drug abstinence that had let go of its demonic grip, baptisms in the Spirit and families that had been restored! Yes, there was no end to all the Jesus-mircles from last summer! People from New Jersey came and testfied of all the mircales that Jesus had done after SOS' visit at their church etc... I went to bed overwhelmed, full of mircle stories... I am preaching three times today and will record a little TV as well... Life is best right now and Jesus is sooo close...

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From Pittsburgh to Gettysburg

Last night I was a part of a historical event when Pastor Russ and Jamie Horne, Sharpsburg Family Worship Center inaugurated their new church facility that was built at the beginning of 1860... This church was once the spritual home of the famous Heinz family (founder of Heinz ketchup). About 20,000 square feet with a school building attached to the church that they purchased cash for incredible $150,000! A miracle with church tower, bell, sanctuary and the entire Lutheran package! They are now in the process of remodeling, putting a modern touch to it, mixing old and new in a tasteful way! A historical, prophetic night when about 350 people filled the santuary with worship, it was a huge privilege to preach, an honor, and I enjoyed it... Allison Park Church planted the church in Sharpsburg ten years ago and it will now go from a medium sized church to a big one! Thank you Jesus that I could be a part of last night! Thank you Jesus for those that were saved and healed!

Pastor Russ and I praying at the end of the service...

I am now in historical Gettysburg with my friends Gerry and Julie Stoltzfoos, I have preached tonight and will speak at three services tomorrow at Freedom Valley Worship Center!

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Deep Sea Fishing

Yes! SOS is deep sea fishing in Stockholm city and among the unreached people groups of the world... To fish in different churches is kinda like fishing at home in the bath tub, or maybe at the local swimming pool at best... The fish you catch in a church has almost always been caught by someone else before, and it's almost as boring as fishing in a put and take lake...

In the fifth chapter of the gospel of Luke and the first eleven verses, Jesus challenges Peter to go deep sea fishing... Peter catches so much fish that the net are about to burst and he has to give half of it away so that his boat won't sink...

Deep sea fishing is our destiny! Lots of fich our motto! Generosity our DNA!

I'm looking forward to our festivals in Nepal and Tanzania this spring! Looking forward to a months deep sea fishing in Stockholm before then!

This weekend I preach five services in Pittsburgh and Gettysburg, it will great!

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SOS Youth is Born this Weekend

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.

Hebrews 11:20

Old Isaac is mentioned in the eleventh chapter of book of Hebrews, ie the faith chapter, and is counted as one of the heroes of faith because he blesses the next generation and their future... SOS also wants to bless and believe in the next generation and their future! The next generation will become pioneers, missionaries, and church planters!

This weekend we launch our youth ministry! We hope and pray that they will soon take over the entire premesis on Kungsholmen and turn it in to a youth facility ;). We believe in the youth! We will let SOS Youth reach at least 100 before handing over the facilities to them! GO go Kvist and Santos! Let us pray for the kick-off weekend!

We pray that:

- Youth will have strong and holy salvation experiences!

- Youth will be baptized in Holy Spirit and Fire and begin speaking in tongues!

- Youth will decide to be baptized in water!

- No one will feel like an outsider and that the SOS Youth will be a tight nit group from the start!

- Missionary callings will be born!

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Teaching and Spending Time with My Family...

I'm teaching Ever Increasing Faith at MCM Ministry School in Pittsburgh (SOS US Branch Campus) Tuesday - Friday this week... Leading prayer school, getting paper work done and having lunch with pastor friends..

I'm enjoying serving in the Kingdom of God, this is actually my 19th year as a preacher, preached my first sermon the summer of 1991... In June 1991 I started as a full time minister, the years fly by... I am full of energy and very hungry for what the future holds... I have learned a lot these last couple of years and know what to focus on the next coming 10 years... I don't want to drain myself on the wrong things... I believe I've matured both as spiritual leader and as a person... Thank you God that You never give up on us, but continue to work on us all the time... You become broken in a good way as the years pass. I love God more, I need my wife and kids in a deeper way and I appriciate and recognize faithful friends and coworkers and do not take anyone's loyalty and friendship for granted any more... I guess you become a little scarred and threadbare, not bitter but instead deeply grateful for everything that God has done and do, despite all our faults and shortcomings...

I went to the movies with my kids yesterday afternoon and my beloved Maria and I have had many looong conversations the last couple of days. We have cried a lot, hugged and found peace in God together... Maria is the most precious on this earth...

God is good!

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