yesterday morning we signed up for our outreach/mission trips to various parts of england and europe. due to the remaining options [or lack of options] when i went to sign up for the trips i felt this was the outreach which God has called me to be apart of. i honestly had no idea what or where finland was at the time of signing up so i had to do some research. when the options for outreaches were presented to us i was hoping the tasks associated with one of the locations would stand out to me and i would be able to make the choice based on what we would be doing rather than based on location, so i would know i wasn't making a selfish decision on where to go... of course all the options basically involved to the same type of ministry and work so it made the decision nearly impossible. anyways, i am signed up for finland and it sounds like its going to be an awesome place to visit. be praying that God prepares the hearts of our team and the hearts of the people in finland for whatever He has in store. of course the one person whose personality i totally clash with ended up on my team, i guess God has something to teach me through this after all :).
i think we will be in finland for about a week, serving the local church and community there through street evangelism [my greatest challenge], community service, and helping in the church and local schools.
here is finland on a map, the city we will be staying in is Turku, it is on the southern end of the country near the coast. Finland is the dark orange country on the map, in northern Europe and bordering Russia, this will probably be the farthest north i will ever get on the planet. it is currently -4ºC [24ºF] in Turku, so i plan on freezing when i am there.
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