Thassos i sikte: March 2010

Saturday, March 27, 2010

For sale

Flea market. New Life, Fridhemsgatan 17
Subwaystop: Fridhemsplan
April 17 10am-2pm

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Another day on my way to work

When Lena is taking the bus and train to work it takes her an hour and 22 min.
When going with the car she'll be there in half an hour...

This has been an grey and rainy day...
The good thing about it is that the snow is melting away.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

This picture says:
First week of May we're moving to Grece so....
now we are selling our home
(almost) everthing is going.

Friday, March 19, 2010

I guess we never got a picture of our "dolmades",
this "Greek" tasty dish of grape-leaf filled with a rice and mentha mix.
mmm will be no problem to live with the Greek kitchen!
Today we made another dish with rice.
Now we found our inspiration in a more easten country though...
instead of grape-leaf we where using seaweed and for a spicy tuch wasabi
mmm just as yummy

Now the date for our sale is certain.
It will take place on April 17 (still not for sure where it will be hold but book the date in your agenda!).
The big sale when we will say good bye to our welfare way of living
and say hello to freedom and flexibility. We bring what fits in a car (well that's not true... we still have too many things we don't want to say good bye to... or it's just that our car is too small, we'll see)

Monday, March 15, 2010

How to make time to move faster!

While waiting for departure time to Thassos one can spend time baking!
Kenneth did bagels for the first time. Very yummy ones with cinnamon and raisins.
It was a little like doing "Palt" regarding the boiling part.
Palt is a northern swedish delicious dish made of potato and pork, you eat it with lingon berry jam and butter. Kenneth is determined to teach the greeks to love it!

Our preparations for the move is going good but the time is going soooo sloooooow...
We haven't got one of our cars sold yet though, but there is still a month to go...
It's a nice car and economical to drive. Anyone interested?
Then of course there is more sorting and fixing to do, things to take care of and papers to fill in...

We have got some new hints about what to get involved in when we're in Greece. It's good to have something more concrete to look forward to. We'll get back to that when we know for sure.
But for now we have to keep ourself occupied with all sorts of things.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

winter greeting to the small ones

Now we made a "feeder" for the small birds.
Just to put it outside and wait for the birds to find it...
(should have had more sunflower seeds
but for now they have to make do with what we have...
..some muesli)

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Patchwork for sale

This blog needs a picture!
Here is one of Lenas artwork. She's making it for our big sale!
Before leaving for Greece we will sell as much as possible.
We have the sale for two resons, to get rid of as many things as possible
and to gain as much money as possible for the trip :-)

Facts on Thassos

Thassos is the most northen island in Greece, in the province of Macedonia. It is a very green island with high hills that makes a beautiful scenery, and there is also some really nice beaches.
There is 16000 inhabitants on the island that count a circumference of 91km. Thassos town is Limenas but there is also several vilages on the island.
To get to the island you need to take the boat from Kavala or Keramoti to either Limenas or Skala Prinou. The seagull will make you company all the way hoping to get something :-)

The vision (english)

1996 Kenneth got the calling through a dream to go to Macedonia. At that time he didn't know that such country existed , more than mentioned in the Bible. But the same morning a Christian magazine, “Light for the peoples”, came with the mail and landed on the floor with an article about a missionary family in Macedonia facing up. The first that caught Kenneth's attention was a quote of Paule “Come and help us” Acts 16:9. Kenneth then felt he would have to wait for at least 10 years before fully stepping into the vision.

During the years he has prepared himself with bible school and work in different congregations to get experience. There has also been lots of trips to the area, among other in 2001 when he was working as a guide on Thassos. Until then he had thought that Macedonia only is the small country in former Yugoslavia. Now he found out that the area in northern Greece also is Macedonia.

During the time in Thassos Kenneth got to know some Christians, Dimitri and Gordon. Together they started to have services for tourists in a pavilion by the sea. These became popular and now they have a small congregation on the island where Dimitri is the pastor. This fellowship is the base for our mission in Macedonia.

On February 7, 2009 Lena became part of the vision as we got married. Lena has been in mission for some years with YWAM, youth with a mission, and love to do more missionary work. After a few visits to Thassos she got a feel for the people in the area. Kenneth think she's an important part of the puzzle and to see the vision come true.

Kenneth is a pioneer with many visions while Lena is of more calm and stable character. We complete each other well.

After one year of marriage we decided to make our way south. For two years we were having the privilige of staying on an island with a small english/greek speeking fellowship as a base for our mission. Our mission was simply to preach the gospel in the area. Our main focus has been on the youth. Now we are back in Sweden but the church on Thassos is still serving the Lord on Thassos. And we hope that we continuously will be able to bring in teams and do other outreaches in the area. And maybe in the future come back on a more long term base.

Visionen (svenska)

1996 fick Kenneth i en dröm Makedonien som en missionskallelse. Han visste då inte att landet existerade, mer än som omtalad i Bibeln. Men den morgonen trillade ett Ljus i Öster-tidning in genom brevinkastet och landade med baksidan upp, där var en artikel om en missionärsfamilj i Makedonien. Det första Kenneths ögon fastnade på var ett citat från Paulus ”Kom över och hjälp oss” apg 16:9. Kenneth upplevde då att han skulle få vänta över 10 år innan han skulle få kliva in i kallelsen på allvar.

Under tiden har han förberett sig med bibelskola och arbete i lite olika församlingar för att få erfarenhet. Det har också blivit många resor dit, bla 2001 då han fick arbete som reseledare på ön Thassos i norra Grekland. Det var tydligt hur Gud hade sin hand med i det. Kenneth trodde innan dess att Makedonien endast var det lilla land som tidigare ingått i fd Jugoslavien. Han upptäckte nu att området i norra Grekland också heter Makedonien. Under tiden i Thassos lärde Kenneth känna några kristna på ön, Dimitri och Gordon. Tillsammans började de anordna gudstjänster för turister i en paviljong vid havet. Dessa blev populära och nu är där en liten församling där Dimitri är pastor. Den församlingen är vår bas i vår Makedoniska mission.

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Den 7 feb 2009 blev Lena del i kallelsen då vi gifte oss. Lena har flera års erfarenhet från mission genom UMU, ungdom med uppgift, och vill gärna fortsätta med mission. Efter att ha vart med på ett par resor ner till Makedonien var det lätt att känna för människorna i området. För Kenneths del är hon givetvis en oerhört viktig pusselbit som fallit på plats för att klara uppdraget. Kenneth är visionären och pionjären medan Lena är den trygga, stabila typen. Vi kompletterar varandra bra.

Efter ett års äktenskap besämde vi oss för att flytta söderut. Under två år har vi haft förmånen att få bo på en ö med en liten engelsk/grekisk gemenskap som bas för arbetet. Vår mission har helt enkelt vart att predika evangelium i området. I huvudsak har vi arbetat med ungdomsarbete. Nu är vi tillbaka i Sverige men församlingen tjänar fortfarande Herren på Thassos. Och vi hoppas att vi även fortsättningsvis ska kunna ta med team ner och ha andra missionssatsningar i området. Och kanske en dag att vi åker tillbaka mer långsiktigt.

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