Things you can do with the snow

Today Emma had fun for the first time in her life playing with the snow.
According to her the best thing you can do with snow is:

1. Eat it
2. Chase the snowballs that daddy makes

Proud to be an Estonian

Estonians dont have a lot of patriotism. At least it doesn't show most of the time. Except in song festivals when thousands of people get together to sing, and tens of thousands come to listen. Sometimes we sing for freedom. 20 years ago thats how we got our independance (Singing revolution).
Yesterday night we celebrated Estonian re-indpendance day. The key event for that was a night song festival, just like the ones 20 years ago. We couldn't miss it and drove up to Tallinn with a car full of people to joing the thousands of people singing once again for freedom. It was quite amazing night. There were more than 100,000 people gathered. Although there were also 5000 singers you really couldn't tell a difference between the choir and the audience. We were united, holding up hands and waving Estonian (and Georgian) flags.
It was 6:30 in the morning when we finally got back home. Proud to be an Estonian. But more than that I am thankful for the freedom that we have as a country. Thank you God!

PS You can find a really good post written by an american living in Estonia about the songfestival night here.

Here are some pictures of the night.

Our family is growing

We have some very exciting personal news to share with you all, as proud and as pleased parents that we are, even more so are we to announce that the end of January Emma will be having a new baby brother or sister!!

Anna is 12+ weeks along in her pregnancy and feeling better everyday. She has had a whole new experience of some mild nausea with this baby that she didn't have with Emma. Emma is already giving mommy's tummy kisses and I am also very excited about becoming a dad again.

We had our 12 week Ultrasound today, so attached is a picture, even though it's quite hard to read anything out of it! We would appriciate your prayers and support during these next months, as the baby grows and develops and for more patience as parents to train Emma to be a loving and obiedient sister.

where are your eyes

You have 2 options what to look at this picture:
1. My receding hairline
2. Our cutest daugther Emma


The picture is taken at Kuldar and Kristel wedding. Congrats my friends!

Rat Race 2008

Here is Risttee Rat Race team in our catholic/high-church uniforms running for charity in the center of Tartu.

baptism

Risttee church has only one mission - to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
This Sunday we had a big celebration as 7 young people gave a public confession that Jesus is their King and Saviour.

Click to see pictures.

that made me think

"Die to the dream of being a success and live to be a blessing…”
(M.Barnett)

I am wired to setting goals and achieving them. Success is sth that is visible to many.
Being a blessing can be much more of a hidden thing.

Am I still attached to the idol of pride?