work hard, pray hard

Hi!

The thing is that my life here in the base is just so full of different things and event etc that I could never record them all here! The last weeks have been busy once again even though last weekend was really calm. 

I show you some photos to tell you a bit what's going on here.

KIDS' DAY

On the Kids' day we had an event for all the kids of the neighborhood 

We had an important role to perform: 

The opening dance of the kids' day

There were also some games and teaching.
During that time I was praying for the parents
 who wanted us to pray for their lives.

In the end of the day every kid received a bag of some personal hygiene items.

 PARTY

Lucca's birthday party

The theme of the party...

Cake 

Monster make up

Rocio's 8-hour-long birthday party 

My job was to be the DJ as usual 

and make the people dance

 

CONSTRUCTION

Building Nakayamas' house

Transforming the studio

Building a new room for Hiram & Paula's new baby

Joel, 34°C and Hiram's roof we made.

Ok, this was just a small part of everything I have been doing. But maybe you'll have more idea now.

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Ultimately God has been treating my heart once again. Hah, that's a nice way to tell the things! But yeah, I passed through a time where I was economically really challenged. I tried my best to trust on God and I was able to see His faithfulness week after week and day after day. There were days without any money but not a single day without good food! But the situation continued until I really had to confess that my trust wasn't fully on God but still on people. God used this all to break my pride and put my trust fully on Him. He has been always faithful and He will be. 

Thank you all my supporters and people praying for me! I love to live my life when there're your kind of people walking with me!

God is already treating me with different things, but it's another story... Maybe I'll tell you next time!

Be super blessed and rejoice in the Lord!

be that goldfish & choose the other way!

Walking in the opposite spirit. What's that?

Well, basicly it's all about not letting the situation nor the spiritual atmosphere govern over you but swimming against the current.

An outreach team from our base just got badly robbed here in Argentina. What did the decide to do? To have an amazing worship time!

As a base we are facing lots of financial challenges with many outreaches. How do we act before these situations? We practise generousity! And a friend just got her visa and ticked and is now in a plane in order to join the outreach team in Italy.

Amazing! Are you getting the idea? One of your friends is struggling with judgement and critisism. Fine, just forgive and extend grace! Find it hard to work with certain people because of their pride? Haha, you know already what to do! Humble yourself and you'll see the change. Walk in purity against the lust. Walk in truth against the lies. Walk in joy against the depression.

The thing is that the Spirit of God will always overcome the spirit of this world. The problem is when we absorb the negative spirit and let it become part of our attitudes and actions. I'm really good at that, and that's why I really need the Holy Spirit to show me His reality and strategy.

Ok, now as I've explained this I just want to put it into practise and give God thanks for His faithfulness and favor in my finances and support!

Last month I was praying for a job to do. And I received the opportunities to work as a wedding DJ and help my friends with a theatre set up. Well, then the job ended and I found it hard to believe in God's faithfulness. However I received a big offering from a friend I least expected..! With that money I was able to pay my staff fee and food here at the base. Now that money has been spent. So happened? I received a lots of foodstuff from a friend!

Haha, I could tell you how I found some money from the garbage or how many times different friends have shared their food with me just when I needed it. But I just want to share this testimony to declare the faithfulness of my Father! I decide to walk in the opposit spirit and share what I have. I don't let the worry take over but I praise God already because He's gonna show His goodness!

A song doesn't have to do anything with the text. Or maybe it does!

Let it flow!

Hey guys!

Last weekend I was really busy with helping at the base and my homework of the book of Proverbs that I didn't have any time to write. 

However things are going great. We have had deep classes about renewing our minds, about our design and destiny and also some classes about different addictions. God has continued talking to me a lot!

The memory verse
of the week before.

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Last Tuesday I had all my documents for the residence and I went to the Immigrations office. However they let me know that there's one sentence lacking from one document so I need to do it again. I'm not happy to hear that but there's no reason to be discouraged or afraid. God has the whole thing on His hands and I will get my residence sooner or later.

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On Saturday it was my birthday! It was actually my first bday away from Finland! During the day we went to evangelize to different places. But when I got back at night there was a fiesta waiting for me :) So we ate some pizzas and of course the cake. I also got gifts! Just the stuff I needed!

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This morning my roommates woke me up at 5:30. There was a good reason though. The whole floor of the room was full of water. It was about 10cm deep!

What happened was that it was raining 17cm in one hour in Buenos Aires. The drains on the patio next to our room couldn't handle the water so the water started to rise. And when it reached the altitude of 10cm it just flowed inside. 

What do you have on the floor of your room? Well as we are four guys in a small room our floor was full of different stuff. Clothes, suitcases, shoes... And well, I had my new keyboard on the floor as well. When I lifted it up there was water flowing inside of it... The drains started to work again and in one hour we cleaned the floor with buckets.

Such a different experience right? Well, there were lots of worse stuff going on around the city of Buenos Aires: the subway was filled with water and the water moved cars from one street to another!

As God's son, my joy and peace are not in the material stuff. My confidence is in Him. I know that He has set His dreams inside of me. I don't need to worry what's going to happen and how I'm going to play now etc. I'm walking in His guidance and accepting the truth that I don't hold the control, but He does. As Psalm 29:10 (NIV) says: 

The Lord sat enthroned over the flood;

    the Lord is enthroned as King forever.

New style!
Bringing joy to a hospital!

Clowning at a park

Last week's memory verse

I have a reason to worship:

• The new revelations God's giving me daily
• My birthday party and all the gifts from God, from friends here and from Finland. 
• My health and everyday strenght

I'm praying:

• Still for my residence
• That my keyboard will come to life
• For finances for the theory part and for the outreach