Today my thoughts have been mostly on what really took place this past weekend! It has been a historical weekend for Mission SOS in many ways. Saturday was THE DAY that we all had been working, sweating, crying, laughing and praying for, for so long. It was the day of the official Launch of SOS Church in Stockholm! The inauguration ceremony was wonderful, so many greetings from all over the world, Julia and her team sang, Linnea had written a new song specially for this special day, all the pastors held great speeches, everything covered in a thick anointing from the Holy Spirit. To be part of planting a new church is really something very huge, a new part of the body of Christ here on earth... I feel so blessed that we could be here in Stockholm and be part of this - it is huge - imagine that we are actually impacting the very capital city in our nation!!!
The release concert for Mission SOS festival CD yesterday was incredible!!! I cried through 95% of the songs, so many memories came up from where these songs were sung for the first time among unreached people groups in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Julia and Linnea and the rest of the musicians were excellent and the Holy Spirit spoke through each song. The joy almost lifted the roof off of "Nalen" where we were at! Wow I feel so proud to be a SOS soldier for Jesus - this is my family - this is my people - I love you to death!So... We have been in Sweden all summer, we were able to help out build the church and be part of both the launch and the concert - one thing remains now - our VISAS back to the US!!! We believe that it is prime time for us to return to the States now - help us pray this visa in this week now. You can be sure to know when the answer of prayer comes - it will be posted very quickly right here!!! It's late and we have an early morning, so I'll see ya later.
/Martina
About The Almqvists
Hi, my name is Peter Almqvist and I am a minister of help. I work with setting up large outdoor evangelistic festivals all around the world, primarily in Africa. Currently we are on what we are calling the African Capital City Tour, or ACCT for short. We preach the gospel to those that have not heard or have yet to respond. The cry of the lost has been heard and we are responding to their SOS.
Praying with you guys Martina! But God had you right where you needed to be this summer. It's so cool that you guys got to be at the opening of the Church!
ReplyDeleteHallelujah! What a weekend.. Yay God!! I have goosebumps reading about it all.. and wish I could have been there to celebrate SOS!
ReplyDeletePraying for those visas now! I need you to be here on the 17th! Love you :)