Transformation

So, today Maria arrived with Alicia and Adam. Michael and Josefina have been counting the days to their arrival and they are soooo excited to have their friends here!! It took about 30 minutes and Alicia had transformed Josefina into... Pippi Longstocking!!! Swedish culture at its best!

Great friends!

/Martina

Published: By: The Almqvists - 10:10 PM

Very Loved Friend...

You came into my life about 10 years ago

The smile on your face was bright and beautiful

Your love for Jesus was so pure

Your passion and eagerness to tell EVERYONE of Him was so real

You stole my heart back then

And have continued to do so over the years

I'm thinking of all the times we've laughed together

Cried together

Worked together

Played with my kids together

Had picknicks in the snow together

You were, and will probably always be my little princess' favorite person in the world

I will always remember the bright days

The days where laughter was so close, and we had so much fun

I'll always remember all the late night talks eating your favorite food; Pepsi Max and Rocky Road ice cream :)

Jennie, you will live in my heart forever, and I miss you already

I know that you are with Jesus now, the place you wanted to be for some time

I know that you have no more pain and anxiety

And I know that I will meet you again some day and see that same beautiful, bright smile of yours

I love you so much my dear friend, and I will never forget you

Your friend Martina

Published: By: The Almqvists - 10:06 AM

Engaged 10 Years Ago...

The beach we got engaged on, but it was a LITTLE colder in February 2000!!! :)

Ten years ago, today, on Valentines Day Peter I got engaged on a very cold windy beach in Skanör, Southern Sweden! As soon as we got the rings on our fingers (in Sweden the guy gets an engagement ring too) we ran back to the warm car :) and drove back to Malmö for dinner at an Indian restaurant... (I had this dream of getting engaged on a beach...) Can't believe it's been 10 years... 10 wonderful, great, exciting and adventurous years together with the best man on this planet!!! Love you Peter!

/Martina

Published: By: The Almqvists - 11:53 AM

Great God, Great Friends, Great Life!

Lead prayer school at the MCM Ministry School yesterday morning, we prayed for the Dong people in China. Wow, we could just feel the heart of God for this people as we were praying. I love to pray with the students, love to see them grow, take new steps of faith and watch them being transformed by the precious Holy Spirit's work in their lives... This is a great school BTW ;) you can apply here!

After prayer a great friend of ours walked into the classroom; Daniel is here again!!! Yeah! We've missed him the last couple of months. The students absolutely love him and the way he teaches and we are so blessed to have him here with us for a couple of weeks! The only downpart I guess, is that Stephanie, his fabulous wife isn't here... Stephanie is a wonderful friend of mine that I admire a lot. She has such a gentle sweet personality and breathes the love of Jesus wherever she goes. She is a great mother to Novali and Denzel, she deals with all the everyday stuff that mothers do and at the same time spends a lot of her time at SOS Church Stockholm serving in every way possible, and always with a huge smile on her face!!! Stephanie - I love you and I am so proud to have a friend like you - you are awesome and such an example of a godly wife, mother and woman of God. I miss you...

Snow snow snow as I look out the window :) I love it!!! Kids have friends over and they're playing hard in the basement. This is a great day!

/Martina

Published: By: The Almqvists - 11:44 AM