2006


  • Summer, finally

    Summer, finally

    Today we had sunshine and 26C It was a fantastic warm day and our apartement is boiling hot we are trying to open windows (That is the ones that we can open without Angelina climbing out through them). But at least it is now summer I sure hope the weather will hold.

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  • The meaning of fatherhood

    The meaning of fatherhood

    I always found it hard to take the image of God as my heavenly father to my heart. I didn’t want a father like mine (one who lived in a different city, that i met once a year) or like my stepfather while I was in junior high who would get drunk and through whatever…

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  • Party all night sleep all day…

    Party all night sleep all day…

    It seems like we have two teenage girls in the house, they are up throwing a party all night and the consecently sleep in in the morning. Anja was giving us some trouble between 01:00 and 04:00 when Angelina promptly woke up and decided it was morning. She refused to fall asleep and finally at…

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  • I delight in you

    I delight in you

    When our TC Hasse Kjellgren was here a little while ago, he gave us a word from Zeph 3:17 and today Stuart stood up in service and told us that God had said to him, I delight in you. This is hard to accept for a sinner like me, I look at myself and I…

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  • Alea iacta est!

    Alea iacta est!

    So yesterday I payed my membership to Schola St. George and they are sending the package we need to start a local study group here in Riga.I am like a kid before Christmas full of excitement and expectations, I just can’t wait! The two other guys who are starting with me are not payed for…

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  • Oh no it’s the cold.

    Oh no it’s the cold.

    After a few days of no sleep, we are all a bit worn, and all the girls have a cold. Which obviously is worse for Anja who is having considerable trouble breastfeeding since she can’t breathe from her nose. Hanna is bedded down and I just pray I won’t be next.

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  • Have we forgotten the saints?

    Have we forgotten the saints?

    Sometimes I wonder, we have 2000 years of exciting church history behind us with heroes of faith and rolemodels to show us how to live a fantastic Christian life. And tho I don’t think the saints should be prayed to, I think we have a lot to learn not only from the heroes of the…

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  • All in all a good day

    All in all a good day

    Had a good day with Angelina today, Hanna is in a bit of pain and needed us out of the house, so I put Angelina in the sling and we went down to Valdemara playground (behind the art museum) where Angelina spent a whole hour pouring sand onto herself, loads of fun. After play time…

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  • My favorite firefox extension

    My favorite firefox extension

    Of all my pet peeves in the world is when you reainstall firefox and all your bookmarks are gone, or moving from one computer to another and you have a different set of bookmarks than the one you are used to. I have tried syncing the bookmarks folder on different machines and it never works…

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  • True freedom!

    True freedom!

    Freedom can mean alot of different things to a lot of different people. To some people freedom means not being locked up, to some it means that you are able to say whatever you want and to others it might mean to be allowed to walk with no clothes. For a Christian however it is…

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  • She peed on me!

    She peed on me!

    So we have been a little worried that Anja hadn’t peed yet, but today as I was snugglig her up in my armas after bathing her I felt how I got all warm and fuzzy, well at least warm and wet as a flood came pouring through the towel soaking my shirt. Proudly I called…

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  • Fighting the wrong battle?!

    Fighting the wrong battle?!

    The other day I was asked to sign a petition against the Latvian pride parade. Now since I do not understand latvian very well and couldn’t read the exact wording of the petition I might be making a chicken out of a feather here… I am told that last year a pride parade was held…

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  • Oh, It’s all coming back to me now.

    Oh, It’s all coming back to me now.

    It’s 03:22 and guess what, I am not sleeping…. as per normal. Anja is holding a birthday vigil to make sure she is celebrated properly. Hanna is asleep, hopefully dreaming of cows and producong milk (as she has none yet). Angelina sleeps also and Anja is resting on my other arm, hopefully fallling asleep. Every…

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  • The three C’s

    The three C’s

    As I was writing over at our family blog I am realizing that my observations on parenthood carry over to my spiritual life once again. As the list of Anjas needs is very short so is the list of our spiritual needs. Clean, Close and Calories. That is all we need. We need to have…

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  • He’s MY daddy!

    He’s MY daddy!

    10:35 pm last night my second daughter Anja Trinity Olterman was born. This morning I went home to pick Up Angelina our oldest to take her to see her brand new sister. Though cautious at first Angelina seems to have accepted our newest family member, however whatever we do for the little one Angelina demands…

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  • Anja Trinity Olterman, born 3rd of June, 22:35

    Anja Trinity Olterman, born 3rd of June, 22:35

    We arrived at Ģimenes centers at 19:05 where Hanna was examined and told that she was dilated five centimeters, the contractions where strong and everything was moving along just as it had with Angelina. Hanna was devastated and convinced that she had another 20 hours of labor to go. I was secretly hopefull because I…

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  • Going to Ģimenes centers now!

    Going to Ģimenes centers now!

    Oki so Hanna has been braving the contractions at home for a few hours now and we have decided to leave for the birth clinic. Keep us in your prayers as we go the last mile on this pregnancy! Next time I post I will be the proud father of two and give you all…

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  • Still contracting after a nice day at Lidos.

    Still contracting after a nice day at Lidos.

    So we went for a checkup this morning and Hanna was disapointed to hear that she was only in the beginning of the opening faze. After checkups we went to Lido and Angelina enjoyed herself greatly at the different attractions around the Lido Grounds. Hannas mom who is here enjoyed Lido and gave many ooh’s…

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  • 1+1+1=4

    1+1+1=4

    At four o’clock last night the contractions started. And kept going steady all through the night at 9 o’clock they where 9 minutes apart. I was musing as was writing my post about the trinity on warcry, 1+1+1=1 That in this house 1+1+1=4 at least today It is quite surreal that we are going to…

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  • 1+1+1=1

    1+1+1=1

    Yesterday I had to teach on the deepest mystery of Christian faith, the trinity. And as I prepared I realized that no matter how much I read and no matter how much I prayed I would never get beyond the words of the nicean council, “una substantia, tres personae” or in simpler language 1+1+1=1 And…

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  • The challenge of everyday life!

    The challenge of everyday life!

    I was reading Graemes blog – uksalvationist and had to comment on it. The fact is that most initiatives to bring fire to the people of God are for young people and rightly so seeing that round 80% of all that come to Christ do so in their teens, but what is there for us…

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  • 0MG tEh Ubah Fluff!
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    0MG tEh Ubah Fluff!

    So I have had the privilige to spend a day tweaking my computer, since I had to spend some time upgrading the office XDMCP server to Dapper! And OMG! I have always been a sucker for Eyecandy so I have been waiting for e17 but now I sense that even Gnome and KDE can compete…

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  • Limiting the Holy Spirit?

    Limiting the Holy Spirit?

    I had an interesting conversation with Mackan last night about the gifts of the Spirit and NCD. Mackan raised the question if we don’t limit the expressions of the gifts when we try to define them and explain how they work to the church. Now the gifts of the Holy Spirit requires us to recieve…

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  • Hollywood fairytale or Hollywood heresy

    Hollywood fairytale or Hollywood heresy

    At coffe today our chief of administration loudly announced that he had seen the [[da vinci code]] yesterday and that it was an excellent movie. I don’t understand what all the fuss is about, no one in their right minds would actually believe in that stuff, he continued. The problem is too many people do.…

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  • Expectant faith

    Expectant faith

    As me and Hanna are expecting the birth of our second child any day now I have discovered what Christian life should truly be like. As I look upon my wife I see the signs clearly she is ready to give birth and it can happen any minute. However, since we do not know the…

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