Patrik Olterman
WSD seminar in Stockholm
Read more: WSD seminar in StockholmRight now I am teaching a WSD seminar at a FASI course in Stockholm. Hence no posts.
The Holy Spirit
Read more: The Holy SpiritA slow day today, cleaning day. Our house looks like a bomb exploded in it, due to all the travelling and sick children, sick parents etc… I thought I’d share the paper I wrote on the Holy Spirit as part of the Assessment conference, I got a rather high grading on the paper and while…
Oh how the great have fallen….
Read more: Oh how the great have fallen….A little more than a year ago I was present at Dataphones (A swedish [[ISP]] where I used to be a System Administrator) anniversary party. The secret guestspeaker was Christer Sturmark who spoke eloquently and with great panache about the information society and how we have arrived where we are today. I was impressed not…
The non uniform-uniformity
Read more: The non uniform-uniformityIn reply to my article yesterday Emanuel Karlsten, High profile Youth leader in the Swedish Salvation army wrote this reply (I appologize to those of you who do not speak English). In short he says that he would not wear the uniform as it looks today (on account of todays uniform looking geeky) but would…
A matter of uniform
Read more: A matter of uniformThe Salvation army uniform is obviously an issue that has been debated to the bitter end and back again and previously on this blog I have posted one or two articles about uniform issues as well. Either way I have some new experiences that I would like to share. As I was in Malmö last…
Recommended
Read more: RecommendedSo here we are back in Riga after a long, hard but extremely rewarding weekend. The girls are glad to be home and it will be nice to sleep in our own bed tonight. Today we also received the result from the assesment conference. Here is the report sent to the Swedish candidates unit. ”…
Adventures in Kingston town.
Read more: Adventures in Kingston town.Hanna and I went to Kingston with Frank and Elsebeth Jakshoj to relax after a very demanding weekend. We visited the Disney store to Angelinas delight. After that we had a delicious mocha at Starbucks and then we went to get some takeout at a nearby japanese restaurant. As I am placing our order I…
Assessment conference, London
Read more: Assessment conference, LondonI managed to sneak of to a computer with internet connection. The whole family are right now at Sunbury Court in London being assessed for officership. Not a minute is wasted as we are ushered from interview to interview and having to write several papers on theological subjects. It feels rather like an exam week…
Aj Loba yoo!
Read more: Aj Loba yoo!Going down to the sword training last night, I said bye, bye Angelina and she replied bye, bye daddy, Aj loba yoo! It is a moment I will never forget!
One night in Malmö
Read more: One night in MalmöIt has been a hysterical weekend as it always is when I am with my brother Hampi. We where supposed to take it easy and have a relaxing saturday evening, watching the Swedish eurovision contest and eat some snacks. The night started well as we crammed into the sofa in front of the schlager fest…
A heartfelt farewell.
Read more: A heartfelt farewell.As we where sitting in the little church in Limhamn, listening to the fairy like sound of the flute carrying the celtic prayers up to God in heaven, the sun kissed the church as wave after wave of sunshine rolled over us like a tide. We where enveloped in the love of God as he…
The trials of life
Read more: The trials of lifeAngelina was watching Joseph this morning and as I was watching the beginning of this cartoon it struck me how, no matter how hard Josephs father tried to create a protected environment to lead Joseph to his destiny, Joseph still had to go through the worst possible trials to get to the pharaos hous and…
Eight years and counting…
Read more: Eight years and counting…Olterman family win the Bronze! Today is our eigth wedding anniversary. It is a miracle that we have made it this far. It also fills me with awe and wonder. If we can handle all the slings and arrows of outrageous fortunes and a sea of troubles, then there is nothing we cannot take on.…
The challenge…
Read more: The challenge…Last week I was challenged by the instructor of one of Rigas swordfighting schools to a friendly sparring match. As I love to duel I could not resist but accepted willingly. I had met Nikolai once before at his school and I fought him by the rules they have there and I was delighted to…
In memoriam
Read more: In memoriamFor my grandmother who passed away last week, some of my fond memories,. If it doesn’t make sense to you, I guess you just weren’t there. God give her soul rest! Vävstol, växtpress, renfana, raggsockar kaffe termos, packlista, gummistövlar skidåkning, filtar, tio kaffe, te, sherry promenader, vandringsstav, mossa, köttbullar, julbord fjällvandring, njupeskär, folkdräkt, munspel Prästkrage,…
A new year, a new direction…..
Read more: A new year, a new direction…..I have been doing a lot of thinking lately, mostly about what direction my life is now taking. Going into training college in fall and heading into Salvation Army officership. I look ahead and I just don’t know where the road will take me, while the path is clearly marked out the end is very…
A screamin new year!
Read more: A screamin new year!And a happy one at that, I wish you all a beautiful 2007. Now I go to Sweden for the Salvation Army national youth conference where I am the main speaker. Hopefully I’ll say what God wants me to say (especially since the harddrive with all my notes broke down today so I am travelling…
I just had to share this ….
Read more: I just had to share this ….Somewhere in between fun and serious comes this worship tutorial sent to me by Karina, but it does bring the point across beautifully, it is time to worship our God! [gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/tpLfgqUBJyo”][/gv]
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Read more: Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!We are having a marvellous Christmas here in Riga with my Mom and Brother present. It’s been a Christmas with food, presents, movies and games. We are trying to find that holiday peace and quiet to recharge our batteries for a very busy spring with WSD courses in both Finland and Sweden; February assesment conference…
Build it and they shall come…
Read more: Build it and they shall come…I wrote earlier this year about how I didn’t know any normal people, and how I started the martial arts school to meet people who where not Christian. well the womens selfdefence course didn’t help as it made sure a lot of women came (imagine that) the Jiu jitsu class had very low attendence while…
camps, birthdays servers and glajding!
Read more: camps, birthdays servers and glajding!It seems like forever since i updated this site and som much have happened! We had our Boothcamp (Latvian national youth camp) wich was teh big event of the year here in Latvia. It went extremely well, I will have to write a full post on that later but lets just say that God showed…
First tooth!
Read more: First tooth!Today Anjas first tooth came out and we have what seems to be a little rice grain popping out. It is a good day, a day of celebration!
Do you find this funny?
Read more: Do you find this funny?My brother sent me this clip, saying: haha, isn’t this funny, I looked at the video and while it made the point clearly I just couldn’t se it as funny knowing that this is what will happen one day. Are you ready for it, or does it strike you as funny? [gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/SmLhyPjHVes”][/gv]
Rising to the challenge
Read more: Rising to the challengeWe have been running our swordpractice for approximately six weeks now and ever so often people from other swordfighting groups and reenactment societies show up at the training to check us out and everytime without fail I am invited to come and test my metal against their group. So yesterday I picked up my swords…
Snow and sword fights in Bauska
Read more: Snow and sword fights in BauskaSaturday morning I travelled out to Bauska to hold a full day WMA seminar. It was a clear morning fith bright sunshine and glistening snow everywhere. In Bauska we had gathered a group of 12 Young men and women who where eager to get started (The training hall was more than a little chilly) We…
