Today I met
Satal for the second time. We met first time in February. He comes from a
remote place in Nepal called Jumla. Last time we met I gave him my book
“Finding Your Place” in Nepali. He was very much blessed by reading the book
and what he learnt helped him a lot in his walk with God. Ever since he read
the book he was asking God to show him the place God wanted him. Four times a
thief broke into his house and stole things from him, and Satal asked God why
this was happening to him. God told him who the thief was and that he should
forgive him and even give him the only thing of worth that was left in the
house, a cooking stove. He did as God told him and it became a powerful
testimony to the people of that community.

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I have just discovered that I have a free Wi-Fi connection at the airport in New Dehli. We are on the way to Kathmandu. We had a lot of problems checking in as the computers did not work. At last we came through. As I connected to the Internet and was able to read my emails boarding started! Therefore I have to leave. God is good!

Our stay in Jaipur is coming to an end today. In the evening we will be on our way to Nepal. We have enjoyed our visit to Jaipur very much. We have been with great people and we have been together in the presence of God. We are looking forward being with the covenant community this morning. We always hear some great stories of the goodness and power of God at work in everyday life when we meet with the covenant community in Jaipur.

In Nepal we will visit Henry and some of his friends. Henry has just been visiting us in Norway and we look forward to see him again. Nepal is in a transition period of time and we need to pray a lot for the people of that nation. When I visited Nepal first time in 1971 I was told that there only was 500 followers of Jesus in the entire country. Today I am told there is 700.000 to 1000.000  believers. The Kingdom of God is certainly advancing!

I don't know when I will be able to connect to the Internet next, but I will stay in tune with the Holy Spirit. When we are connected to the Holy Spirit we may transcend many barriers.

Early this morning we landed in New Dehli, but all morning flights for Jaipur had still left. However, our friend Zephry had arrange for a taxi to take us to the Pink City. We had no problems to find the taxi, a Toyota Innova, and had a nice journey to Jaipur. Nice – very long – five and a half hours – as Solveig dosed of quite often. We had brought with us some delicious Norwegian apples, Gravenstein, which we enjoyed on the journey.

When we approached Jaipur and even more when we were taken through some of the bazars we realised that Divali was about to occur as people were busy decorating the streets. Divali is the Hindu festival of Light and we as covenant believers can celebrate that Jesus is the Light of the World.

We have already had telephone calls and short text messages on the mobile phone from our friends whom we eagerly expect to see in our hotel soon. We are excited to be back in Jaipur and believe that we will see the hand of God at work as we are led by the Spirit day by day during our visit to this wonderful city.

In less than an hour we are leaving for India. Solveig and I have the privilege of visiting  two times a year. India is a fascinating country with the most beautiful and kind people in the world. We just love India. We love to be with our brothers and sisters in Christ. We thoroughly enjoy worshipping with the covenant community.

India is a colourful continent and very diverse in its outlook and cultural expressions. This vast nation has recently faced the worst flood in one hundred years. At least two million people has been effected by the flood. But we hear very little of it in the news media in the West. Hopefully we will be able to report from the flood and also from some areas hit by draught. The challenges are enormous. But the Indian people seem to be able to survive with a smile of faith and endurance.

We thank God who has enabled us to visit this great nation.

Last week we attended a World Watch conference at All Nations' Centre in Cardiff arranged by Ministry Without Borders. We had inspiring reports from all over the world and Spirit filled preaching everyday. We were also able to interact and dialogue with the speakers as well as the many delegates from many parts of the world. All the participants from Norway (we were a quite big group) were excited to take part in the conference. We are very happy to be part of an army of ordinary believers doing great exploits for the Kingdom of God in our days.

Every Tuesday morning the leaders of Kristent Fellesskap have met together for prayer for many years now, and I still find great joy in praying with my fellow servants of the Lord. This morning we were only nine brothers, but we had a wonderful time together in the presence of God. We meet six o'clock in the morning and sometimes some of our friends oversleep. We start by reporting and updating one another and by sharing insight from the Word of God, but spend most of the time just praying together.

This morning we sensed that the Lord is promising us a spiritual breakthrough in the work, the churches and in our nation, even though we have to change some of our plans and trust the Lord only.

There is great joy in praying together in the presence of God. We come closer to God and each other when we pour out our hearts before the Lord. When we pray together we come to know each other after the Spirit and not after the flesh. In prayer we discover that we are actually kindred spirits! We are carrying the same burdens. We are having the same longings and dreams. And we all focus on the Lord as our source!

It is a great privilege to be part of a leadership group that prays together. It is good to work together, but even better to pray together!