Ragnar's Birthday

Ragnar's special day began with the sweetest phone call imaginable - our granddaughters singing Happy Birthday to him in Faroese. So precious - and priceless!

As he went out to Mission Simulation later in the morning, he was greeted again with that song by his students studying his mother tongue - plus a birthday cake, baked in this clay oven.

Lunch time followed suite. When we were eating in the dining room, he was presented with a candle on a mini cake followed by the familiar tune, but this time in English.

Banging on our door around 6:00 caught our attention. When we opened it, we were greeted by 3 car loads of friends, ready to take us out to eat. Our evening had been planned for us - a night out for pizza, back to our house for a mouth watering German truffle and being presented with a Fire Pit, followed by a couple hour discussion on things they had recently been studying in the classroom. Kidnappers can be OK sometimes!!

Then a cute little PS came the next evening when 4 young ladies opened our door and started to sing that well know song. One of the girls had just been to Germany and had brought back some chocolate for Ragnar's birthday - a cute addition to his already fun celebration.

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As we were enjoying the yummy dessert and in the middle of a discussion of what the students have been learning, we realized again how blessed we are to be in this ministry.The hours may seem long some days and the ministry load heavy, but when you see how the students are growing and how sincere they are in their walk with the Lord, thoughts of tiredness melt away. How much more awesome can it be? These young people are on their way to help reach the unreached. What fantastic opportunities!!