This past weekend the board of directors of LifeStyleTV met in Sweden.  It was a blessing to see how God has continued to sustain and expand the ministry there.  Thousands are being reached by the good news of the gospel 24/7 through the Canal Digital network, which along with the free-to-air Thor II satellite has more than 5 million viewers in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland.

Friday was spent in meetings.  On Sabbath morning I gave the sermon at the Malmo, Sweden church.

For the Sabbath afternoon program Danny Shelton spoke, sharing thrilling testimonies of how God is using television to reach the lost with the Three Angels’ Messages.  Back at LifestyleTV we had an open house int he evening, with a ribbon cutting and dedication service for their new studio.  At 9 PM we hosted the very first live broadcast from the studio.

The live broadcast hadn’t been promoted except around some of the Adventist subscribers to LifestyleTV’s online newsletter.  Within minutes of our program, however, a group of young people from a youth house in Oslo, Norway, emailed a message saying that they were Christians and were watching and enjoying the programs on LifestyleTV!  It was exciting to see how from such a small beginning God is working to reach people who otherwise could probably not be reached.

Here’s the team who pulled off the “Direkt” (“Live” in Swedish”) program Saturday night.

Early the next morning I was back on the road, heading for my flight to Paris, then on to Atlanta and Little Rock.  Tomorrow I’ll be heading to India with the Seniors!  Thank you for your prayers!!

I read the following just this morning from the current online news update from Adventist Today, the paper published by liberal Adventists who don’t believe anything that Adventism teaches.  I found it to be very encouraging.  From the interview with Adventist Today Executive Editor Ervin Taylor:

“What are you more known for in the Adventist church—being a
maverick anthropologist or being the executive editor and board member
of Adventist Today?

“That’s hard to answer. My fantasy is that I am known among a few
Adventists mostly for my feeble efforts to encourage active opposition
of the drift of my church back into the morass of American Protestant
fundamentalism. Up until the early 1970s, our church, at least in North
America, had been slowly evolving in a relatively moderate direction.
However, during the last two decades, theologically reactionary
movements such as that mounted by the Adventist Theological Society and
Adventists Affirm have been able to undertake a strong counterattack
which has been successful in reversing some of the progress that had
been made.”

PRAISE THE LORD!!!!

I’ve arrived here in Sweden after a night flight from Atlanta to Copenhagen, Denmark.  It’s amazing what a few trips to India can do to a person: this flight seemed short!  Hardly had time to get much sleep.

Anyway, I wanted to share some photos with you of a visitor I had at my house Tuesday night.  I heard some noise on my back porch.  When I opened my door I found a friendly skunk eating my cat food!

My cat, Moms, was sitting calmly on the handrail above, watching her food being devoured.  I thought it would be good to get a picture of the two of them, but Moms didn’t seem to want to cooperate.  Just as I took the picture she made a leap for the door.  In the heat of the moment I wasn’t sure who was coming in the door – Moms or the skunk!

The little critter didn’t seem to mind me at all.  It completely ignored my attempts at conversation, and seemed quite comfortable with the camera flashes.  It was actually hard to get it to look my direction.

It reminded me of when my cats first adopted me, back when they were wild and lived under my porch and ran away as soon as I opened the door.  Hmmmm…. Should I try taming this guy too?