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I guess there are a lot of you who are not sure of what Nora looks like. Look up at the banner and you can see the latest family picture. We did some family pictures a few weeks back and I finally got it up on the blog. Also, at the right of the page is a slide show of some family pictures. If you click on that it will send you to Picasa where we have uploaded a lot of pictures lately, including some of Nora, so you can enjoy those.

An update on things here in EST. The family is doing good. Alex will have his second birthday on Friday. It seems impossible that he is already 2 years old, but its true. Oskar has been really growing up fast. He has been so good at taking care of Alex and Nora. While my parents were here, Alex sometimes didn't understand what my parents were saying, so Oskar would get in a hug like position and translate into Estonian so he could understand. It was so cute and cool and I was impressed at Oskars language skills at 3.

Reena is the greatest wife in the world. She is so good with the kids and has so much strength. She is also teaching now 4 students violin and is enjoying being a teacher at the music school.

The church is going well. We are in the midst of a series about relationships and sex. We felt this was a very important topic to talk about in our culture and context. I am preaching this week to finish up the series and I am pretty excited about the opportunity. Next series we are doing about the Holy Spirit and this is going to be very cool. We will be talking about the Trinity and specifically about the role of the Holy Spirit in the Bible and in our daily lives.

I am also working a lot of some things for the Global Leadership Summit that I will be helping with in November. I will travel to Tallinn on Thursday for a meeting. I really enjoy working with this team and the opportunity to work with different church leaders that are helping to put it together. The cooperation between the different churches in Estonia is very good and this has just showed me of how much people can come together under the right opportunities.