Early Sunday morning, November 14

Another week is soon over. It is now the middle of November and it is getting really dark during the days. Wednesday evening Ruth and I went over to Riga second corps to take part in the wednesday meeting. As usal the hall was full and the majority of the people were homeless. About twenty recruits and soldiers helped with the practical arrangements. Many of them with visible signs of a former life with alcohol and homelessness. It is great to see these people who have been restored and transformed inte a new life. The services at Riga 2 are in Russian, and fortunately one of our favourite cadets, Karina, came down from the Training School to help us with the translation (we have nine favourite cadets, one of them studying in London).

This week I have started to read Exodus in my persoanl daily devotion. Again I can see how Gud saw the suffering people who were slaves in Egypt and how He heard their cries for help. God´s solution to the problem was to find a person who was willing to obey Him and deliver the people from slavery. God chose Moses to this mission.

Also today God hears the cry from the suffering people and he sees how they suffer. The question is if He finds somebody today willing to obey Him and deliver the people.

Moses did not think he was a good match for this mission. He did not think he was good enough. He did not think he could do anything. He thought he was lacking the resources necessary for this mission. Then God told him to use what he had and asked him "What is that in your hand?" (Ex 4:2). God did not expect Moses to use what he did not have. If we give what we have into the hands of God, he can transform that to something great and use it to transform people´s lives.

This Sunday morning I wake up in Frufällan in Borås. We are doing a teaching weekend in the Mission Church in Fristad and in a few hours it is time to go to the Sunday morning service where I will preach. A very special bonus this weekend is that we are staying with our eldest son and his family and I have the opportunity to hug three grandchildren who all grow a lot between the rare occasions I am able to meet them.

After the service we will drive directly to Arlanda airport (five hours) to fly back home to Riga and to an extremely busy week with the twenty years anniversary of the Salvation Army re-start in Latvia after the liberation. Ruth often says that it will be less stressful next week. We will see about that.

At the morning service today we will perform some music by our family. We will play a cornet-trio by three generations. Son (10 years), father (40 years) and grandfather (older than the other two together). Here is a short cut from the only practice before the performance.


I wish you a blessed week ahead.
Peter Baronowsky