24h kiss

Last post about 30-minutes made two middle-aged men write me... it is not logical to live with God, but only be with Him 30-minutes a day.

I´m younger than they and I think differently. I have been married for a year and a half and I have understood that if you want to be married with someone, you don´t have to necessary kiss him-her for 24hours. 30 minutes of kissing per day is surely enough.

Same is with God. Kisses and romantics have their time. So does homework.

5 rules for workers

Right now is our team preparing for a leaders-training in May. We have noticed that many of them and us feel that we are burn-out, lonely and that we keep losing joy in our walk with God.

Today at our staff-meeting we added 5 habits to our individual to-do-lists… that in May we could be healthy in front of them…

1. Begin every morning with God (min 15 min)
2. In the midst of your working day rest with God (min 15 min)
3. Eating lunch is priority
4. Sleep 8 hours a night
5. Take time for your hobby every week

If Estonia would be a person

90-years old, today.

It's good to be a believing man

What will you do if on your to-do-list are:

3 sermons to prepare
4 meetings
1 MC-ing
3 projects to write
6 telephone calls
7 e-mails and
1 blogpost

In that moment there's no peace in your heart, which already was seen in my last blogpost ("Uncomfortable night-thoughts"). All peace went away because I was afraid our family day would transform into a working day. And that there will be no Sabbath because of work.

Luckily I started reading the Bible looking for helpful guidelines from the life of Christ.
Three things became clear:

1. Christ is the Master of the Sabbath (read: one can learn from Him)
2. There were times when he decided to say "no" to people and "yes" to aloneness
3. When there were 5000 men to be fed he used effectively the least (read: 8 working hours)

And you know what! In some way it became clear that these kind of miracles in belief are possible also today. If you give your 8 working hours to God.

And by now, while writing this blogpost, I have had both: a family day and a working day! And I'm prepared to meet Sunday with a glad heart that is resting!

It's good to be a believing man.

Uncomfortable night-thoughts

It's night. I can't get no sleep. Wilma woke up for some reason and so did we. My thoughts immediately went to work. To not finished projects. To money. To mistakes of people.

Everything seems to go over my head...

It seems there's no time for anything. I know that this kind of thoughts are not supposed to be in our bed. They don't even let me sleep.

I need to meet God who gives me right perspectives. Please God, show me how big and good You are and give me rest.

(to be continued tomorrow...)

A trip to Ardu costs as much as a trip to India

Our family trip to village called Ardu cost us as much as my uncle and aunt’s trip to India. The story begun as I let my wife sit behind the steering-wheel. My goal was to work all the way from Tartu to Tallinn making peacefully phonecalls.

But then the police caught us. With a measure device. And called Greta into their car.

We found out that we were in a place called Ardu where the speed limit is 50 km/h. Our speed was 93 km/h.

”They told me that I’m Schumacher,” Greta laughs when she comes back. “The maximum penalty is 12 000 Estonian crowns. But luckily this was my first speeding ticket.”

In this way we got a penalty of 6000 crowns (“kuus tonni”). But this is as much as uncle Peeter and his wife’s trip to India. Mhmm… my dear expensive homeland.

Watch Estonian wildhogs, live!

As you might know, Estonia has unusually big percent of land covered by forest. Now is your chance to peep into it.

Just go to this webpage. Btw, this is how one of my friend likes to spend his time. Watching wildhogs, live!

The meaning of „Mhmm“ isn’t understood

This week I have said „Mhmm“ about seven times to different people, but every time the reaction has been the same. People think I haven’t heard the sentence and repeat it.

Actually I heard it perfectly. And I tried to tell them that I got the message.

The same has been happening with the word: „Ahaa“. When I’ve said that, it also brings up the same reactions. People repeat themselves. Even when I only wanted to be encouraging, saying: „Ahaa, I get it, please go on.“

TXT-message saved the life

I have a friend called Siilas. Two days ago I sent him a txt-message. And the answer I got was: "Thanks to God. The moment you sent me that message, you saved my life. I'll write you tomorrow. Siilas."

And so he wrote yesterday:

"I´d like to encourage and thank you, saying, that you are under the leading of God.

Yesterday I went from my school with 8 guys to Tallinn (capital of Estonia), to a place called Saurix, to drive with a cart.

I was on that trip just as a teacher and busdriver, watching how they drive.

But as I was standing by the rally-road, on a place where teammembers stand, looking from a screen what the lap times are. Suddenly I heard: a txt-message coming! I took my phone from the pocket and took 2 steps forward. In that way I could lean over the desk and see who had written me.

In the same moment one of the boys was driving with the cart just behind my back, smashing the door that took him to the lounge. As other drivers where already in the box, and he found out that he couldn't brake (probably in confusion), he decided not to smash into the carts but drive out of the road.

The door he smashed into, broke. Stopping the cart. The boy himself was not injured.

Overall, it was a big Gods miracle. I guess He didn't want me yet. The ways of God are amazing."

Märt's message for you today:
Send text messages to your friends!
And not only on Valentine's day,
but also on days we just drive carts.

Märt Saar starts in English!

This is Märt speaking. At last I can start interacting with you in a language we both use!

Now you will get to know my secrets that are written also in my Estonian blog (Märt Saare blog). And probably you will start seeing what's going on in my head. But you will also get a look into my family-nest and working-environment. Maybe that will help you to be a part of a 23-years-old father's life. Husband. Missionary.

And hopefully also a Friend.

See you soon!