Day added to day, week added to week, month added to month, and now 11 months have gone by. By the grace of God, and with much support, we are so thankful as we look back and see that we are where we are today.
The starting point, humanly speaking, was minus something, but the starting point with God, as our helper, was and is on the plus side. Thank you, Lord!
Once again, a big THANK YOU for all love, support and prayer we’ve received!
Many ask how Håkan feels. Is he in much pain? How’s it going with his recovery?
On Sunday, Janne Sääf interviewed Håkan at Fristaden. You can listen to the interview in Swedish (on the Swedish blog), and get a few answers to your questions about Håkan. Otherwise, here’s an abbreviated version of the interview:
Janne: Are you in pain?
Håkan: No, my skin is tight and draws, so I have to do stretching exercises, but it doesn’t hurt… In the beginning I was so sedated, that I wasn’t aware of any pain. I received pain medication, but I don’t need any pain medication or sleeping pills now…
Janne: Does it itch a lot?
Håkan: Yes, it does…
Janne: We who know you, know that you’re the same old Håkan on the inside… But on the outside, we see that you’re bleeding a little through the bandages on your head. How is your skin healing?
Håkan: It’s going pretty well. I’ve had a little infection recently, so it’s taken a little longer time to heal. There are only a few very small sores on my head now, and some scabs, so I won’t need the bandages on my head so much longer. You can prepare yourself for the fact that I don’t have so much hair anymore. I have a little in the back, but not so much on top. Actually, I didn’t have so much there before either!
Janne: On Tuesdays, you are here at Fristaden… You seem very peaceful… Do you have nightmares?
Håkan: In the beginning, I had some dreams and hallucinations, which I’ve had to work through... I’ve had a couple of prophetic dreams, but no more nightmares.
Janne: I think you’re fantastic. You aren’t out and about in town so much, but you are out among people…
Håkan: It’s a little difficult right now because of the icey streets. It’s pretty slippery and I don’t see so well… I’ll probably need more plastic surgery around the eyes, and maybe a cornea operation…
Janne: How is it with your fingers? We see that you’re still stiff…
Håkan: This hand [right one] is pretty sensitive and I can’t do so much with it. With this one [left one], I can hold a microphone, and I can feed myself with it… I have a training program I do several times a day, and I go to Rosenhäll for Occupational and Physical Therapy every week.
Janne: There’s an operation coming up for your hands…
Håkan: Yes, they’ve talked about that, but we don’t know when. We have to wait… The body is healing and changing all the time, so the doctors don’t want to operate unnecessarily…
Janne: On Friday, we have a pastors’ day here in Uddevalla...
Håkan: I’m looking forward to it. I see days like this and Tuesdays at Fristaden as an informal work training. I’m already involved in conversations with pastors and leaders… It’s not so much that they feel sorry for me, but that I can support them…
Janne: It’s like Job. He prayed for his friends and God restored him…
Janne: We usually participate in a Leaders’ conference in England in February… We know you’d really like to go…
Håkan: I really long to go… At the same time, it involves a plane ride and a lot of people… So that’s a decision that needs to be made soon…
Janne: It has to do with timing…operations and treatments, etc…and it has to do with wisdom…
Janne: Is there anything else you want to share?
Håkan: You’ve treated me very well… Occasionally, I can hear in peoples’ voices that they feel sorry for me. Try not to do that… It was good what you said earlier about being a city of refuge… Let people, including me, come and be with you… Just be normal… I don’t have any plans of traveling around and talking about how it is to survive a fire… My job is to lift up Jesus Christ, and my job is to continue to minister to leaders… I’m already in the middle of doing that! …This is a city of refuge. This is my city of refuge!
Every day Home Health comes home to us and helps Håkan in the morning, washing him and putting lotion on the 80-89% of his body which is healed, but needs a little help in the process.
Håkan needs different eyedrops every couple of hours. The days I work, Home Health workers come and give the drops and warm food for Håkan, which I have cooked.
In the evening, Home Health comes again to put on lotion and prepare Håkan for the night. Håkan can go to the bathroom and brush his teeth by himself now. After the 10 o’clock news, which we watch together, I help him with his hand splints, eye ointment and the eye patches that are needed to keep his eyes moist during the night.
Håkan has a long way to go, but he’s well on his way to recovery. Day after day, week after week, month after month, will soon be a year. We’re soon there…
I’ll be back soon, with a little more of a weekly schedule for Håkan, but until then…
God bless you!
Thanks for being there!
Lots of hugs,
Gunilla
"He who has begun a good work in us is faithful to complete it!”
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Happy New Year!
The Christmas and New Year's holidays have been wonderful opportunities to be together in various constellations with family and friends in Uddevalla, the Jönköping area, and Stord, in Norway, where Gunilla has "inspected" our latest grandchild, Aina, along with Gabriella and Josefina. There have also been many rich and blessed worship services during the holidays at Fristaden, where we have participated, among other things, with food for the needy and sharing.
Life goes on, with daily business, therapy and exercises. Tomorrow I'll go to Sahlgrenska in Gothenburg for an important examination with the plastic surgeon. Important decisions need to be made about future surgeries and treatments. Please stand with us and pray for wisdom.
Last year was a turbulent year in many areas of life, society and the world. This year we set our expectations on the Lord and hope for "a year with a gold rim"!
God bless!
Håkan
Life goes on, with daily business, therapy and exercises. Tomorrow I'll go to Sahlgrenska in Gothenburg for an important examination with the plastic surgeon. Important decisions need to be made about future surgeries and treatments. Please stand with us and pray for wisdom.
Last year was a turbulent year in many areas of life, society and the world. This year we set our expectations on the Lord and hope for "a year with a gold rim"!
God bless!
Håkan
Friday, 25 December 2009
Merry Christmas! Imagine that…
The tears come with joy and thanksgiving. Thank you, Lord!
Imagine that we, the whole family, are alive and can celebrate Christmas together.
Imagine that Håkan is doing so well that we could go to Fristaden on Christmas Eve, with all the beautiful Christmas songs, Christmas music, and a wonderful Christmas play, ”Saffron and Raisins”. It was great, with lots of laughs.
Imagine that we, together, can meet friends on Christmas Eve, and all the youth who are home for Christmas – lots of hugs.
Imagine that we, after that, could travel to Småland with the family to celebrate Christmas together with Rebecca, Johan, Alice and Angelina.
Imagine that Håkan is doing so well that he could travel with us and be a part of “the Gniste Christmas”, with everything that involves: big family, food, many presents and kids and grandkids.
Imagine that Home Health in Jönköping was willing to come morning and evening to care for Håkan, and that we could stay with Håkan’s sister, Margaretha, and her husband, Kenneth.
I met a woman at Willys in Uddevalla, in the middle of shopping for ”Fellowship at Christmas” at Fristaden, the day after Christmas, when 70-80 lonely derelicts come, year after year. At the same time, Neeta had a cart for the purchase of ”food bags” for the needy, which we hand out every year. Right in the middle of those fully loaded shopping carts, a woman came up to me and asked how things were going for us and for Håkan. When I told her the present situation, she said that it hadn’t gone a single day since the fire without her thinking about us.
There I stood in the middle of Willys, Christmas shopping, and got so touched by people’s goodness, by the care and love of an ordinary woman from Uddevalla toward us. It was too much, so tears of thanksgiving ran.
I want to wish all of you who have stood by us, in love and prayers, a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and THANK YOU for all your love!
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Is. 9:6
Imagine that in that name, we have everything we need…the name of Jesus.
God’s peace and blessing!
Christmas hugs,
Gunilla
Imagine that we, the whole family, are alive and can celebrate Christmas together.
Imagine that Håkan is doing so well that we could go to Fristaden on Christmas Eve, with all the beautiful Christmas songs, Christmas music, and a wonderful Christmas play, ”Saffron and Raisins”. It was great, with lots of laughs.
Imagine that we, together, can meet friends on Christmas Eve, and all the youth who are home for Christmas – lots of hugs.
Imagine that we, after that, could travel to Småland with the family to celebrate Christmas together with Rebecca, Johan, Alice and Angelina.
Imagine that Håkan is doing so well that he could travel with us and be a part of “the Gniste Christmas”, with everything that involves: big family, food, many presents and kids and grandkids.
Imagine that Home Health in Jönköping was willing to come morning and evening to care for Håkan, and that we could stay with Håkan’s sister, Margaretha, and her husband, Kenneth.
I met a woman at Willys in Uddevalla, in the middle of shopping for ”Fellowship at Christmas” at Fristaden, the day after Christmas, when 70-80 lonely derelicts come, year after year. At the same time, Neeta had a cart for the purchase of ”food bags” for the needy, which we hand out every year. Right in the middle of those fully loaded shopping carts, a woman came up to me and asked how things were going for us and for Håkan. When I told her the present situation, she said that it hadn’t gone a single day since the fire without her thinking about us.
There I stood in the middle of Willys, Christmas shopping, and got so touched by people’s goodness, by the care and love of an ordinary woman from Uddevalla toward us. It was too much, so tears of thanksgiving ran.
I want to wish all of you who have stood by us, in love and prayers, a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and THANK YOU for all your love!
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Is. 9:6
Imagine that in that name, we have everything we need…the name of Jesus.
God’s peace and blessing!
Christmas hugs,
Gunilla
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Thankful in Christ
Dear brothers and sisters!
Now I’m home, but I’m still weak and need a lot of help from the community health nurses who visit our home 3-4 times a day. Gunilla is, of course, such a support, and a source of love and strength. Being away from each other such a long time - 225 days - we need your prayers for being and working together in the family and the Kingdom. My special needs are the healing of my hands and my sight. There are only a few sores left and my skin is in the healing process.
I have contact with quite a few brothers and sisters, and I'm very happy about the loving care I've received from all of you, and the reports I’m hearing. Your visits, emails, cards, text messages, etc have encouraged me so much. I'm so thankful for all the prayers from all over Sweden and the whole world. In Uddevalla, this has helped to unite the body of Christ. You never know when I'll come back in full strength, but we will continue to pray that my sores will heal quickly. I'm hoping to join the race again, in due time.
I'm attending leadership meetings and some of the public meetings at church, especially Sunday mornings. There will be many dear and emotional reunions similar to the first Sunday morning meeting on Fathers' Day at Fristaden in Uddevalla. Our friend, Paul Forsén, taught about "God as Our Daddy", and at the end, Janne Sääf asked me to share something. I shared, "The church is a family and needs a leadership. The leaders are the fathers of the family, and they can't force their authority upon the church, but in the long run, they can be trusted as fathers, advisors, encouragers, coaches, and so on." I asked the elders to go out in the congregation and give the people who wanted it a fatherly blessing. A large percent of the ones who got blessed started to cry. The first meeting I attended was in some ways hard for me, but in so many other ways, a great blessing, and so many of the sisters and brothers have had their hearts touched by this journey.
The outreach to Kenya, led by Janne and Gunilla, meant a lot to the team of youth. It's fantastic how our sisters and brothers in Africa live and work for the Lord, and it was moving to see the pictures of the team out working in the Nairobi slums.
Now we’re looking forward to the Christmas holidays when we’ll gather as a family and invite others.
Many thanks for your prayer support and gifts!
Thankful in Christ,
Håkan
Now I’m home, but I’m still weak and need a lot of help from the community health nurses who visit our home 3-4 times a day. Gunilla is, of course, such a support, and a source of love and strength. Being away from each other such a long time - 225 days - we need your prayers for being and working together in the family and the Kingdom. My special needs are the healing of my hands and my sight. There are only a few sores left and my skin is in the healing process.
I have contact with quite a few brothers and sisters, and I'm very happy about the loving care I've received from all of you, and the reports I’m hearing. Your visits, emails, cards, text messages, etc have encouraged me so much. I'm so thankful for all the prayers from all over Sweden and the whole world. In Uddevalla, this has helped to unite the body of Christ. You never know when I'll come back in full strength, but we will continue to pray that my sores will heal quickly. I'm hoping to join the race again, in due time.
I'm attending leadership meetings and some of the public meetings at church, especially Sunday mornings. There will be many dear and emotional reunions similar to the first Sunday morning meeting on Fathers' Day at Fristaden in Uddevalla. Our friend, Paul Forsén, taught about "God as Our Daddy", and at the end, Janne Sääf asked me to share something. I shared, "The church is a family and needs a leadership. The leaders are the fathers of the family, and they can't force their authority upon the church, but in the long run, they can be trusted as fathers, advisors, encouragers, coaches, and so on." I asked the elders to go out in the congregation and give the people who wanted it a fatherly blessing. A large percent of the ones who got blessed started to cry. The first meeting I attended was in some ways hard for me, but in so many other ways, a great blessing, and so many of the sisters and brothers have had their hearts touched by this journey.
The outreach to Kenya, led by Janne and Gunilla, meant a lot to the team of youth. It's fantastic how our sisters and brothers in Africa live and work for the Lord, and it was moving to see the pictures of the team out working in the Nairobi slums.
Now we’re looking forward to the Christmas holidays when we’ll gather as a family and invite others.
Many thanks for your prayer support and gifts!
Thankful in Christ,
Håkan
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Everyday life goes on…
Morning business…
Håkan is visited by home-help, who take care of him, his shot, washing, smearing him with lotion, dressing him, and giving him breakfast.
Håkan gets eyedrops every other hour. If we aren’t home, home-help comes and gives him eyedrops.
Lunchtime...
Home-help comes and warms the plate of food I’ve prepared in the microwave, the days we aren’t at home. After that, Håkan tries to rest a little, before getting the next round of eyedrops.
Everyday life goes on…like…
Hand therapy...Trying out new hand splints…Prayer at Fristaden…Occupational therapy…Physical therapy…Walks…Church services…Eye operations…Sahlgrenska hospital…Pastors’ meetings…Eye doctor…Home-help…Bible on CD…Transportation to appointments…Reading aloud…Followup visits…Hand surgeon…Visits from friends…Relatives…Church members…Pharmacy…Doctors’ visits…Being in God’s presence…Family…Text messaging…Exercising…Rosenhäll…The house…The social insurance…etc.
Everyday life goes on…
When we come home, we eat together, and enjoy the fact that life goes on, thankful that we have each other, and that Håkan is getting better and better all the time. A BIG THANKS to God and health care services.
Evening business…
In the evening, home-help comes again – time for the evening duties and a new round of smearing with lotion. When Håkan is ready to go to bed, I get to put on his hand splints, eye ointment and eyeshields, before we say “Good night” to each other.
Håkan has my bed and I lie on the sofa, in the living room, and enjoy having my husband home. He lies like a king, on his back, and receives new energy for a new day, with new opportunities to continue to train.
And then it’s morning again. I take off Håkan’s eyeshields and greet my husband “Good morning!” I take off the hand splints so Håkan can do his hand exercises before home-help rings at the door…etc.
“Now it’s a new day, with new possibilities. Now it’s a new day. Morning has dawned… Yesterday is gone. I reach for what lies ahead… God, I want to give this day to you.”
Everyday life goes on…for Håkan…and for the Gniste family.
Thanks for continuing to think about us and pray for us. We have a long road ahead of us, but with God’s help and Håkan’s stubbornness and much prayer, we’ll manage this. You are an important part of this miracle, which is in our midst now.
“I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” Phil. 4:13
God bless you all!
Warm hugs,
Gunilla
Håkan is visited by home-help, who take care of him, his shot, washing, smearing him with lotion, dressing him, and giving him breakfast.
Håkan gets eyedrops every other hour. If we aren’t home, home-help comes and gives him eyedrops.
Lunchtime...
Home-help comes and warms the plate of food I’ve prepared in the microwave, the days we aren’t at home. After that, Håkan tries to rest a little, before getting the next round of eyedrops.
Everyday life goes on…like…
Hand therapy...Trying out new hand splints…Prayer at Fristaden…Occupational therapy…Physical therapy…Walks…Church services…Eye operations…Sahlgrenska hospital…Pastors’ meetings…Eye doctor…Home-help…Bible on CD…Transportation to appointments…Reading aloud…Followup visits…Hand surgeon…Visits from friends…Relatives…Church members…Pharmacy…Doctors’ visits…Being in God’s presence…Family…Text messaging…Exercising…Rosenhäll…The house…The social insurance…etc.
Everyday life goes on…
When we come home, we eat together, and enjoy the fact that life goes on, thankful that we have each other, and that Håkan is getting better and better all the time. A BIG THANKS to God and health care services.
Evening business…
In the evening, home-help comes again – time for the evening duties and a new round of smearing with lotion. When Håkan is ready to go to bed, I get to put on his hand splints, eye ointment and eyeshields, before we say “Good night” to each other.
Håkan has my bed and I lie on the sofa, in the living room, and enjoy having my husband home. He lies like a king, on his back, and receives new energy for a new day, with new opportunities to continue to train.
And then it’s morning again. I take off Håkan’s eyeshields and greet my husband “Good morning!” I take off the hand splints so Håkan can do his hand exercises before home-help rings at the door…etc.
“Now it’s a new day, with new possibilities. Now it’s a new day. Morning has dawned… Yesterday is gone. I reach for what lies ahead… God, I want to give this day to you.”
Everyday life goes on…for Håkan…and for the Gniste family.
Thanks for continuing to think about us and pray for us. We have a long road ahead of us, but with God’s help and Håkan’s stubbornness and much prayer, we’ll manage this. You are an important part of this miracle, which is in our midst now.
“I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” Phil. 4:13
God bless you all!
Warm hugs,
Gunilla
Monday, 23 November 2009
Africa in our hearts!
Here comes a little summary of a couple of fantastic weeks!!!
Background: Håkan has travelled to Kenya for over 10 years, where he has primarily trained leaders, often together with Dave Richards, from England. I was in Nairobi for a women’s conference 8 years ago, and that was the beginning of our travelling every year or so to Kenya.
The vision of taking along youth in teams to see and help teach was something God spoke to me about a long time ago. Now we’ve gone with teams to Tunisia, China and made several trips to Kenya.
”We carry on – you go!” said Håkan from his hospital bed when I asked what we should do about our trip to Kenya.
Our destination, this time, was the church in Umoja (a suburb of Nairobi), their school, children’s and youth work, and worship services on Sunday; they have three services in a row, with about 3000-3500 people in each.
We also helped out a few days in Mukuru, a slum area which has existed for over 35 years. A congregation has started there in the middle of the slum, with a school, church, girls’ home, and a clinic. It was great to see all our youth get into the work and leave a little of their hearts there. We had with us 18,000 crowns for the work in the slum, which is enough for a lot of food and medicine down there.
We have visited the Salvation Army’s orphanage every time we’ve been in Nairobi. There are 67 orphans there, and wonderful leaders, who give their lives for the children. They are like a big family. We had stuffed animals, footballs and a bunch of good things for all the kids, and even 18,000 crowns which they will use to buy Christmas presents for the kids and have a real Christmas party with a little extra good food. Previously, we’ve paid for school bags, shoes, and school uniforms for all the kids, so they could all go to school.
After our hard work, we went willingly on to Mombasa, where we stayed by the Indian Ocean, rested a little, and tried to take in everything we’d experienced. On Sunday, we took part in the service at a church there in Mombasa, with song, dance, testimonies and preaching. To be able to come there and see what God has done since we were there last, was totally amazing. Thank you, Lord, for what you’ve done and are doing in Mombasa!
On a free Saturday, we went to Lake Nakuru, a national park, a three-hour drive from Nairobi. There we met Africa’s awesome animals, in their natural surroundings. That’s a day we’ll carry with us for a long time.
We are so thankful for the trip to Kenya, everything we’ve experienced, everything we’ve learned, everything we’ve been able to give. A big “Thanks” to the church in Umoja, who took such good care of us, gave us rice and chicken, and to all our old friends and the new friends we’ve made.
We concluded our trip to Kenya by going to Nairobi’s oldest park and praying for the country. Janne Sääf got a Bible verse which we shared and prayed from: ”The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land…” (Psalm 125:3)
If you want to follow along and see a little of our trip, click on the links to the videos, under ”Kenya 2009” to the right.
Thank God for a wonderful trip!
Thank God for all the great youth who were with us!
Thank God for everything we got to help with!
Thank God for your protection during the trip!
Thank God that we can continue to pray for Kenya!
God bless you all!
Gunilla
Background: Håkan has travelled to Kenya for over 10 years, where he has primarily trained leaders, often together with Dave Richards, from England. I was in Nairobi for a women’s conference 8 years ago, and that was the beginning of our travelling every year or so to Kenya.
The vision of taking along youth in teams to see and help teach was something God spoke to me about a long time ago. Now we’ve gone with teams to Tunisia, China and made several trips to Kenya.
”We carry on – you go!” said Håkan from his hospital bed when I asked what we should do about our trip to Kenya.
Our destination, this time, was the church in Umoja (a suburb of Nairobi), their school, children’s and youth work, and worship services on Sunday; they have three services in a row, with about 3000-3500 people in each.
We also helped out a few days in Mukuru, a slum area which has existed for over 35 years. A congregation has started there in the middle of the slum, with a school, church, girls’ home, and a clinic. It was great to see all our youth get into the work and leave a little of their hearts there. We had with us 18,000 crowns for the work in the slum, which is enough for a lot of food and medicine down there.
We have visited the Salvation Army’s orphanage every time we’ve been in Nairobi. There are 67 orphans there, and wonderful leaders, who give their lives for the children. They are like a big family. We had stuffed animals, footballs and a bunch of good things for all the kids, and even 18,000 crowns which they will use to buy Christmas presents for the kids and have a real Christmas party with a little extra good food. Previously, we’ve paid for school bags, shoes, and school uniforms for all the kids, so they could all go to school.
After our hard work, we went willingly on to Mombasa, where we stayed by the Indian Ocean, rested a little, and tried to take in everything we’d experienced. On Sunday, we took part in the service at a church there in Mombasa, with song, dance, testimonies and preaching. To be able to come there and see what God has done since we were there last, was totally amazing. Thank you, Lord, for what you’ve done and are doing in Mombasa!
On a free Saturday, we went to Lake Nakuru, a national park, a three-hour drive from Nairobi. There we met Africa’s awesome animals, in their natural surroundings. That’s a day we’ll carry with us for a long time.
We are so thankful for the trip to Kenya, everything we’ve experienced, everything we’ve learned, everything we’ve been able to give. A big “Thanks” to the church in Umoja, who took such good care of us, gave us rice and chicken, and to all our old friends and the new friends we’ve made.
We concluded our trip to Kenya by going to Nairobi’s oldest park and praying for the country. Janne Sääf got a Bible verse which we shared and prayed from: ”The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land…” (Psalm 125:3)
If you want to follow along and see a little of our trip, click on the links to the videos, under ”Kenya 2009” to the right.
Thank God for a wonderful trip!
Thank God for all the great youth who were with us!
Thank God for everything we got to help with!
Thank God for your protection during the trip!
Thank God that we can continue to pray for Kenya!
God bless you all!
Gunilla
Sunday, 15 November 2009
An historic Sunday!
Now things are falling into place! Håkan is at home and has found a daily rhythm that works for him, home health, and the family living at home.
Four times a day, personnel from home health come and help him in the morning and evening, but also give eyedrops and lunch, when the rest of us are in school and at work.
A nurse comes once a day for Håkan’s shot, and helps with his bath and changing his bandages every third day, so that the skin gets a thorough overhaul, so no infection sets in.
Håkan gets smeared with lotion twice a day to keep his skin soft and smoothe. We see a definite improvement all over his body.
Last Sunday, on Father’s Day, when Paul and Lena Forsén were at Fristaden, Håkan went together with Harry to the Sunday morning service, for the first time since the fire. Everyone stood up and a loooong, spontaneous applaud broke out, with many tearful eyes.
It was so fitting, of course, that ”the father of Fristaden” came on Father’s Day, and that when Paul spoke about ”God as Your Daddy”, Håkan got the idea that the leaders should stand at the front and minister to people, and in the end, go around and give ”daddy hugs” and bless the whole church. Thank the Lord!
Then it felt like Håkan was present again, with his prophetic anointing and father’s role in the church. Very powerful!
It’s so great to stand beside him and be happy about life! That which was so normal earlier is now a subject for rejoicing, and we’re so grateful to God that Håkan is home again.
Thank you, Lord, for your grace and your great faithfulness to us!
The operation went well, but this week and next week there will be more trips to Sahlgrenska, so please continue to pray for Håkan’s hands and eyes! God hears prayer!
Thanks for all your love…love back to you all!
God bless!
Hugs,
Gunilla
Four times a day, personnel from home health come and help him in the morning and evening, but also give eyedrops and lunch, when the rest of us are in school and at work.
A nurse comes once a day for Håkan’s shot, and helps with his bath and changing his bandages every third day, so that the skin gets a thorough overhaul, so no infection sets in.
Håkan gets smeared with lotion twice a day to keep his skin soft and smoothe. We see a definite improvement all over his body.
Last Sunday, on Father’s Day, when Paul and Lena Forsén were at Fristaden, Håkan went together with Harry to the Sunday morning service, for the first time since the fire. Everyone stood up and a loooong, spontaneous applaud broke out, with many tearful eyes.
It was so fitting, of course, that ”the father of Fristaden” came on Father’s Day, and that when Paul spoke about ”God as Your Daddy”, Håkan got the idea that the leaders should stand at the front and minister to people, and in the end, go around and give ”daddy hugs” and bless the whole church. Thank the Lord!
Then it felt like Håkan was present again, with his prophetic anointing and father’s role in the church. Very powerful!
It’s so great to stand beside him and be happy about life! That which was so normal earlier is now a subject for rejoicing, and we’re so grateful to God that Håkan is home again.
Thank you, Lord, for your grace and your great faithfulness to us!
The operation went well, but this week and next week there will be more trips to Sahlgrenska, so please continue to pray for Håkan’s hands and eyes! God hears prayer!
Thanks for all your love…love back to you all!
God bless!
Hugs,
Gunilla
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