Tanja @tanjaostman@dingdash.com
Swedish-speaking Finn from Finland. Wife, mother of one boy (2008). Teaching special education at the local university. I belive that the Organic Church/House Church is the NT way of doing Church. I'm interested in what's going on in the underground Church and I pray for the persecuted Christians.
Joined Jul 2020
What's going on with some (ex) celebrities in Los Angeles? Is California a harsher place than other states? There are too many Hollywood celebrities that die young, who overdose, who are addicted to different things etc. They have everything (fame, money) - but are distressed and unhappy. Some seem to be under demonic oppression. Did they sell their soul to Mammon, and then lost everything? We don't have anything like Hollywood in the Nordic countries, we don't have as many extremely rich people and so much luxury, or as many people living in poverty or as homeless as there. We don't have as much illegal drugs here. I don't see homeless people in Finland - I sometimes see drug addicts in the streets, but they have homes or shelters, and I've never seen someone here sleeping in tents or in the street. I'm always a little shocked when I hear about someone that has been a celebrity, and has ended up in the street. The contrasts are so stark!
Russian fighters violate Swedish airspace as Finland-Sweden hold military drills
The Swedish Air Force described the incident as being "particularly serious" given the current situation, and called the Russian actions unprofessional and irresponsible.
https://yle.fi/news/3-12341483
In this episode @sinbach talks about the war and the refugee crises in Europe. I feel honoured and touched that he makes comparisons with, and tell about, the Finnish Winter War during WWII against the Russian army. ❤️ 🙏 There are few that can place Finland (and many other foreign countries) on a map, and Eugene knows not only where the countries are, but also have visited them and knows a lot of details about them.
Please pray for Finland and Sweden, for protection! I don't know what could possibly happen, but these days are traumatic/emotional for Finns, both because of the former wars against Russia, and because of the indirect threaths Putin has uttered.
Please pray for our president Sauli Niinistö that will leave for the USA tomorrow for an appointment with Joe Biden! (I shared a statement from our president in an earlier post today). As you might know Finland and Sweden are among the few nations in Europe that are not members of NATO.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5O8bjCeG2eD856qdTVdM8w?si=0e203d06b5df44f9
On Friday our president Sauli Niinistö will go to the USA to meet with the president of the United States, and discuss Ukraine and Finland.
https://www.presidentti.fi/en/press-release/statement-by-the-president-of-the-republic-of-finland-in-times-of-extreme-change-we-must-keep-a-cool-head/
We have a lot of prejudices about other nationalities... Some of these people come from the same countries as my DingDash friends. It's a little funny. Do you agree with them?
https://youtu.be/4MRZbWuUmkk
Many Russians flee Russia by train to Finland. In a war everyone is a loser. We are all sisters and brothers. There are many Russians living in Finland, and many experience more bullying or harrassment, because of what's going on in Ukraine. That's too sad.
https://yle.fi/news/3-12338003?utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link-share
In your first language you most of the time hear what's correct. But when you learn a second language you don't always trust your knowledge... I was unsure if there should be a definite article before Ukraine - so I googled and found this enlightening article. The correct name is Ukraine, without a definite article (the).
"Ukraine or the Ukraine: Why do some country names have 'the'? - BBC News" https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18233844
I am not a person who usually blocks others on social media, but the last two weeks I have blocked three persons on DingDash. All of them with anonymous profiles, two of them my followers. I suppose all three were from the Mastadon network. The combination anonymity and ad hominem – attacking a person instead of attacking an argument, makes me lose my patience. It’s the lowest form of argumentation. Yesterday someone called @sinbach names in my post, just because he is American and a former military. That was too much for this person to handle, so he used the argumentum ad hominem.
After 14 years on FB I don’t have the same patience anymore. I’ve been kind and polite to people that haven’t been kind or polite to me. I don’t want the same thing on DD. Don't expect me to respect your opinions if I don't know anything about you. I don't understand why people are so anonymous, if they don't have to for security reasons (like missionaries).
A restaurant by the sea arranged an outdoor event today, where we had our lunch. There were people demonstrating pilk fishing (another post), they were frying fish outdoors, we were able to talk to the fire-brigade that showed their hydrocopter (for icy waters) and the border guards that showed a very powerful snow-mobile. I was asking them about their work duties (something between military and police.. and they always bear arms) but I didn't dare to ask them about Russia...
To pilk is one way to catch fish in the winter. First you need to drill a hole in the ice. In the picture you see a drill. This man has caught a pike.
I'm so impressed with people who speak three or more languages fluently - but this resporter speaks SIX (!!) languages fluently! Do you know anybody who is totally fluent in at least three languages? I consider myself fully fluent only in my mother tongue (Swedish) but I can communicate in three languages (Swe + English and Finnish), I understand Norwegian well, Danish and German moderately (I studied it in school). I wish I would speak French and Spanish as well. In Finland all students learn at least three languages in school, so everybody learns the basics of Finnish, Swedish and English. But not everyone is fluent. https://www.indy100.com/viral/russia-ukraine-philip-crowther-languages?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1J66YW3F97llSBUi6JC4BeE0giYWLiQILFfsT-mV8hcPPmOlGr9jGkimE#Echobox=1645521101
"On August 23, 1989, about 2 million people from Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania formed a human chain that united all 3 countries to show the world their desire to escape the Soviet Union and the communism that brought only suffering and poverty. This power stretched 600 km." (Source: Historic Photographs on FB)
Great song. Great band.
https://youtu.be/f0Lgnddy12c
Swedish-speaking Finn from Finland. Wife, mother of one boy (2008). Teaching special education at the local university. I belive that the Organic Church/House Church is the NT way of doing Church. I'm interested in what's going on in the underground Church and I pray for the persecuted Christians.
Joined Jul 2020
