Breaking the silence

Trying to break the silence. At least can put some photos
in. Sometimes they speak louder then words or as the saying here goes:
"It is better to see for once then to hear for hundred times"


Today was such a beautiful sunny warm Saturday. There was a harvest and craft market all over our lovely old town. There was lots of people around and good feeling in the air. Well, some people (...) needed to cope/bear with me due to my passion for photography and experimenting with my new digital camera with Russian camera lens on it (needed to do all shots manually)

Experiencing Russia

"...Mum, did you take your pot with you???"

It's time to put down some news again BLE.
I just returned home from being in Belarus and Russia.
...What can i say?
It was an interesting experience. In Russia i traveled South - to Caucasus region, starting in Mineralnyye Vody. It was obvious there to see, how fragile is peace in this World and how hard it is by human means to make it work.
Jesus said: "I leave you peace; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid" /John 14:27
It is a gift to have Peace of Jesus in your heart, especially in this part of the world.
This year we waited for Spring for ages and winter still does not want to give its place to it. So, for me this trip was quite good escape from cold flying South like a birds do.
In spite of all difficulties and life's troubles people face i could see God building His Kingdom as He saves and equips His people for His work. It was very humbling experience to meet with desciples of Christ, to hear their stories of coming to faith in Him. We met many Russian brothers who understand Great Commision and who now live their lives to fulfill the task given by Lord Jesus - to go and make disciples.

My arrival and first missions in this world

Joshua Ilsters
I wonder - "what will my future look like...."
Here I am - tiny, little baby. Did not want to celebrate Christmas in mummy's tummy on my own (could not light any candles there or put up some Christmas tree), so i decided to come out six weeks earlier. I was fine on my arrival's day (that day was sunny and beautiful with lots of snow outside) - cried a little bit, but did not need any special equipment to help me breath, i did it on my own, although i was placed in incubator box with the right temperature for me. They showed me my parents right after operation and then dad came to see me couple times on his own while my mum was recovering from my efforts "to see the world", but in the evening she also managed to wheel to my room.
Week later i was fed up with that hospital, although all the doctors took reaaaalllly gooood care of me and were very lovely to me, but i was "on my mission" to continue to explore the world, so they moved me to children's hospital. There i was good enough to be out of incubator and two days later i decided to stay just with my mum in separate room. There i was on another mission - to put on right weight, so that doctors would be happy with my progress and i could go home as soon as possible. I did my job really good and finally, two weeks later after my birth, i was going HOME.
So here i am - stepped into New World and New Year - i wonder: what will it bring?
There is lots for me to learn in this year - to smile (can not get it quite right it yet), to crawl, to walk, to observe everything...
Want to thank my daddy for helping me out with putting in words my thoughts and writing them down for me in this blog. I need to let him go and get some sleep before i wake up again and cry for a bit till i get my daily bread, oh sorry - milk.
Bye for now.

Joshua - In father's arms