↑ BODØ AND TVERLANDET, NORWAY: After Janita and Christopher moved to Tverlandet, they resumed work at Løding prayer house, for which they have visions. Here they are at Nyholmen Skandse at the far end of Burøya in Bodø.
In the last few years, I have sometimes visited Løding House of Prayer at Tverlandet near Bodø. The work there had been dormant for many years—until Janita Johansen Åkerøy, together with her husband, Christopher, felt called by God a few years ago to begin a ministry at the place.
Janita was saved at one of my meetings at Folkets hus in Bodø on October 13, 2012. Her father was saved at one of my meetings in the Ørneshallen in 1999. A divine coincidence!!
↑ LONG MEETING: The picture is from a meeting a couple of years earlier. On Saturday, October 11 of this year, I visited Løding House of Prayer again. Here, we arranged prayer for the sick—for five hours!
Now I want to honor Janita and Christopher for the work they have done in the place where they live: The village Tverlandet, twenty kilometers from Bodø.
Janita has no doubt: “God gave me a vision and called us to move here to start an evangelical work here in the village.”
After much prayer, the couple agreed to buy a house in Tverlandet. This happened seven years ago. They were then living in Mørkved in Bodø. In Tverlandet, the work was almost dormant, with little activity at Løding House of Prayer. But some of the old faith friends still prayed that God’s work at the place would progress.
↑ HISTORIC BUILDING: The picture is from Widerøe’s historic aerial photo collection. Here is Løding photographed in 1948, three years after World War II.
After Janita and Christopher moved to Tverlandet, they took up the work at Løding House of Prayer. The association was founded on December 31, 1878. The couple started by arranging meetings occasionally. I was among the first to be invited. The announcement that I had started having meetings at Løding House of Prayer led to the place becoming known. Gradually, the work picked up. Now they arrange one or more meetings a month. There are constantly new people coming to the meetings. Løding House of Prayer has also started having children’s meetings once a month and prayer meetings every Thursday.
For Christmas, they will once again arrange a free Christmas dinner for the lonely and needy in the village. They can serve food to up to 50 people.
↑ MODERN TIMES: Løding House of Prayer now has the new Tverlandet school as its closest neighbor in a much more built-up local environment.
Today, Janita is the leader of the house of prayer board. She has faith and visions for her village and feels that God is with the work. Gradually, the work has begun to bear fruit. More people have been saved, and God has done miracles. People who were initially negative towards a work in a small, old house of prayer from 1878 have now started to see that God blesses. They have said to Janita: “We can see that God blesses the work with progress and growth, and we believe in you.”
Now there is a faithful core of about 15 attendees. The faith in growth is strong among them all.
Svein-Magne
See upcoming meetings with Svein-Magne in the CALENDAR.
In the last few years, I have sometimes visited Løding House of Prayer at Tverlandet near Bodø. The work there had been dormant for many years—until Janita Johansen Åkerøy, together with her husband, Christopher, felt called by God a few years ago to begin a ministry at the place.
Janita was saved at one of my meetings at Folkets hus in Bodø on October 13, 2012. Her father was saved at one of my meetings in the Ørneshallen in 1999. A divine coincidence!!
↑ LONG MEETING: The picture is from a meeting a couple of years earlier. On Saturday, October 11 of this year, I visited Løding House of Prayer again. Here, we arranged prayer for the sick—for five hours!
Now I want to honor Janita and Christopher for the work they have done in the place where they live: The village Tverlandet, twenty kilometers from Bodø.
Janita has no doubt: “God gave me a vision and called us to move here to start an evangelical work here in the village.”
After much prayer, the couple agreed to buy a house in Tverlandet. This happened seven years ago. They were then living in Mørkved in Bodø. In Tverlandet, the work was almost dormant, with little activity at Løding House of Prayer. But some of the old faith friends still prayed that God’s work at the place would progress.
↑ HISTORIC BUILDING: The picture is from Widerøe’s historic aerial photo collection. Here is Løding photographed in 1948, three years after World War II.
After Janita and Christopher moved to Tverlandet, they took up the work at Løding House of Prayer. The association was founded on December 31, 1878. The couple started by arranging meetings occasionally. I was among the first to be invited. The announcement that I had started having meetings at Løding House of Prayer led to the place becoming known. Gradually, the work picked up. Now they arrange one or more meetings a month. There are constantly new people coming to the meetings. Løding House of Prayer has also started having children’s meetings once a month and prayer meetings every Thursday.
For Christmas, they will once again arrange a free Christmas dinner for the lonely and needy in the village. They can serve food to up to 50 people.
↑ MODERN TIMES: Løding House of Prayer now has the new Tverlandet school as its closest neighbor in a much more built-up local environment.
Today, Janita is the leader of the house of prayer board. She has faith and visions for her village and feels that God is with the work. Gradually, the work has begun to bear fruit. More people have been saved, and God has done miracles. People who were initially negative towards a work in a small, old house of prayer from 1878 have now started to see that God blesses. They have said to Janita: “We can see that God blesses the work with progress and growth, and we believe in you.”
Now there is a faithful core of about 15 attendees. The faith in growth is strong among them all.
Svein-Magne
See upcoming meetings with Svein-Magne in the CALENDAR.
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