Arrival in Borås
At first I moved to live at my mother apartment, but then, with Klaus' help, I was looking for a rental flat on the street Brynolfsgatan, in Borås. It was an old and beautiful detached house with a large apple garden. Klaus had a car painting company in Dannike, about 20 km from Borås. It was called Lackans Billackering.
He had two subordinates there, one of whom had decided to quit his job and move to Finland. Klaus asked me to work there at mother's request and I agreed. I started work on October 16, 1978. The painting company was located in an old henhouse. There were no social facilities (toilet & shower) at all and therefore we had to visit the nearby forest.
Thomas and Klaus worked downstairs where there was no such problem. It was incredibly primitive in the welfare state of Sweden!
I longed believers contact. I was led to the Finnish-speaking Maranatha congregation there. Before I continue that, I will tell of two other clear spiritual guidance during my previous stay in Borås.
An autumn day in the beautiful town of Borås, population then 80,000.
More from my previous visit to Borås in 1977
I forgot to mention two important things when I was there before. At the time, I was on temporary duty at the Firestone-Fiskafors rubber factory in Svaneholm, which was also about 12 miles from Borås, albeit in different direction.
I lived then, from spring to autumn 1977, in my small 1 room + kitchen apartment about 100m from Norra Sjöbo Market. I only paid SEK 200 for the apartment and the rent was the same: SEK 200 per month. I think the area was the most beautiful area in Borås, located down the slope to the lake. It was near of a detached house area where I admired stunningly beautiful and magnificent gardens in the summer.
I had never seen gardens so carefully maintained before. There were wealthy people living there. I saw a red Ford Mustang outside a house with an evangelistic sticker in its large chrome front bumper that read, "JESUS LOVES YOU!" Unfortunately, no one can drive in Ford Mustang through the Narrow Gate that leads to Heaven, and along the Narrow Path must to be walked only on feet, not by a car!
Also, my brother Klaus had helped me in getting that apartment, because then I couldn't speak Swedish well enough, and to communicate on such matters. After working for about two months, I felt a great need to reach out to real believers because my mother was trying to convert me to a Conservative Lestadian whom I was not at all interested in. My little brother had given up his faith and was an atheist.
Therefore, one Sunday morning, I walked near my apartment to pray for guidance. I felt the Holy Spirit descend upon me and turn my head to look at a little boy kicking football on the sidewalk. I heard the Spirit say, "Follow that little boy!"
I thought this was interesting and I started watching the boy from a distance so he wouldn't notice me following. Finally, he was bouncing the ball on his way to Sjöbo Market and when I got there the boy had disappeared. I was wondering where did he go?
As I glanced around, about 3 meters from the door, I saw such a great miracle the large text: THE FINNISH PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. It was 11am, the front door was a little open and I heard a familiar spiritual song was sang in the temple! Then I didn't even know there was such a church in Borås and I went inside! A man named Juvonen was preaching. He also served as a pastor of the church.
Immediately I felt the church as my spiritual home and joined it instantly! I realized that the guidance I received was perfect! It is a good idea to pray and receive a prayer answer when it arrives! If I had just waited for guidance "only lying on the bed," without moving, I would not have experienced such a wonderful guidance!
HalleluYah!
That summer I had met a Finnish believing family who had become very close friends to me to this day. I use aliases Tapio and Kati Tanner. They were devoted and diligent in their earthly and spiritual work. I learned a lot from them about the faith. So I begged Adonai to give me the car for free, without searching for it myself.
I needed it because traveling to work was quite difficult with two different buses and they rarely traveled. I secretly prayed to my Heavenly Father for a green Volkswagen, perhaps because I had received as a child such a toy from my godmother, Selma. I didn't want to ask for a luxury car. A normal car would have been enough for me.
After I had visited my mother her 60th birthday on 20 August 1977, I was walking from the Dammsvedja district on my way to my apartment in Norra Sjöbo. On the way, I saw a green Volkswagen parked on the sidewalk from far away. It was parked so that it completely blocked the entire sidewalk! Upon arriving at the car I remembered my prayer and saw a cardboard sign attached to the driver's door handle.
Its text was easy in Swedish. It read in capitals in Swedish,
"HERE I AM NOW. THE DOOR IS OPEN. THE KEYS ARE IN THE CAR. TAKE ME!" HalleluYah!
I walked around the car a couple of times and wondered if it was the prayer answer I really received from Adonai or the devil' trap? Because my faith was still weak, I ended up with the last one, thinking that if I took the car, it might be stealing and I would go to jail! That's why I walked past the car to home.
Later, I regretted that even though I had been praying for such a car and Adonai had apparently arranged it for me along my route, I did not dare to receive the blessing because of disbelief. I asked Adonai to forgive my unbelief, and I promised henceforth to accept what I have prayed for and what he wants to give me a response to prayer!
Two years later, I fulfilled that promise. I prayed Adonai in Finland while I was in need the car and got it for free and it was better than that Volkswagen! I'll tell you about it later in context. Describing the situation also requires more detailed justification. Yehowah is wonderful!
In Sweden, it was generally difficult to sell a so-called 'insats apartment', because it's owner had to be sell it. If no one wanted buy it, must the owner pay the rent month after month and year after year! Housing conditions included cleaning every two months for one week in the entrance hall and stairs up to the top floor of the house.
Tapio Tanner wanted to buy my insats apartment as his secret place of prayer. Then he came to help me at just the right time, like many years later. He paid me the same price of SEK 200 I had bought it for. Since I did not get a job in Borås because of my poor Swedish language skills, I was able to move to Finland in the fall of 1977. I also felt the Spirit's guidance then. HalleluYah!
HalleluYah!
Prayer in faith to get a car for free
That summer I had met a Finnish believing family who had become very close friends to me to this day. I use aliases Tapio and Kati Tanner. They were devoted and diligent in their earthly and spiritual work. I learned a lot from them about the faith. So I begged Adonai to give me the car for free, without searching for it myself.
I needed it because traveling to work was quite difficult with two different buses and they rarely traveled. I secretly prayed to my Heavenly Father for a green Volkswagen, perhaps because I had received as a child such a toy from my godmother, Selma. I didn't want to ask for a luxury car. A normal car would have been enough for me.
I prayed for such a 1973 car model.
After I had visited my mother her 60th birthday on 20 August 1977, I was walking from the Dammsvedja district on my way to my apartment in Norra Sjöbo. On the way, I saw a green Volkswagen parked on the sidewalk from far away. It was parked so that it completely blocked the entire sidewalk! Upon arriving at the car I remembered my prayer and saw a cardboard sign attached to the driver's door handle.
Its text was easy in Swedish. It read in capitals in Swedish,
"HERE I AM NOW. THE DOOR IS OPEN. THE KEYS ARE IN THE CAR. TAKE ME!" HalleluYah!
I walked around the car a couple of times and wondered if it was the prayer answer I really received from Adonai or the devil' trap? Because my faith was still weak, I ended up with the last one, thinking that if I took the car, it might be stealing and I would go to jail! That's why I walked past the car to home.
Later, I regretted that even though I had been praying for such a car and Adonai had apparently arranged it for me along my route, I did not dare to receive the blessing because of disbelief. I asked Adonai to forgive my unbelief, and I promised henceforth to accept what I have prayed for and what he wants to give me a response to prayer!
Two years later, I fulfilled that promise. I prayed Adonai in Finland while I was in need the car and got it for free and it was better than that Volkswagen! I'll tell you about it later in context. Describing the situation also requires more detailed justification. Yehowah is wonderful!
In Sweden, it was generally difficult to sell a so-called 'insats apartment', because it's owner had to be sell it. If no one wanted buy it, must the owner pay the rent month after month and year after year! Housing conditions included cleaning every two months for one week in the entrance hall and stairs up to the top floor of the house.
Tapio Tanner wanted to buy my insats apartment as his secret place of prayer. Then he came to help me at just the right time, like many years later. He paid me the same price of SEK 200 I had bought it for. Since I did not get a job in Borås because of my poor Swedish language skills, I was able to move to Finland in the fall of 1977. I also felt the Spirit's guidance then. HalleluYah!
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