CMA International
By VIKI Pakarinen
year has
passed by,
who knows how many is in front of
us? Last month, I have been thinking
of time a lot and one Bible verse
keeps going around my mind:
“Teach us to realize the brevity of
life, so that we may grow in wisdom”
(Psalm 90:12, NLT).
I am only in my early thirties, but I
still feel that life is short, days are
running faster than I can, and I need
to be fully focused to accomplish
something.
CMA Finland is doing fine! We
have around fifty members,
Järvenpääin southern Finland is our
new forming chapter. It first looked
like we would we have straight 12
new members there, but now we
have solid four and we are happy
about it! Praise God we are spreading
around the country.
All usual activities are going like
prison ministry, motorcycle exhibi-
tions, small mission trips, ice and
road racing competitions, and just
Another
visiting local gas stations meeting
people.
In our chapter in Jyväskylä, we
made a leap of faith after a few
years of planning and rented a
garage. It´s a place for us to meet,
but more importantly a place where
youths can come and fix mopeds
with us or just enjoy their time. The
place is next to a long straight where
riders practice wheelies, burnouts,
and tricks, so when they need to rest,
they can come to our garage and
have a cup of coffee.
We got it open just before winter
and there were already dozens of
people eating sausages and getting
to know us. We are really looking for-
ward to this spring and what is in
front of us. One nice memory is when
we slept on the garage sofas and
woke up in the middle of the night to
watch the Changing of the Colors
Rally live! That’s a concept of a tasty
life!
In the last article, I wrote that a
new racetrack will open. Previous
summer we scouted a MotoGP prac-
tice there, and this summer 2020
we´ll have a race there! It´s a big
opportunity and a big challenge to
us, they expect to have around
100,000 visitors at the event.
Currently we are praying and seeking
opportunities to serve and evangelize
people there. Please pray for us, the
race is held July 12.
I am happy to be part of you all in
a big CMA Family and serve together
a mighty God! CMA
Members of CMA Finalnd.
Viki Pakarinen serves as Vice President
of CMA Finland.