6.12.

Tämä viesti on osa vuoden 2008 adventtikalenteria.
This post is part of the 2008 advent calendar.

• Suomen 91. itsenäisyyspäivä
• Päivän kuvassa on suvussa säilynyt Talvisodan joulutervehdys jonka Terijoen Sotilaskodin naiset ovat lähettäneet rintamalla olleille Jalkaväkipataljoona 1:n sotilaille.
• Tänään (Wikipedia)

Christmas greeting to the boys of 1st Infantry Battalion.

Christmas is near and we can hear the far sound of the Christmas bells. They come to our ears through the noise of the war bringing us the message of peace: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” (NIV). It doesn’t seem to apply to us at all this Christmas and especially not to You, dear soldiers, who live in the middle of the war horrors. You who see only blood and death there. You fight against the forces of evil and wrongness so that the divine truth could prevail amongst us. Dear soldiers! We think of You all the time. We know Your courage and braveness: You all are ready sacrifice yourself for our beloved fatherland so that rightness and truth would win. We also believe that our country will soon see the day of freedom. Righteous God will not let his matter go into indignity. Please, accept our moderate Christmas greeting and package. It contains our Christmas greeting and our most sincere prayers for You.

Soldier’s Home at Terijoki

(The original text has some oldish words so the translation might sound a bit weird, too.. Don’t blame me, I’m just the translator :)

• 91st Independence day of Finland
• The picture of the day is a letter sent from women working in the Zelenogorsk/Terijoki ‘Soldier’s Home‘ to the soldiers of a Finnish battalion during the Winter War
• The President, Tarja Halonen hosts the Independence Day Reception that’ll be attended by about 2000 people and many, many more over TV and Internet. You’ll see the live broadcast here at night. For more traditions, see the wikipedia article.
• Today (Wikipedia)

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