Hi!
The last couple of months some things has changed in my life and this is what I look like nowadays (plus 14 more weeks though =)):

Yes, I'm having a baby!!!
I now have less then four weeks left to duedate and I just wanted to give a quick note on me going on maternity leave from Praise Unit.
I will miss joining them in the fellowship, the concerts and trips all over the world but I will keep all the guys in PU in my prayers and I know that they will bless many of you, our old and new friends, with their music and love for Christ!

God is good, all the time!
Lots of love

Finally!

Hello everyone!
Sometime before christmas I said I would put a small video from our releaseconcert on this blog but it took me all this time to do it :/
Sorry 'bout that...
Finally, here it comes, a couple of sequences from our concert here in Stockholm. I hope you enjoy it!
God Bless

xmas

Hope you all had a very merry christmas!!

Our boys singing

Check out or boys singing in the concert hall in Örebro.
A pretty nice bunch of men, uh? =)

Click here to see the video!

Buisy week

This week is really buisy for us Praise Unit singers. As you may know we´re doing the Classical Gospel concerts with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra this weekend. We rehearsed monday and tuesday and today we´ve had the first two concerts for school kids. I´t feels quite good actually. It´s very different for us singers to be backed up by a big orchestra and no drums....a few problems with the timing but we worked it out quite well.

The orchestra is so awesome and it really feels like such a privilege to do this with them. I hope you all have got your tickets ´cause I know there´s not many left, so hurry..... Tomorrow we´re having two more school concerts before the real deal on friday. Exciting!

God bless you all!

Classical gospel

Next week it´s time for our "Classical Gospel" concerts in Örebro together with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Joakim has been working day and night to get the arrangements done in time, and he has done a great job. We got the sheet music last sunday and now it´s up to us to learn the stuff. There will be both Praise Unit songs and other new and traditional gospel songs, all with a classical flavor. I´m excited. If you still havn´t bought your ticket, you can find it at www.ticnet.se, search for classical gospel.

If you don´t know what to get for your friends and loved ones for christmas I have a tip. Get the new Praise Unit album, The Mission Field, on www.joakimarenius.com.

Have a nice december night, and I hope to see you next week in Örebro Concert Hall.

Tack Norge!

Takk Norge - thank you Norway!
We had a good trip to Oslo yesterday, though very long. For us living in Stockholm it took about 7 hours each way, for the ppl in Örebro a few hours less and for Johannes driving alone from Jönköping you have to add another hour to the 7 hours from Stockholm... But it was worth it, although we're pretty nacked today after a long night in the cars...!
It was great fun to do our thing and also see what the other choirs/artists (safari, isaac carree, oslo soul teens) did and we were really impressed by them all! We also got to sing a song together with Swedish gospel legend Per-Erik Hallin which we all really enjoyed! But most of all, it felt like a truly blessed night, which we are so happy to have been a part of.

Joakim and Ragnhild Hiis-Ånestad, leader of Oslo soul children/teens.

Some of the Praise Unit singers weren't able to come along due to other assignments, but we were fortunate to bring some other friends to join us on stage... Emma was one of them.

Magdalena was another one who we brought along!


Hanging out backstage.

Simon, yet another friend who contributed on the Oslo show (But this one behind the drums!), and Jacob in the backseat of the car.