Thursday, August 7, 2008

Greetings from the distant future!

We're here!

After a lot of travelling, we made it - and all of our stuff made it too! Thanks for the prayers, everything went smoothly. We are now getting settled into our apartment (as soon as everything is unpacked, I will post pictures).

When we got here, one of the other RDs Maija showed us around Klaipeda. We ate dinner and then walked around the city center, and then got a few groceries on the way home. We also got to meet Keith, who works at LCC, for dinner. And then Sarah, another RD, when we got back from grocery shopping.

We're pretty tired, but doing well. Tomorrow we'll go over to the school, and maybe to the beach. Orientation and training for us doesn't start until Monday, so we have a couple of days to unpack and get acquainted with the area (and to get used to the fact that it's 10pm here and it's 2pm in Minnesota).


Speaking of Minnesota, here's a couple of pictures that I took on the vanride from Vilnius to Klaipeda (a cross country trip that I slept through most of). Doesn't it look like they could've been taken in Minnesota?


More to come!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

The next time we post on here, it will be from Lithuania!

Top 3 things to please pray for:
Safe travels
Finishing up our packing
Rest

Thursday, July 31, 2008

We're leaving in less than a week!

Wednesday is coming pretty quickly. We're so busy and tired, I'm convinced that once I get a moment to rest on the plane, I will sleep the whole way. Hopefully I get a good seat.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Odds and Ends

This weekend we're hoping to pick up a few things that we need to get before we go. I should really make a list, because the only things I can think of off the top of my head are power adapters and converters.

On another note, Steve looked it up, and there will be 69 Lithuanians competing in the Olympics!

Hope everyone is well.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Generous Offering

Yesterday at the closing rally of a Junior High camp, unbeknownst to us, they took an offering to help out with our support raising. They were very generous and gave a thousand dollars! We are so thankful, and amazed that these students and their families are so generous. Camp will take an offering like this for us the next couple of weeks. What a blessing!