July 4th Weekend and Prayer Request

At Wednesday night prayer meeting we were talking about what a great time of fellowship we had. Ausra mentioned that she had never been to Silute and then we discussed the fact that this weekend was a four day weekend, so we made plans to return with the church group to Silute and spend Sunday there.

On Sunday (July 4) we woke up bright and early to be in Silute for 11 am there were about 30 of us. We were saddened that Ausra got sick and was unable to make the trip. We had a great time of worship. Everyone sings with everything they have, the services are filled with such joy that is so uplifting to be around. Milton preached from Exodus about when Joshua and a few of the Israelites fought the Amalakites and Moses stood on the mountain holding his arms up to God. As long as his arms were up the Israelites were winning. Milton challenged all of us to hold our arms up to God.

After church we drove to have lunch Tomas and I didn’t see anything on the menu that looked appetizing so we walked and got kebabis (kebabs) which are like a Greek meal. They put lamb or pork inside with vegetables and sauce. They were really good, but most of mine ended up on the ground. Haha They are very hard to eat “neatly”, but very good.

We then went and relaxed and spent the day at the beach in Palanga. Monday was a national holiday for the coronation of Lithuania’s first king. So we spent all day Monday on the beach too, where we played badminton, looked for sea glass, and sun bathed. It was hotter so I forced myself to go all the way into the Sea. It was very cold and everyone made fun of me because I kept jumping around to keep warm!

We returned to Vilnius on Tuesday and immediately missed the beach. The temperature dropped from 26 degrees Celsius to 18! Preston and Peyton returned from Louisiana on Wednesday the 7^th. On Friday the group from Life Church in Sulfur arrived. They will be leading Youth camp for us all next week, July 12-16. We know of 10 youth coming that we have never met before. Please be praying that through all the activities, worship services, and Bible studies that God would reveal himself to them.