For Easter weekend I went to a church camp in a small countryside called šilalė! It was the most decommericialized Easter I have ever had. It was a family retreat with the church that I go to here in Klaipeda. There were churches from šilute, Kaunas and Vilnius there as well started by the same pastor! Almost everyone spoke Lithuanian and I just chuckled to myself about what I had gotten myself into, but it got tons better very quickly! The speaker was from one of their supporting churches in Florida so he spoke English and everything was translated to Lithuanian. (Which was pretty sweet b/c Laura didn't have to translate for me which she so graciously does every Sunday)
The people there were wicked sweet and super gracious especially with my limited Lithuanian skills and my issues with endings :) The ones that spoke English were also willing to practice with me which was so sweet! I had such a good time there and had so much fun getting to know some of the people :) The messages were great as well and were challenging to me and made me think a lot about what I doing now and what I am supposed to do in the future! I will miss everyone a lot!
This past weekend we went to Tallin, Estonia and Riga, Latvia (the other 2 countries on top of Lithuania) it was a great trip. It was a lot more relaxing and chill then the last adventure I wrote about. This weekend was warm, sunny and super relaxing. We rented bikes for a few hours in Tallin and rode along the coast and around the city which was SO much fun!! I forgot how much I loved bike riding :) Both cities were very beautiful in there own way, but as always, I was glad to come home to Klaipeda!
Pics are soon to come :)
Sending huge hugs and lots of smiles
~Chrissy
what an awesome tree!!! i'm glad you had an fabulous easter and trip!!!
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