Labas Visiems!

So, last week there was a huge sale on some CD's in Maxima. We all bought a few, Lithuanian artists, since they were only like 75 cents a piece. Super sweet.

This week we were able to meet with a few people. First with Reda, we had Dovile come as well, since they seemed to be good friends at church. We talked about the Holy Ghost, and discovered, finally, that she hasn't been baptized because her parents would be upset. Frustrating, but happens.

We also met with Robertas. He has been coming to church and meeting with missionaries for about three years. He hasn't been baptized because he lives with his girlfriend, who he has a child with, and if they get married she wouldn't allow him to be baptized. A difficult situation. He is very humble and wants to follow the Savior as much as he can. He prays every day that God will show him what to do, particularly with his main problem, but also with everything in his life.

We met with Viktoras, a less active, again. He is very kind and believing. We talked about missionary work, using Alma 6.6, and asking him to pray for those who don't know God, which President Dance has asked us to do.

English class was great. We had a ton of people show up, a lot of them younger, which makes it more fun for us. Our spiritual thought did not go over the best, it wasn't awful, just not the participation that we wanted. We started by asking Who god is to them. We got a super hero or super star, and he doesn't exist. Yes, 2 people from our class of about twenty answered. I asked other questions throughout the lesson, with no response. Funny, but hard to teach to.

While harvesting a middle-aged woman invited us in and then took us to a room with her daughter, who was about 13. She then tells us to talk to her daughter and she'll be right back, clearly trying to get us to have some sort of romantic relationship, which we quickly saw, her daughter saw and didn't want, so we ended and peaced out. Funny.

We knocked on a guy's door, who told us he wasn't interested and then he opened again as we were walking down the stairs and asked some other question, which I had to think to answer. He then switched to English and said "You don't speak Lithuanian.' I told him we were from America so Lithuanian was not our native language, no. He then told us to stop polluting the country and to go home and drink/drain our brains. A pleasant fellow.

That same night we were walking home and this guy standing in the shadowy porch of a dome calls out to us. We turn and go to talk to him and he like glides off the stoop towards us. He was wearing all black and smoking. He carried himslef like an old English proffesor, very proper and mysterious. We talked for a while and then he went back dissappearing into the shadow. He was like the character in a movie that poofs out of nowhere says some poetic riddle that somehow is supposed to help you and then before you can clarify what he meant he vanishes without a trace. Crazy.

We also had a very interesting lesson with Marius, a former investigator, who is a Hare Krishna. He was very accepting and open, but then started to talk about his past life. Asking if we remembered ours, if we believed in them, and then explaining his. A little odd, but interesting, I just didn't know what to say after that. So we kinda quickly wrapped it up, prayed and left.

On Sunday, the Jacques were here, they are missionaries serving in Riga, so they needed translators. In Sunday School, Elder Sanford and I both translated and then in Priesthood I tranlated for Elder Jacques. It was hard, but good language practice and good to see the growth that I've had.

I love Lithuania and more and more love speaking Lithuanian. I appreciate your prayers and pray for you. Remember to find JOY, Seize the Day. Woohoo! Wish you all the best for this week.

Love,

Vyresnysis Kanoris Hiltonas