Letters from the Baltic

  Hello Everyone! Short Version : The last few weeks have been hectic and crazy to say the least. This last week was particularly stressful. Apparently in Lithuania (and any other EU country) you have 90 days to reside in the country without any visas or living permits, but once your 90 days are up you either need a visa/living permit or you have to leave the country. For various reasons, many missionaries don't have their visas yet, partly due to covid and some other weird circumstances with the way we got into the country. So we've been working like crazy going to the immigration office a lot, doing lots of paperwork. If our visa paperwork gets rejected (it is unlikely but theoretically) then we will all be chilling in Latvia until we can get the visa situation worked out. Good news is that covid restrictions are gradually loosening, not all the way but steadily getting looser.  Long Version:  The restrictions right now for covid aren't that bad. We still have masks at ...

 

  Hello Everybody! Short Version : It's been a hectic two weeks. We had a little heat flash hit us and our apartment has no air conditioning so we were very toasty. We have a fan that works sometimes, his name is Pixar. We learned some Russian swear words by accident. Apparently sometimes the people we contact on Facebook don't want to be bothered. We took another trip to Riga, Latvia and finished up our vaccinations. A lady invited herself to church this upcoming week, and it will actually get to be in-person! Long Version : So I'd like to start this off by saying the Baltic States are not what I expected in many ways. When I got my packing list, they told me that I'd need to buy a quality winter coat and boots and the warmest clothing you can imagine. So of course, I bought wool, double-layered pants and long sleeve shirts, everything you need for cold weather. I'm not sure if I was misinformed or just a bad listener but I had no idea it got hot here too. Nothing ...