Letters from the Baltic

  Hello Everyone! The Version: This last week was pretty long. Elder Morrrissey worked hard and didn't see a lot of results which was a bummer. We did meet a Japanese guy though and we're gonna try some real sushi with him eventually. General Conference was really good but the time zone difference makes it not as iconic. We made sure to eat lots of snacks though so we were fed spiritually and physically, however not all nourished physically. I'd like to humbly brag and say this was probably the least I've fallen asleep of any conference ever. Only at the very end of Saturday evening, I dozed at the very last talk. But hey, improvement.  I tried something a little different this year while watching as far as note taking goes. Instead of writing down quotes of what they were saying I wrote down the things that I was learning or that I need to change, questions that I wanted to study later, or things that came to mind that I should do later. I thought it was way better ...

  Hello Everyone! Short Version :A little over a week ago Savelis got baptized making him the first member in all of Panevezys. He was so excited to be baptized he just about jumped into the water before my companion could say the baptismal prayer. It was funny too, he showed up in a large white catholic robe with military combat pants and overcoat underneath. We love Savelis and he makes church and English club a hoot. We also have another friend who wants to be baptized so we'll double the size of our Panevezys branch.  other fun things: - We had a super stressful Saturday. All of the members in Lithuania came to Panevezys and we had a huge event that involved some meetings with the city council, presentations about our church to the citizens of panevezys that are interested in coming, and all the missionaries from Lithuania combined forces with the members, split off into little groups, and spread all across the city to invite people the the event. we handed out a...