Archives for April 2011

Ready for a Lithuanian joke? Here it goes:

-Why have you built only one room in your house?
-Because there was no point of building less.

My days in Lithuania were very much like this: puzzling, curious, fun, quick and paradoxical. This small country (less than 1/3 of MN by land) with ages of its own history also caries many signs and imprints of its neighbors: Poland, Germany, Russia, Latvia, Belarus… It was only logical for it to house the Lithuanian International University with its student body as culturally diverse as this part of the world itself. After presenting a 40 minute “teaser” for the FaithSearch Discovery at their chapel in English, I had a full house for a 3.5 hour presentation attended by both the students (extra credit for the Theology majors) and faculty (one said: “I just realized that I can still be taught a thing or two”). They simply didn’t want to go home and kept asking questions after questions after questions. Praise the Lord for their searching minds and hearts!
[Read more…]

Greetings from Amsterdam – two thirds of the way to Vilnius, Lithuania, my end-flight destination today!

I am very excited about my teaching schedule for the next three weeks. As always, it includes some familiar places (like Riga, Moscow, St. Petersburg) as well as some completely new territories (like Lithuania). As always, some teaching will happen in churches and seminaries and some – in secular schools, universities, teachers conferences.

Please, keep me in your prayers through the end of this month: 

• Praise the Lord for all the supporters, prayer warriors, partners and co-workers who made this trip possible!
• Praise Him for opening many new doors of opportunity to preach the Gospel with evidence in the Russian-speaking countries, communities and educational institutions!
• Pray for the Holy Spirit to prepare the ears, the minds and the hearts of my audiences to receive the Good News of Jesus Christ!
• Pray travel mercies for the flights, transfers, connections, lodging arrangements, safety and, yes, that my luggage does not decide to travel by itself like it did before.
• Pray for my family back in Minnesota: finances, appliances, cars, etc., etc. that that have a bad habit of running out or breaking as soon as I leave home.