HEY! IT'S 5:30 MONDAY MORNING AND I'M STILL IN ESTONIA. I CAN'T DESCRIBE TO YOU HOW UGLY THE WEATHER IS HERE. IT'S COLD AND RAINY AND THE WIND IS HOWLING. SHERLOCK HOLMES TYPE EERIE, MYSTERIOUS, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET BONKED ON THE HEAD, WEATHER. THAT AND THE FACT THAT IT'S ALREADY GETTING DARK AT 5 O'CLOCK AND WE DIDN'T GET DONE WITH CHURCH TILL 2 AND I'M IN POST ARRIVAL ZOMBIE STAGE, KEPT ME HERE LAST NIGHT. I WILL LEAVE FOR SMOLENSK TODAY.
I GOTTA TELL YOU THAT THE PEOPLE HERE ARE FEELING THE CRUNCH LIKE WE ARE AT HOME. IT'S ALL THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. THEIR SENSE I THAT NEXT YEAR WILL BE WORST THAN THIS. THEY DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHOSE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN THE U.S. BUT ARE INTERESTED IN THE OUTCOME. MOSTLY, HOW IT WILL EFFECT THEM ECONOMICALLY. ALL THE BANKS HERE HAVE STOPPED GIVING CREDIT AND SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY BANKS FROM SWEDEN. IT'S MINI-CHAOS. HOWEVER, I'M ENCOURAGED THAT THE CHURCH I WAS IN YESTERDAY WAS OPTIMISTIC IN HER TRUST IN GOD AND TURNING TO WORSHIP THE BEST THEY KNOW HOW. IT WAS A BLESSING TO SEE. I REALLY THINK ONE OF THE KEYS TO WEATHERING ANY STORM IS WORSHIP. I SEE NOW WHY GOD WAS PREPARING US IN THIS AREA BEFORE THIS CRISIS BEGAN. WORSHIP WILL DO DIVINE THINGS IN YOU AND GIVE TO HIM WHAT HE LOVES AND DESERVES. SPEND QUALITY TIME IN WORSHIP TODAY. DON'T PUT A TIME LIMIT ON IT, JUST WORSHIP.
IS EVERYBODY HOME NOW? WILL IT BE PHEASANT FOR WED. SUPPER?
CHECK IN SOMETIME. I'M PRAYING FOR EACH OF YOU.
LOVE YA'LL, YA'LL LOVE EACH OTHER.
