Lighting Lithuania: Happy New Year!

Me in the snow

Labas!!

We had such a great week celebrating Christmas and Christ's birth! It was pretty full with lots to do! On On

On Wednesday we were able to attend family home evening with our Chinese investigator. She is super social and loves to come to everything. Then on Christmas Eve we were able to have all the missionaries sing Christmas hymns in Lithuanian in Old Towne. We got to pass out some mormon cards as we did it, so it was really cool.

Here is some of us after Christmas caroling :)

We were inside that night and Christmas night, but we had such a great Christmas. We were able to deliver cookies to our neighbors and check out a cool Russian church Mass. Then it was so great to skype and see all of the family. It was pretty warm for most of the week, and now it is snowing which is really fun.

Snowy roads

We have been visiting some of our members that we are now assigned to, so that has been great. We were getting to know one family, and we learned that the dad served in the Provo Utah mission. One of his areas was the Mount Timpanogos Temple area, right by my house! That is so cool that he served in my home town, and now I am in his. We have been able to meet with a lot of people this week. The Lord is truly blessing the people here in Lithuania.

Last night we only had a little time left before we needed to go inside, but we knocked on a door and the couple invited us to come back over later in the week. Wow, that has never happened before! It was a great miracle. Even if they don't accept the gospel, they are miracles to us. We were also able to teach our Chinese investigator the Restoration, and it is all pretty new to her. But I know the Lord will bless her. I know that He will bless all of us. I know that He is our Savior and Redeemer. God is a God of miracles. Have a happy new year! Love you all.

Love Sese Dzerman

p.s. Cool traditions consist of eating 12 dishes of food on Christmas eve. There can't be any meat, only fish. They love herring for Christmas. Then they don't wash the dishes till after Christmas day, which is a good way to do it.

Guess what, a dude totally threw a snow ball at me last night. He was probably drunk, but it was cool. He just hit me in the back haha.