kolmapäev, veebruar 09, 2005
Back to Work
I can't believe that I didn't blog the whole time we were in America. Evelyn kept reminding me to but I never felt motivated. Now that we are home again in Estonia, I am ready to write again.
I am also ready to get back to work. With the "opening" of the corps only a month and a half away, there is a lot to do to get ready. Today I met with the owner of the Illusioon once again to go over the plans. Tomorrow we will sign an agreement to finalize everything. Now we just have to work up the publicity material, arrange permission for the open air, invite the special guests, distribute the publicity material, contact the newspapers, arrange for translators, arrange for food for the band, make a back-up plan if the weather is too bad for an open air ... and I'm sure other things that re not coming to me at the moment. Easy, huh?
We don't feel stressed overall, though. It will be a lot of work getting it all together, but it can happen. We just ask for your prayers that we will have wisdom in the decisions we make and the plans we lay out so that every aspect will reflect God's plan.
We are also excited because the idea came to us that the Illusioon may be the perfect place to hold our Sunday meetings. It is in an ideal neighborhood and has more than enough space for us to grow! We will be talking to the owner about this idea tomorrow, so please keep this in your prayers also.
It is truly great to be back in Tartu. It wasn't difficult at all to slip back into life here. Going to the grocery store, having tea with a friend, hearing the Estonian language spoken all around us, seeing the familiar houses and buildings in town--these things all felt so comfortable. Last night we went to a restaurant and had some good Estonian cooking; we kept commenting on how this tasted like the best food we have ever had! I know it was an exaggeration, but it was just one more thing to remind us that we are in the right place. We are home again--and we are ready to get back to work.
--Tim
Today we began a series of Lenten devotions as a family, and like we did at Christmas we will be praying for a different family member each day. Today we prayed for my niece, Abigail Clark.
I am also ready to get back to work. With the "opening" of the corps only a month and a half away, there is a lot to do to get ready. Today I met with the owner of the Illusioon once again to go over the plans. Tomorrow we will sign an agreement to finalize everything. Now we just have to work up the publicity material, arrange permission for the open air, invite the special guests, distribute the publicity material, contact the newspapers, arrange for translators, arrange for food for the band, make a back-up plan if the weather is too bad for an open air ... and I'm sure other things that re not coming to me at the moment. Easy, huh?
We don't feel stressed overall, though. It will be a lot of work getting it all together, but it can happen. We just ask for your prayers that we will have wisdom in the decisions we make and the plans we lay out so that every aspect will reflect God's plan.
We are also excited because the idea came to us that the Illusioon may be the perfect place to hold our Sunday meetings. It is in an ideal neighborhood and has more than enough space for us to grow! We will be talking to the owner about this idea tomorrow, so please keep this in your prayers also.
It is truly great to be back in Tartu. It wasn't difficult at all to slip back into life here. Going to the grocery store, having tea with a friend, hearing the Estonian language spoken all around us, seeing the familiar houses and buildings in town--these things all felt so comfortable. Last night we went to a restaurant and had some good Estonian cooking; we kept commenting on how this tasted like the best food we have ever had! I know it was an exaggeration, but it was just one more thing to remind us that we are in the right place. We are home again--and we are ready to get back to work.
--Tim
Today we began a series of Lenten devotions as a family, and like we did at Christmas we will be praying for a different family member each day. Today we prayed for my niece, Abigail Clark.
