In Lithuania

As I write this, I am sitting in a bed in a Lithuanian hotel called the Domus Maria ready to recline and sleep in a bed for the first time in over 72 hours. The past three days has been full of traveling, meeting new people, and exploring Vilnius, Lithuania. Traveling was long but palatable because I was able to use that time to sleep, get to know some of the many people I'll be spending the summer with, and I was reading a good book (Captain Blood, thanks Jordi). However, the one piece of unfortunate news is that one of our fellow team members misplaced his passport on the flight to Germany and could not make it to Lithuania with us. Our prayers are with him now, and we are hoping he can work it out to get here by tomorrow.

After our initial orientation. We all got some Lithuanian food, and then a lady named Irena gave us a tour of the historic parts of the city. I am digging the architecture all over the city.

Tomorrow, we'll be at the US embassy here, and we'll initiate the academic portion of the trip.