Update from Beth & David

We had a great time today at the Open Air Museum. It is a center depicting historical lifestyle of Estonia. We saw Estonian folk dancing and our group participated. I have it on video. We had lunch there and then returned to Old Town for more sight seeing and shopping at the market on the square. Tomorrow we will attend church at the Baltic Center and Mall tells us we will have lunch in the TV tower. We had another beautiful weather day and have had a great time getting to know each other and Mall. I will try to get some pictures sent when the ones in the know return to the center. We are headed to dinner now. We have eaten our way through the city and certainly have enjoyed it.

Blessings,
Beth McCalman

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Hello everyone,

TODAY HAS BEEN GREAT!!!!!

This morning we got to sleep in till 10 a.m! It was very nice to get well rested. We went to the Estonia outdoor museum today and it was a PERFECT day to be outside. The museum was great....we learned a lot about the old Estonian culture and even got to dance as part of a skit that the people put on. (Yes the girl I danced with was very pretty!) We had a delicious lunch at the museum that consisted of soup, veggies, potatos, and a pork roast.
We spent a lot of the day in Old Town, Tallinn where there was beautiful weather. We walked up to Toompea, the upper city, and looked out over all of Tallinn. We also went to a coffee shop and just relaxed for about an hour. We had a great time!!!

Last night we went to a great worship service at the Generation2 building. The music was great as well as a great message from Anton*, a good friend from last year. We played basketball for a couple hours after the service. On the way home we had to stop for ice cream at the American Embassy...aka McDonalds. We saw a man skiing, yes skiing, down the streets of Old Town in a womens bathing suit. It was a beautiful sight....NOT!!! We got a pretty good laugh of it though. We stayed up really late,or I guess you could say early, and played Jungle Pong with a new friend we met from Illinois named Jason, very cool guy.

Tonight we plan on eating at the grocery store and plan to lay low. I'm sure that Stephen and I will try to meet up with the college students and hopefully hang out with the Generation 2 youth group.

If you would like to hear more about the trip and see a few pictures (don't worry the half naked skiing man will not be shown) then Stephen Pittman has created a blog for this trip. The website is http://www.blogger.com/www.stephenmission.blogspot.com You can comment on the trip at this website or I would love for you to e-mail me. I miss you all and have some great stories already...and I have only been gone 3 days!!!!!

God Bless,
David Read