Antonius Hotel Tartu

Well, my time in Tartu is VERY rapidly coming to an end, and I suddenly have 20,000 things to do. I've spent the last 2 or 3 days trying to simultaneously get all my forms signed, close my bank account, write a 10-page paper, and see everyone that I want to see before I leave (which is quite difficult when some of them leave for trips where they...

I was lucky enough to have a light week of classes after coming back from Germany and Latvia, partially because of the "Student/Spring Days" festival happening this entire week. Only one class on both Monday and Tuesday, so I was able to catch up on some sleep and participate in the festivities a little bit. Monday night was the opening ceremony...

The past week has been slightly uneventful as most people seem to be buckling down to their coursework, myself included. Even though I only have 3 days of class, the Estonian language is quite demanding and I'm taking the university's intensive course in it, so I always have another aspect of grammar to look over before class. I haven't done a w...

Well, the Poland trip has now been postponed. We didn't feel like we had done enough research and put enough time into planning it, so we're putting it off for a couple of weeks. I still have a nice long weekend, but now it looks like I'm doing a couple of more random things. Probably going on a day trip to a city named Parnu, and maybe another ...

Our day goes more smoothly than I thought it would. Today I have a long list of things to in getting our January/February Good News annd other literature mailed out. It's a bit different this time because we have received many many new subscription requests from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Moldova. This will more th...

Today is the day we visit the foreboding VANGLA, the Estonian prison on the outskirts of Tartu to see our friend Valdur Vesingi. But, before that, Katrin Kaasik and Andrus Ripps wanted to stop by the Apartment for a visit. We arranged for Britt and Jim to come over at 11:00 am, the same time that Katrin and Andrus were coming over. We got togeth...

After much-needed rest we start our first day off with things that need to be done. I got up about 6:30 to get on email and get two articles translated from the current Good News into Estonian by Toomas Schvaak. I formatted and printed them and will be taking them to a copy place about a mile away to get 250 copies made of each. They will be inc...

After a fairly good night of sleep we had our first full day in Tartu. Now, I wanted to give a little background why we are here in Estonia since many people have a hard time figuring out why someone with a wife and two small children would trek all the way to a little known Baltic country. Our church has two Festival seasons, one in the Spring ...

After yesterday's speed tour of Tallinn - well, it wasn't that speedy - I had the option of hanging around another day and taking in what few sights lie outside the old town or heading off elsewhere. While sometimes it seems a tad funny to spend only one day in a country's capital, I find it equally shameful to go someplace new and only have a l...

Today we take our mailing to the Post Office and pick up the Russian Bible Study courses that came from Ukraine. It's somewhat of an inconvenience to have to be without a car and have to take and bring heavy things here and there. The first thing to do was to get the mailing we put together to the Post Office. We carry out the nearly 200 pieces ...