I heart Lithuania! It has been one year since I returned home from serving my mission in Lithuania. I still think about Lithuania and the people there every single day. I'll be honest, I wish that I was still serving most of the time. I just wanted to pay a little tirbute to Lithuania! I love Lithuania, every single part of it. The picture attached of me in the green field is my last steps in Lithuania. (So I had another picture attached, and I can't find it!) I can hardly believe that I have been home for an entire year. It has been a great year, but nothing has compared with Lithuania.
Some of the things I loved most in Lithuania include: 3-bits, my nasty apartments, ice cream, cold borsh, carbonated water, the women in the church, the sea in Klaipeda, the youth in Klaipeda, Vilnius, the Cathedral in Vilnius, Andi, the white bench park, Sister Robbins, Andi, Friday district meetings, the Watterson's, teaching, knocking doors, contacting like crazy, the cheese, geisha's, the summer's, the bus rides, Lily and Fred, the days when the sun only set for four hours, Nijole, Jolita, Aleksandra, Ingrida, Aurika, Carolina, Jennifer, Rasa, Julija, all of my companions, the winters, teaching the primary how to sing (like I know how to sing), but most of all I loved, and still love, the people. They were the best part of Lithuania. I send all of my love to Lithuania!! Happy one-year mark.
On Saturday Cait, Ashley, Caitlin Jayne, and I hiked Mt. Olympus. We started at 3:45 a.m. so that we could be at the top in time for the sunrise. We got to the top with one minute to spare, the sunrise was breath-taking, just as beautiful as I had remembered. At the top there was also another surprise waiting for us, gnats...hundreds of them swarming us. They were so annoying that we could only spend minutes at the top. 
