18. Jul 2025

Kaunas - Vaišvydava

Photo 1: As I was walking through Kaunas this morning, I notice this man unloading something to take into a Catholic Church. On his shirt it says "God's Squad". I asked him if he spoke English, which he did, and asked him what his shirt is all about. He is part of a Christian motocycle group in Lithuania that also has connections with a group in the USA. They call themselves the God's Squad, ride their bikes through the land, and endeavor to come into contact with people and, as expressed in the song from yestetday evening's service, to speak Jesus. We understood each other real well. I do not remember his name, but I prayed for him and his group. He gave me a motocycle man hug afterwards.

Photo 2: I saw these colors of the Lithuanian flag hanging down from the dome of the St. Archangle Michael Church in Kaunas. At the center of the Dome is the dove symbol for the Holy Spirit. May the fire of the Holy Spirit bring spiritual renewal to this country...

Photo 3: Two boys crossing the pedestrian bridge over the Nemunas River. If you look close enough, the one on the right is wearing a Milwaukee Bucks t-shirt. Lithuanians are big basketball fans.

Photo 4: I walked an extra half hour to go to this famous nunnery just outside of Kaunas. It was part of the pilgrim path. Since I was a pilgrim I was granted entry without charge. There were several tourist groups going here and there, but I was able to go alone in the church and sing my pilgrim song and pray for the people of Lithuania. Maybe that is what God wanted me to do. I had to walk through heavy rain and cross a long damm to get there and got splashed repeatedly by large trucks passing by, but the rain stopped for the rest of the walk.

Photo 5: I stayed the night at this House of Nature. I was the only one there, could get my things dry, and most importantly, I slept well.