Day 13 June 9th 2010

Well I'm at the end of another good day here in Riga! This morning started out kind of slow like usual, then I did some planning for tonight and Friday night. I planned two songs for tonight, and planned some fun activities for Friday night. The songs that I picked were, "All Creatures Of Our God and King" (David Crowder Band version), and "Better Is One Day". After I selected these songs, I typed up some song sheets and printed out several copies. I also printed out instructions for the activities on Friday night. Once I had everything printed out, it was time to drive over to Martins and Anda's for our planning session. The planning went well, and we also had some good prayer time...Now let me explain some of our summer plans. Normally during the school year on Wednesday nights we have a young adult Bible Study, but during the summer we're changing things up a bit. We want Wednesday nights during the summer to be a place where non-believers feel welcomed so that the young adults can invite their non-believing friends. Tonight we watched a movie called "Expelled" (starring Ben Stein), and then we had a discussion about the movie. I recommend this movie to anyone who hasn't seen it, even though it's not a Christian movie, and I think that it brings up a few good questions. It's basically about the fact that in America (other countries as well) the vast majority of evolution scientists reject the possibilty of "Intelligent Design" (ID). Not only do they reject it, but many people have lost their jobs for mentioning the possibilty of "ID" being truth. Ben Stein suggests that our freedom in that area has been taken away. I personally enjoyed the movie and I also enjoyed our discussion about the movie. We had two new people show up tonight, one which was openly a non-believer, and the other I'm not quite sure about. The one that was openly a non-believer definately disagreed with a lot of the movie, and also our opinions. But it was really good to have him there! He is very smart and brought up some good points, some that I agree with, and some that I disagree with. He knows where I stand, but no one in the group made him feel like his view's were not welcome, or not to be expressed. I am praying that his heart would be opened to the truth, and that God would show him the truth. Please pray with me. Anyway, I think that tonight was a great success, and I thank God for that! I also thank the many people who have been praying with me and for me. I truly believe that what y'all are doing is every bit as important as what I'm doing! Without the Lord's help and your prayers, my time here would be absolutely worthless! Thankyou for being a key part of this mission! After everything was over, Carl and I drove Liga back to her apartment, and then headed home. We got back around 23:30, so now it's officially Thursday and I need to get in bed!

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P.S. I know that the picture above isn't that great, but it's the only one that I had for today!

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Also, anyone that is interested in scientific evidence that backs up Biblical Creationism should check out Dr. Kurt Wise. He is a Young Earth Creationist and is arguably "Creationism's most highly qualified and most itelligent scientist." I have personally heard Dr. Wise speak, and I think that he is very gifted.