Greetings from Lithuania!

The Curzon spit protects Klaipeda from the Baltic Ocean.
It is a sand spit, heavily forested to protect against erosion.
It has wonderful long stretches of beaches on the Baltic
side, and a fishing village museum and dolphin exhibit
on the Klaipeda side.  It is always a relaxing place to
visit, to either walk down its forested pathways or stroll
along the beach in search of amber.  It is easy to forget
that this parkland is just across the lagoon from a city
of 200,000 people.

Thursday, on the spit, one of the LCC's American staff
was beaten, robbed, and sexually assaulted in broad daylight.

She is doing as well as could be expected.  She is surrounded
by love and has a wide range of expertise to draw on, from
trained counselors to ministers to nurses to former police officers.
Ted and Alice took her to the police station, and the assistant
chief of police, a friend of Ted's is taking charge of the 
police side of things.  Please pray for her.  She is very strong.
She is more concerned about the attack's effect on the rest
of LCC than about herself right now.

I think I'm still in shock.  This is the start of spring
break here, and there wasn't time to tell the students
before they left.  The attack made the local TV, so the
local students may already know.  The staff was told at
a Friday afternoon meeting.  Please pray for all of
us.  This has never happened to anyone I've known before,
and it is difficult to know what to say to her each time
I've seen her.  There is an air of unreality about the
whole thing.

Things should be fairly quiet around here for break.
The staff is heading off to Prague, and Tunisia, and
Greece.  I am staying around here to rest and recover
from round umpteen of the cold/flu.  I'll probably
make a day trip or two to Palanga, and I might even
go to Vilnius.

Take care.

Yours in Christ,
David