God is in Control

The new semester started on February 1st and we are so excited to be here at the beginning of the semester.
We had our mid-year conference last week and i think we have all returned with a great expectancy of how God is going to work.
Some specific prayer requests we have this week are:
- Pray that we can find good language tutors and really consistently practice our Lithuanian
- On Tuesdays/Wednesdays we typically are on Campus doing prayer walks or surveys - please pray that we can meet students and start relationships from these surveys. Also that we can get permission to be in the dorms.
- On Thursday Feb. 8th we have our 1st "Dinner & Discussion" night. This is an outreach where we invite students we know to come over for dinner and discuss spiritual topics in a home setting. Please pray that God will encourage students to come to this weekly event.
- Our International English Corner (IEC) will begin next week. We pray this is a way to meet students and help them practically with conversational English. Pray we have wisdom as how to advertise & promote this.





We returned from Spain to find that winter had finally come to Kaunas! This was while on a prayer walk at KTU. It was COLD. (20's)

Regarding Spain, I will share one specific story of how God encouraged me:
On the final night they had a special extended time of musical worship. Most of our team came down a little late so we went to the back of the room to stand. We couldn't see the lyrics up on the wall very well. So, we were all standing there and earlier many of our team had a strong feeling of anxiety/fear - most likely spiritual warfare. So we were in the back, singing, listening, etc. and this young father come in and stands in front of us. I was unintentionally observing him and his son. The music was really loud and had a good beat, so i see the boy take off his shoes and step on his dad's shoes (both of them were facing the stage). The dad was dancing and moving the boys arms and legs with his own.
This is what my thought process was: man, why does this guy have to stand right in front of us...we totally can't see the lyrics, arrrr....then as i observed the boy and his father: ahh, that is sweet....that son is having a great time with his dad, man, his dad really doesn't know how to dance at all...he has no idea what he is doing.....then God's voice came into my head...'But I know what I'm doing Jen'. Just like that. Simple, straightforward, clear. It made my hard heart soften and i worshipped my Father, who does know what He is doing in our lives. He is in control. He is the one holding our arms and legs and moving us to His beat....we are along for the ride and we CAN TRUST HIM. It was a beautiful moment.