Lithuania - info from Libby Myers

(Three of us are taking a) trip to Lithuania to explore the needs of the area this coming summer. My idea is that Debi Auman and I and Regina Zidoniene from Birzai would travel around Lithuania and we would set up meetings with all of the Methodist churches in Lithuania. We would then speak with them about what their needs are and also visit the village areas around these churches to see firsthand what is needed. We would also meet with John Campbell, the DS in Lithuania. Of course through all of this we would gather information that is needed through pictures and conversations to be able to come back and relay their needs to you and all concerned.

I will be traveling to Lithuania in July with a team and Debi and I could actually go early for this part of the mission and then meet up with our team on the arrival date. I believe if we could handle this in this way that it would save time and money for the conference.

A little background on Debi Auman. She went with us to Lithuania this past summer and winter. She is the wife of Pastor Keith Auman who is a pastor in the High Point District. Debi is head of marketing at Guilford Technical Community College and is very well versed in the "business community". Through previous jobs she has traveled all over the world. She has also fell in love with the mission work that we are doing in Lithuania and is involved with local mission opportunities here in High Point.

As far as Regina I have known her since my first visit to LT in 2004. I have been 9 times to LT and Regina has been our constant contact and who is with us to guide us in our mission work in LT. She is also the Director of Pagalbos Centras(the Help Center) and a Lay speaker in the Lithuania UMC. So, she knows many people throughout the LUMC.

Libby Myers