It's sad for us that this was our last day in Estonia. We had a leisurely breakfast at the hotel this morning and then took about a 30 minute walk to the Baltic Mission Center. We met with Taavi Hollman for about an hour and had a very helpful discussion about the Methodist Church in Estonia and about the partnership between the Morristown and Aseri Churches. We also got a tour of the seminary, spoke with Meeli the seminary director, and saw the sanctuary used by both the Estonian and Russian speaking congregations.
We said our goodbyes to our team member Susan (the American from Atlanta who is in Estonia for a year), and we already missed her throughout the day and evening. Taavi drove the rest of us to the outdoor historical museum, which has old buildings, houses, barns, and windmills that have been moved from all over Estonia. Many of these are original buildings from the 1800 and 1900s. Workers are in period costumes, and we ate lunch at the "tavern."
The rest of the afternoon and evening was spent in Old Town Tallinn shopping and eating. Unfortunately, it was windy and rainy most of the day, so we arrived back at the hotel tonight quite wet but all in good spirits.
Tomorrow morning we take a ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki, Finland to catch our flight from there (the flight schedules worked out better that way). It's a 2-hour ride by boat on a large ferry, as big as many cruise liners. Then home via Chicago and Knoxville.
We look forward to seeing everybody soon on the home-side of the pond!
Much love,
Team Estonia
