There is no one like our God!

Today was an incredible time at Light in the City. Light in the City is a pregnancy center that supports young mothers and help give advice to women who are considering abortion. Our translator for the day, Hannah, was telling me that the average age of girls getting abortions is 12. How awful! But what a blessing it is that Janice and her team can be Jesus to those young girls and ultimately save lives!

Today we lead the Thursday night prayer meeting here at Salem. We started off with me singing and then we all got to share a little bit of our testimonies. It was really awesome to see the women respond to our stories. After we all spoke we had a time for prayer requests and then we all took turns praying aloud. Some in English and some in Estonian. The posture everyone took was that of kneeling at their chairs. At first I thought it was really cool and then I started to feel really guilty. When was the last time I knelt before the Lord and spoke to Him. Sure, I have my quiet times, but when was the last time I got down on my knees and truly offered myself to Him? You should have heard the way the women were praying! It was all older women, who have probably known Jesus longer than any of us have been alive, and the way they prayed was so humbling. They were so passionate about their Savior and, you could tell from their voices, that they were SO in love with Him! They are an awesome picture of what it means to love the Lord with everything you have! For some women, He is all they have. It was just so incredible!

Tonight we are packing up our bags and getting ready to head home. It's a bitter sweet feeling, as usual! We leave for the port around 1:30, the ship leaves at 6:00. We'll be in Stockholm around 10:00 Saturday morning (Swedish time) and we should be back in Dallas around 8:15 Saturday evening (Dallas time)!

Prayer Requests and Praises:

• Praise- God is the God of this city!
• Praise- We had an INCREDIBLE time
• Please pray that we would rest up for our long journey ahead of us
• Pray for safe travel! And also a better flying experience this time. On the way here we had some rough plane rides!
• Pray for Salem Baptist Church, that God would rise up leaders and teachers, so that this church may be the difference in Tartu. That they would be a light for an otherwise dark and depressed people, and that He would bless them with everything they need!

He's the God of this city! See you guys in the states in a few short days! I love you all more than you know!

Forever His,

EmilyJo