T R U E L I F E I N G O D
10
Scandinavia Report
May 22 - June 3, 2011
Sunday, May 22 - Athens
Flight delayed
Our trip started with difficulties. Or let us say, as
Vassula’s husband said, “the odyssey”. It started
in Athens where Vassula’s flight arrived late from
Rhodes, alarming us in case we lost our flight to Riga.
Baggage
At the check-in point we were the last in line and we
could see how the ground hostess started to panic
for lack of time. We finally arrived at the front when
she suddenly told us that she could not give us our
boarding passes because apparently the luggage we
had to check in had an extra charge and it was not
paid. The travel agent had not seen that an extra
charge had to be paid for the luggage. The running
and stress started once more because she said we had
to go to an opposite office to pay the extra charge.
We were close to departure time and here we were,
delayed far from the gate. To top it all, our gate was
at the other side of the airport. Eventually we made it
but only after a lot of stress.
Riga, LATVIA
The warm welcome at the airport with two bouquets
of flowers from the TLIG Riga group touched us,
especially when we saw the surprise of the big bus!
On one side was written “I, Jesus, love you”. When
Vassula saw this bus she said: “We can’t be louder!”
So we all got in the bus with the organizers, Andres
and Sabine, and drove down Riga Street with a huge
Jesus picture, to an apartment owned by TLIG.
In the window of this apartment was this amazing
surprise - a window where a TLIG book was
prominently displayed and kept open allowing
passers-by to read it.
The messages are literally on
display in Riga!
Monday May 23 - TV interview
Our day began with a TV Interview for one of the
leading non-Christian state channels. The interviewer
started to interviewVassula, not hiding his incredulity
about her mission.
As Vassula gradually answered in a clear and direct
manner, the interviewer started to change and became
more interested, while the doubts that had been in
him previously, and which had made him defensive,
dissipated. In the end he was moved by Vassula’s
answers. After the interview was over and while
we were heading out, he met his father who was the
owner of the TV channel and said, “You really missed
something. I wish you would have been with us to
hear the interview.” He asked where Vassula was
giving her talk and decided to come to the clergy
meeting in the afternoon to hear more.
At that meeting many clergy from different Churches
came to listen to Vassula’s witness. One could not
help noticing how interested they were, giving
Vassula full attention, especially when she spoke of
how the Lord wants Unity in diversity. At the end
Vassula took questions and the priests were glad
to have the opportunity to ask Vassula questions to
clarify the themes she presented in her talk.
The TV interviewer who had also come to listen said
at the end of the meeting, “I’ve had ‘goose bumps’
all through Vassula’s talk and I felt that something
beautiful was passing through (enveloping) my
