We thought our summer tour in ’91 was pretty exciting – well this next overseas tour in 1993 was something even more special. We took the north sea ferry crossing from Harwich to Gothenburg in Sweden where we performed in a music festival in Malmo and gave concerts in Norrkopping and Stockholm before crossing the Baltic sea to Tallinn in Estonia. What an experience that was! Joining in worship in the Methodist church in Tallinn and meeting the ever so friendly Estonians. We travelled south calling in at Parnu given an open air concert in the main town square and seeing the building of the most ambitious Methodist centre there. Then it was further south and into Latvia to the capital Riga. Another wonderful experience as we performed in the small Methodist church which had just been returned to the small and elderly congregation only two weeks prior to our visit. Here we were under the spot-lights of the state television cameras and were showered with flowers and how the Spirit moved amongst us as we prayed and sang together. For them it was years of prayers coming true and we could see and feel their joy, thanks and praise in their tears and smiles and the flowers. A long days travel followed as we motored south through Lithuania and into Poland staying overnight in Elk near the north east Polish border. It was so nice to meet up with polish friends we had made only two years earlier during our summer tour. From Poland it was into Berlin staying overnight at the British army barracks, courtesy of the Methodist Army Chaplain there before travelling up to Hamburg to catch the ferry back to Harwich and home. Phew!! A tour none of us will ever forget.
