Vilnius, Lithuania - UPF-Lithuania held its annual meeting on December 29 to reflect on the year 2010 and celebrate Christmas with Ambassadors for Peace. Ten Ambassadors for Peace gathered for this event.
The program was lad by Andrius Jurkunas, who introduced young UPF volunteers giving a musical rendition of Christmas carols. Thus hearts of those who gathered were warmed up and opened. Raimondas Urbonas, secretary of UPF-Lithuania, gave an overview of UPF activities during 2010 on the international scale and locally. After that, Mrs. Jurate Chocholskiene read the speech given by the UPF Founder, Rev. Sun Myung Moon at the World Assembly events. The audience listened attentively and afterwards asked questions about the current situation in Korea and Father Moon's vision for Korean reunification.
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The program ended with one more song, a group picture, and presenting a gift to all the guests, the autobiography of Rev. Moon in Russian. Although Russian is not an official language in Lithuania, many of the older generation know Russian very well. The recipients were pleased with the gift.
The program ended with a Christmas-style dinner enjoyed by all participants. The event went smoothly with a very warm and happy atmosphere; many of the quests said that this was their real celebration of Christmas.