Patricks' Day

Patricks' made his first appearance at Cesis Baptist as he listened (mainly slept) to his father preach. He is the first new baby in quite a while for anyone in the congregation. Since there is no nursery he is passed around quite a bit during the church service ... but I didn't see anyone that was bothered.

After the service, Iveta, Olegs, Patricks and Roberts were presented with flowers and small gifts. The WOM from FBC-Athens also sent many nice items as well. Thanks to Pam Bauman and Debbie Leatherwood for taking care of everything. As you can see from the pictures, we also had some good eats that Inese and Laura made on Saturday. I helped by staying out of the kitchen except for licking bowls and spoons.

One unusual thing that happened at the end of the celebration was that a man came in off the street to see if we had anything to eat. We sometimes don't know remember that there are still some very real needs in clothing, food, and adequate housing all around this area. He didn't know that we were having a party, he just saw the open door of the church. The members responded so quickly and shared with him, just as we are commanded. Is there something more we could be doing here to help these people??

Thanks for reading! Atta!