Chase, Laura, Maddie and Nate have made it safe to Cesis and we are happy they are here to help minister for a few days. Chase is a full-time youth evangelist from Texas that has become our good friend in the last few years. He has a great way of speaking with kids and he certainly has a heart for what God wants young people to hear.
Chase will preach during Sunday service and then also speak at the Youth Concert on Sunday night. We have the Latvian muzika grupa "Man-hu" presenting the concert and we are hoping for a large turnout.
On Monday, Chase and I will return to Riga where he will speak at an Inter-Varsity event at one of the universities.
Tuesday we are taking him into the prison with us and we will also have lunch with the prison chaplain and minister from the area of Latvia that is very close to the Russian border. We are trying to determine a way to work closer with two of the churches that Pastor Misha is responsible for.
Wednesday is our Youth Night and Chase will present the night's program.
Thursday is reserved for sightseeing and resting.
On Friday we are scheduled to meet with our pastor, Olegs at this other job, the Christian Leadership College.
Another trip to Riga is on line for Saturday where we hope to take part in a Latvian Cultural Fair (whatever that may be!).
Chase has been a vital part of the summer camps held here for at least three years. He is not going to be able to make it this summer, but was fortunate enough to schedule a trip and bring his family. It is nice to see familiar faces and get a new perspective on how to overcome some of the obstacles we face here.
Plus, he just got a new camera that I'm just crazy to play with. Here are a few random shots I took today before he wrestled it away from me.
You can never have enough wood. People have to gather wood here all year to be ready for the winter.
Our windows are the first two on the bottom (brown building).
Beautiful flowers ... spring here is really just now taking off.
There's just something about a tattooed bearded lady.
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