Leap in Faith // Usuhüpe // Solis ticībā
Evelyn&Kaspars Apinis – Missionaries in Latvia // Läti misjonärid // Misionāri Latvijā
A good antidote to depression during the dark season of the year is to bring joy to other people. As continuation to the tradition began two years ago, on December 4 society “Wings for Wheels” organised an event for people with disabilities as dedication to the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The invited people …
Read More A GIFT OF JOYSome years ago, two people in wheelchairs who were unknown to each other met at a shop. Baiba (then a volunteer and now full-time staff at W4W) and Matiss weren’t in a comfortable place to get to know each other, especially since both of them had assistants with them, but Baiba felt an urgent push …
Read More First Steps Sending Out a MissionaryOn one hand, 10 years is not much for a ministry with a broad vision, such as Wings for Wheels. We have only taken the first steps in order to become familiar with the third largest country of the world formed by people with disabilities from all over the world. Yet on the other hand, …
Read More W4W 10!Do you know how a flying squirrel feels 20 metres up in the air? We do. Nineteen participants experienced flying out of their wheelchairs to the treetops during YWAM Latvia’s ropes course on May 25th. Wheels got wings!
Read More Ropes course 25.05.2017May 15, 2017 Wings for Wheels went to excursion to bakery “Laci”. Bakery is 12 km out of Riga and using old Latvian traditions for baking bread. All 13 participants were asked to dress up for protective clothes and then our guide walked us through the bread baking process. We also heard the history of …
Read More Excursion to bakeryMay 13, 2017 W4W yearly seminar „Reach out hand!” took place in Valmiera. In past we have had these seminaries taken place in Riga, but this time W4W volunteer Vita Bitte invited us to Valmiera. Theme of seminar was: „Does church has place for people with disabilities?” Kaspars Apinis, W4W leader and Vita Bitte started …
Read More Seminar in ValmieraOn 22 April 2017, in one of the reading halls of the National Library of Latvia, with windows facing the beautiful panorama of Riga, the presentation of the book “My Flight” by Ailita Kuka took place. The atmosphere of the event was cozy and heartfelt, with Christian music in the background. As the author said …
Read More Presentation of the book by Ailita Kuka in the National Library of LatviaHello, Greetings from Latvia! How are you doing? We are doing well! We are soon off to our Christmas break at Hiiumaa, Estonia, but before that, here is an overview of our past two months. Rasmus Rasmus has got used to going to school. His reading and writing skills are better and he passed all …
Read More Ending the year 2016A teacher of mine once told me: “Evelyn, you are a practician, not a theoretician. You would rather act than write about it.” This seems to apply even now, because a long time has passed since the last personal newsletter. So I will write about everything briefly, but you can see more pictures or read …
Read More Eventful year