Greetings from Riga where spring is in the air,
We are still full-time in mission work 😉 Actually couple of weeks in March we spent in zombie status and reason what made us to get there is shared in the beginning of the 
letter. Later our present and future will be shared also. So this time our newsletter is a bit longer and full of information.
Past – International Christian Social Project Smiltene 2011
There were humanitarian/evangelical project taking place in Smiltene, Latvia from 27th of February till 6th of March. Similar projects organized by YWAM Stockholm and YWAM Latvia have been taken the place already over ten years. For me (Evelyn) it was 5th time to be in this project leadership team and I was responsible for administration. My task during preparation was to be registrar and communicator for Latvians. During project me and my team was busy with making 44 teams from 201 people (and around 20 local 
Christians) and sending them out to Smiltene and to other 8 regions.
First days were spent in preparation – intercession time, making food bags and unloading humanitarian aid. During next days we divided into small teams to visit Smiltene and different regions and to organize different programs. With the help of local social offices we visited 699 needy families and all together gave out 1521 food bags. During this week we gave clothing for 1469 people. 176 children visited our children programs. 80 local youth took part from our youth event. We organized two evangelical events and during these programs 72 people decided to follow Jesus. During our home visits 159 people prayed “sinner prayer”. Saturday evening we organized Christian concert. 352 people took part from all our evening events. Kaspars led program for people with disabilities and lot of people came for this event. Usually it is specified for people with mobile disabilities, but for our great surprise we found that 49 people came and most of them were elderly people. We did not change our program and we believe that all these “wrong” people were sent by God. This year we had really good contact with local church. Week after our project finished, local church was organizing follow-up Alfa supper for new Christians. 58 people joined for meal and 75% of those people were non-church goers. 12 youth and 17 adults signed up for the Alpha course whilst at the Alpha Supper. From first session of the Alpha Course took part 22 (non-church) guests plus 24 church members. It means we had really positive reasons to be in zombie status for two weeks after this intensive project finished 😉
My mom and Rasmus were also in Smiltene during this week and helped us with background work – mom for taking care of Rasmus and Rasmus for growing out of his clothes 😉
Present – Wings for Wheels, school, Rasmus
After mission project we are back in our every day life. Kaspars’ physiotherapy studies have reached to last semester. At the moment he has his last sport education session, but most of this semester he is spending in hospital and practising physiotherapy skills. He will have last exams in the end of May and will graduate 18th of June. Kaspar also continues with physiotherapy evangelism and offers massages. After short break in winter we are again starting up disability awareness trips to churches. We are planning to have our 4th “Challenge” – summer camp for people with mobile disabilities – happening in July 2-9 in Raiskums boarding school. Preparations for this have already started. Rasmus is helping us with everything. He also goes to “third form” in baby-school and enjoys music, sport and handcraft. For our great surprise he has learnt already all letters from his first name and even some more.
Future – school will finish, we can do some schooling!!
Kaspar physiotherapy studies will finish during this spring and there are still some years before Rasmus will start his school. So, we will have some time to educate ourselves in mission work.
I (Evelyn) have spoken already earlier that one closed communistic Asia country has been in my heart almost 12 years. Because this letter is open one, I do not want to write this country name here, but if you are interested then ask me in private letter and you will get answer. There will be seminar held in YWAM Sweden August 27th to September 9th. Seminar will focus for this Asian country and possibilities for mission work there. All three of us are planning to go to Sweden that I can be part of seminar and to understand what plans God has for this country and how I am involved in His plans.
At 2007 Wings for Wheels – ministry for people with mobile disabilities – started, but because of Kaspars’ studies and lack of full-time helpers, we are still in pioneering stage. Now school is going to finish and some people have shown interest to come to Latvia to help us. It means we are in need to get some schooling in area of leadership in mission. Regular YWAM school/course is 3-5 month long and is too long to participate with Rasmus. Our YWAM leader found out that there will be held three-week long seminar called: Strategic Leadership Course – principles of pioneering and developing a multi-faceted city ministry. That will be coming November in Spain, Malaga. Course is interesting and would be really useful for us. Even my mother has given 
theoretical agreement that she would be able to come with us and help to take care of Rasmus. Our only challenge is finances (or actually lack of finances). Course itself are not too expensive, but airfares from Riga to Malaga are surprisingly expensive. We have decided to search for treasure pot 😉 during our summer vacation at Hiiumaa, Estonia, but maybe there are some other possibilities?! Please pray for our past, present and future and if God is saying for you anything about it, please let us know.
Blessings,
Evelyn, Kaspars and Rasmus