Hello,
September and October have been celebration and re-union months for us.
YWAM 50th celebration Restenäs, Sweden
YWAM Northern European gathering at Restenäs Sweden was 5 days
of celebrations where the whole region gathered to celebrate 50 years of YWAM international and 30 years of YWAM Restenäs. Nearly 800 people came from the 9 nations in the region, with 40 nationalities represented among the staff and students. Celebration began with a parade of flags and cultural presentations from the each region. Evelyn was asked to represent Estonia and it was highlight to her to be able to wear Estonian national clothes and to carry Estonian flag. We had time to celebrate, but also to pay attention to messages shared by Alv Magnus (YWAM North Europe leader) and by YWAM founders, Loren and 
Darlene Cunningham. For us was introduced the new team that is taking on his role of leading YWAM Northern Europe. We saw 1,098,000 Swedish Kroner (US$161,500) come in paying of the entire debt of Restenäs campus mortgage! We also heard stories from each nation in the region. All the bases had possibility to take photo together with Loren and Darlene Cunningham and to eat a birthday cake. We had special time when Loren Cunningham asked all the children to come forward, blessed them praying that these children would share their parents mission calling. It was definitely our family
highlight. The 50th celebration ended Friday night with a party. But even though we had to leave one day earlier, that evening 480 people gathered to celebrate Restenäs turning 30 years old.
Celebration in Riga
The YWAM 50th celebration also was held here in Riga. We started in the afternoon with a time with former staff and students. There were at least 1 or 2 people from almost every school that we have been held since 1993. It was interesting to see people who now pastor churches, serve in other organizations, have pioneered a Christian school, plus families, and many others.
Seminar of Prophetic Justice
In Riga we held a seminar focused on justice issues, especially for the most vulnerable, including protection for the unborn and Human Trafficking. Over 50 people from 13 nations attended and we felt this was a key step towards seeing an impact in these areas. YWAM Riga is now launching a full time ministry that will focus on issues related to Human Trafficking, and helping to make others aware of this. We, Kaspars and Evelyn, are not part of this new ministry, but because our team here in Riga is so small, we are partnering each other.
School Re-unions
In the end of October Evelyn had two school re-unions. Her secondary school had 180th anniversary and she was invited to be part of celebrations. Interestingly same week was 
planned also hers university course re-union and so she was able to meet during one week lot of people whom she wasn’t seen already years.
Work continues
Among all the celebrations, work in YWAM Riga and with Wings for Wheels still continues. Kaspar is focusing more for his studies to be able to graduate on spring, but physiotherapy evangelism and disability awareness still continues. Evelyn is helping with administrative part of this work and starting to prepare her spirit for annual humanitarian project taken place in the end of February. Rasmus has not chosen yet, what is his strength and so he trying to copy all of our actions – speaking with phone, working with computer, cleaning rooms etc. He has also started his education in baby school, where he can play, sing, practice Latvian and do sport together with others in his age. This is weekly highlight for father and son to spend this time together.
Thank you for your prayers, encouragements and financial support.
Blessings,
Evelyn, Kaspars and Rasmus