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August 3, 2024, was a day to remember. Even the weather couldn’t decide whether to be cool and rainy or sunny and warm. On this day, Wings for Wheels gathered on Dole Island, located on the Daugava River. Spending the day on the island—now more of a peninsula—sparked the idea to call the gathering “Treasure …

Association “Wings for Wheels” this year on August 5, organized an event called “Treasure Island”. Such a name was not chosen by chance, but in direct connection with the location, which was Dole Island, and also the topic of the day was ‘What are our treasures?’. We had a total of 30 participants from different …

A year ago, we were hoping to be able to meet in person this year. However, the Wings for Wheels friends’ meeting on December 4 took place on the Zoom platform also this year. Of course, this was not quite comparable to the festive banquets held in the restaurant “Kliversala” in previous years, but in …

Greetings from Latvia! It is time to give an update on us and Wings for Wheels. Wings for Wheels have been working online on Zoom for over a year already. Small group is going well and it will always stay online, as it has proven to be a confortable format for people with disabilities living …

Sometimes, you want to do something well, but it turns out much better than expected, and that is exactly what we can confidently say about the Zoom meeting for friends of Wings for Wheels on December 8. On this date, we had planned to hold the annual event dedicated to the International Day of People …

The year 2019 that is almost at the end has been rich in impressions, new opportunities and good works, and as a conclusive special event we can add the festive afternoon organised by the association “Wings for Wheels” on December 9 at the restaurant “Klīversala”. Thanks to the kind response of the management of the …

Greetings from Riga! Life with God is full of surprises! The Sabbath year was meant for us to rest and seek God’s will, and for our kids to get to be close to their extended family. We thought we’d come back and serve in Latvia for the next 20 years. But already when half of …

What can I give of myself to others? How do I serve God and participate in society in the identity that I have? Those were some of the challenges the 16 participants and 30 team members and assistants posed to each other at the 12th annual Challenge camp that took place from 23 to 30 …

Greetings from the Apinis family, In this letter all of our family members will speak of our Sabbath Year! Evelyn A year or actually 9 months of Sabbatical has gone really quickly. It is hard to explain shortly what it has given to us. We needed rest and quality time with family and this we …