Leap in Faith // Usuhüpe // Solis ticībā
Evelyn&Kaspars Apinis – Missionaries in Latvia // Läti misjonärid // Misionāri Latvijā
After spending two years searching for treasures on Dole Island, we decided that this year we would continue our fellowship day tradition in a different location. The choice of venue is usually guided by how well it meets the needs of people with disabilities, and this time the facilities were kindly provided by St. Simon’s …
Read More Wings for Wheels Fellowship Day “Pearl of Wisdom”
Greetings from Hiiumaa! As the title suggests, life on Hiiumaa, nestled between the forest and the sea, has been anything but dull. One early spring morning, we woke up to a racket coming from the roof above our bedroom. A pair of ducks was wandering around, seemingly reluctant to return to the ground. Thankfully, we …
Read More A duck couple on the roof and a baby bat in the bedroom – life on Hiiumaa is full of surprises!
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 …
Read More Treasure Island 2
Greetings from Hiiumaa, Estonia! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! It has been year when we moved from city of Riga, Latvia to small community at island Hiiumaa. September 1. 2022 we moved in to the house we live in today. This day we had no idea will we have possibility to actually purchase …
Read More Second year at Hiiumaa
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 …
Read More The big summer gathering “Treasure Island”
Hello, I am sure you have been wondering what is up with us and where we have disappeared. OUR HOME We moved to our house on Hiiumaa island, Estonia on September 1, 2022. International moving was one of the hardest things we had done. But this was just the beginning. When we moved in, we …
Read More Spring update from Hiiumaa Apr. 2023
Greetings from Riga! This is quite possibly the last newsletter with this opening line, because within this month, we will be moving to Hiiumaa. But first, I will tell a bit about Wings for Wheels. Wings for Wheels Wings for Wheels celebrated 15 years of ministry this year. For the whole pandemic, we have lived …
Read More Last Letter from Riga
We had been waiting for this day for a long time, since the last “Challenge” camp in 2019. Due to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, we were unable to hold any camps or other live events for two years in a row. Due to various reasons, we still could not organize the camp this …
Read More W4W 15! Celebration Day with Friends
Hello, Greetings from Riga! We are doing well. Of course, I am personally in constant wait for spring (this usually starts in summer already 🙂 ). This year we have had lots of snow, but even the girls are asking lately: when will the snow melt at last? 🙂 Wings for Wheels Wings for Wheels’ …
Read More Winter 2022
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 …
Read More I am giving you my peace…