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Evelyn&Kaspars Apinis – Missionaries in Latvia // Läti misjonärid // Misionāri Latvijā
We have started 2018 with another long-nurtured idea: Disability Awareness Sunday Service. It is thus named by the initiators of the tradition elsewhere in the world, but we are considering the option to name it Diversity Celebration in Latvia. The main topic will remain the same: to emphasise that people with various disabilities are also …
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November 24-27, 2018 visited Portugal. It was not (only) for pleasure, but Evelyn was asked to be photographer in wedding. We had some time during first and last day to visit some sights. First night we went to see Atlantic Ocean. It was first meeting for Rasmus and the ocean. They seemed to like each …
Read More Portugal WeddingWe have received sad news: the 5th Mission-Net Congress is cancelled. Amount of participants were too small comparing for other years and fees did not cover the expenses. Therefore, they had made the hard decision to cancel the Congress. No way we are able to influence this and so we are now in situation where …
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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 …
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This year, the Challenge camp took place in Spāre boarding school from 2 to 8 July. The 19 participants along with the assistants and team members made up a multicultural company of around 70 people. Since this was already the 10th camp, the birthday atmosphere gave a good reason to look back on what God …
Read More Challenge 10On 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 …
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