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Evelyn&Kaspars Apinis – Missionaries in Latvia // Läti misjonärid // Misionāri Latvijā
May 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 …
Read More Seminar in ValmieraOn 22 April 2017, in one of the reading halls of the National Library of Latvia, with windows facing the beautiful panorama of Riga, the presentation of the book “My Flight” by Ailita Kuka took place. The atmosphere of the event was cozy and heartfelt, with Christian music in the background. As the author said …
Read More Presentation of the book by Ailita Kuka in the National Library of LatviaSpring has truly arrived in our garden: snowdrops and spring snowflakes are blooming, the first crocuses have bursted into bloom, leaves of bulbous plants are sprouting up all over the garden. In the springtime I always feel like coming alive after a long sleep. You can probably tell that from the fact that I usually …
Read More Early spring greetings from Riga!Hello, Greetings from Latvia! How are you doing? We are doing well! We are soon off to our Christmas break at Hiiumaa, Estonia, but before that, here is an overview of our past two months. Rasmus Rasmus has got used to going to school. His reading and writing skills are better and he passed all …
Read More Ending the year 2016Greetings from the colourful autumnal Riga! „Everything is new in September…“ said once my first-grade primer. Everything is new for us, too, as Rasmus started the first grade of Riga Estonian School. I would never have thought that starting school could be such a complicated and time-consuming endeavour. The fact that my child did this …
Read More Everything is new…The 9th annual Wings for Wheels summer camp Challenge took place in Spāre boarding school from June 27th to July 4th. With the 20 participants, W4W team, assistants and other helpers, there were nearly 70 people from seven different countries and four different continents! The week spent together offered challenges as well as joy and …
Read More Challenge 9This year from June 4 to 18 in the guest house “Vecmuiža”, Liepupe parish, for the first time in “Youth With A Mission” history mini Discipleship Training School (MDTS) for people with reduced mobility took place; 9 students took part in it. This school that lasted for two weeks was a great challenge for the …
Read More Mini DTSA teacher of mine once told me: “Evelyn, you are a practician, not a theoretician. You would rather act than write about it.” This seems to apply even now, because a long time has passed since the last personal newsletter. So I will write about everything briefly, but you can see more pictures or read …
Read More Eventful yearArmenia organized this summer first camp for people with mobile disabilities. W4W sent Ruzanna to help. This is her update. The first Challenge camp for people with mobile disabilities in Armenia took place on August 26 – 29, 2015 I think this was the first event in Armenia, gathering people with disability and providing them …
Read More First Challenge camp in ArmeniaWhilst the bags from the previous camp – Challenge 8 was just unpacked and little bit of a breath was taken, the time had come for the next camp. If the Challenge is made to introduce Christ to those who does not know Him yet, then Morning Dew is a training camp for those who …
Read More Insight in camp Morning Dew 2