An evening in Riga.

These photos are from an evening walk around Riga. There was supposed to be a lunar eclipse, so I went out in hopes to see it. When I realized the overcast skies made it impossible to see, I thought I might as well enjoy the night anyway.

Though it is so light, it is truly 11:30 at night. It is from the blackheads square. The church on the left is St. Peters. The beautifully lit building on the right is the blackheads building, which was the the place where all the guild men gathered for business, now it is simply an interesting place where I believe tourist information can be obtained.

The tall building in the center is used for science, and is a bit of a mark from the soviet times here. It is a building that was given as a gift to the city from Stalin. There are buildings in several other cities in Eastern Europe that are of the same style. The arched bunkers below that are a portion of the Central Market, which is a large market of fruit, vegetables, meats, fish, cheeses, along side of clothing, and shoes, and all sorts of things.

A look at Old Riga from the middle of a bridge over the Daugava river.

A look in the other direction to the other side of the river. If one was to take the river further in this direction it would lead to the Bay of Riga, and then to the Baltic Sea.

Playgroup Picnic in the end of May

An outdoor lunch. The children ate sitting at the edge of the low deck, it was cute to have them all lined up like that.

Balloon animals, a 4x4 bouncy house, face painting, trampoline, tents, basketball and a number of other toys were the source of fun and entertainment for out lovely last hurrah for playgroup this year. We look forward to another fun year starting in September!

We held our picnic at the Sink's house. Mrs. Sink is the woman who has been running playgroup for many years. Her and her husband are here in Latvia with Agape ministries. The big backyard was a perfect place to gather, and to allow the children to run and play.

Rained out... Plan B.

During one youth evening held in Ramava, we planned to roast hotdogs and marshmallows on a campfire... well, it rained, and so we made the hotdogs on the stove, and toasted the marshmallows over candles.

It worked pretty good!

Some of us thought the space heater might work even better... it also proved successful!

Some patriotic Latvian sites.

The Freedom Monument

The President's Palace

The Latvian Flag

Leading a few games...

These are photos of some of the people from the Jesus Church youth group playing a few games I led at a youth evening in the Spring, held in nearby Ramava.

Another look out my window

Before you saw a look out my window... well the view is changing. This was several weeks ago, and the tree turned green almost over night.

Easter Night

I have had a lot of trouble with Blogger, but i hope that this works. These are a few photos from the Easter night celebration at the Jesus Church with the youth there.

We talked about the passover meal, and one of the guys explained the meanings behind each food and action.

After it hit midnight and turned Easter, we celebrated, and then changed the paraments in the church, and took out all the dark decorations, replacing them with white and bright ones.

My friend Seila and I at Easter night.