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.

Happy Easter!

or in Latvian...

Priecīgas Lieldienas!

I pray that you have a blessed Easter celebration!

Seeing a little more of this great place

A Stork between Sigulda and Riga. :)

Castle in Sigulda

Cave in Sigulda

Turaida Castle

Church and prayer/meditation labrynth in Krimulda.

The white dunes at the bay of Riga in Saulkrasti

A church in Kuldiga

River and bridge in Kuldiga

I have been quite blessed by the friendships that have developed and grown since I moved here. Latvia is a small country with a lot to love about it. Especially as the weather warms up and as the days get a bit longer, there is also opportunity to see more of the country and get outside of Riga a bit more. One friend here has been so wonderful in making this possible. She plans out an idea for a place that is interesting and we make a day trip on a free Saturday. We have done this twice now, first a trip to Kuldiga, and the second one which was just last weekend was to Sigulda. They have both been such great trips, as we make several stops along the way at various intriguing sites. I thought I might share a few photos of the adventures, and thus share with anyone who hasn't seen Latvia with their own eyes a little bit of the beautiful country that I call home right now.