Greeting fro Liepaja, a city on the coast of Latvia and known as “the city where the wind is born”. I’ll tell you, we’ve been thankful for that nice wind in the midst of the heat going on here!

Chris and I are staffing an outreach that is here from YWAM Orlando. They have come with some awesome dances, dramas and a passion to tell people about the love of Christ. We are 2 of the 5 Latvian staff and are “overseeing” the Latvian contingency of the trip. Ieva, Andis, Anna, Jogita and Kika have joined the team as translators, but have become a real part of the team. I’m so proud of them all… they’re translating amazingly. Their English has grown just in the past few days! But, they’re more than just translators. They’re sharing their faith, too, giving their testimonies, which I think has been so important, as people can then see that Christianity is not just an American thing, but here’s another Latvian that is into this, too. It’s been great.

For the past 2 nights we’ve been doing outreaches in the park by the sea. We’ll be doing this for another 4 or 5 evenings as well. There’s a mix of dances, dramas, testimonies, and music. For the last 2 nights, we’ve had a combanation of our Latvian friends (and Chris!) singing. For the next few nights we’ll have some more well known people, such as Kristine Dzelzs, Santa from Xenos (very popular here) and Valdis Indrosonoks, the premier worship leader in Latvia (and on staff with YWAM Latvia).

We’ll be here in Liepaja until the 7th, and communication to the outside world is sporadic (read: busy schedule, limited - next to no access to internet.)

We all appreciate your prayers as we tell Liepaja about the love of Christ!!!