That evening Inga decided to take us on a boat ride on the beautiful Daugava River. The evening light shone on the water. We glided under...

One of the highlights and definitely most humbling moments was our visit to Inga’s aunt’s Soviet-built “luxury” apartment. Her father...

It was decided that Jannis and Jacob and a lay person would join Inga and her crew for lunch somewhere. We had seriously considered...

Inga and Inarz (a longtime CTO home group leader) picked up Jordan. The Methodist Pastor Jannis and his son picked up Nathanael and...

I awakened early the next morning and went on a walk. Right behind our hotel were seemingly endless rows of old low buildings with old...

When Inga returned she was carrying two bouquets of flowers from her flower garden. Her mother sells flowers in the Riga market. One...

What a joy it was to see Inga in person after about 24 years! She looked more lovely to me than the bouquet of yellow roses she was...

As I mentioned before, we wouldn’t have imagined the uphill climb this trip would be if the Lord hadn’t whispered in our hearts a few...

Early in the week, a member of parliament came for tea. Jordan had written to him with some concerns/suggestions about an issue. He did...

Sunday morning Jordan and I jumped in the car and drove (on the wrong side of the road) deeper into the peninsula past the hedges, sheep,...

Thursday the whole family jumped into the car to drive (on the wrong side of the road mind you) deeper into the Ards peninsula. Views of...

I arose my first morning and went to shower but couldn't figure out how the shower worked. It is an on-demand system. I pushed every...

Don, Karin, Avi and Robert escorted me to the Cleveland airport. Song and earnest prayer broke out on the two and half hour drive. The...

There were mountains to climb to get on this trip. The fight actually began about a month before. The "nipping at the heels" was...

Connecting Disciples Globally with Vine and Branch Connections Welcome to the very first post from Vine and Branch Connections ! We are...