So Much to Tell......

Wow, this new year has begun with many activities, ministry, discipleship, a missions conference and some very exciting beginnings.

Pastor Marc came to Latvia to teach a week-long class at the Baltic Pastoral Institute in Riga. Then he spent 5 days with us in Tilža. He encouraged and blessed each of us on the team here and was able to observe/participate in all the ministry activities. On Saturday he joined with us as we held our "one-day camp" for the older boarding school kids. We had invited the art teacher from school to come and provide a project that they could all make. The second choice for the day was a "Dance Praise" contest.

He took many pictures!! Just ask him to show you.

Our team has been working through some ideas on discipleship and we are excited to see how God is giving us people to disciple.

The following week we went to Rīga for the Bridge Builders-sponsored "Mission Days" which also had the theme of disciple making.

We have begun to plan for summer camp - again with learning English as our main activity. This year we will have two camps - one for younger kids and one for older. Calvin will be responsible for the English classes at the younger camp. We need at least 4 people to come this year so if anyone is interested, please contact Marc or Carol Andresen (757-8021) at the Calvin office.

Our women's Bible Studies in Tilža and Balvi are going well. Please pray for those of us leading them, that we will know what best to teach at each class and how to encourage the ladies to study every day.

Tilza

Balvi