A great few days!

We are having such a good time!

On Sunday, we went to church! It was great to meet other Christians here! Robyn and Trey shared their testimonies at the Baptist church downtown while Cole and I went to Gary and Cathy's church plant. It was so encouraging to hear testimonies of how God had changed these people's lives in such a radical way, just as he has changed each of ours. It is so touching to listen to someone speaking Russian and hearing the emotion in their voice, and then to have it translated into words that you relate to with all of your heart. We are witnessing that God truly is the God of every language. He transcends differences in cultures, traditions and personality and affects each of his children in such a way that they are never the same.

We have gone to a town called Rezekne for the past two days. It's about two hours away, but definitely worth the bus ride. We've been able to hang out at a youth center there and talk to kids ages 9-20 (give or take a few years). They are so smart! Most of them speak Latvian, Russian and a few words in English. We have been so impressed! We stayed there for a long time yesterday and played with them. We slept REALLY well last night!

Today, Trey told the story of creation to them and the leader of the youth center translated into Latvian and Russian. All the kids were very interested and had feedback and questions.

Tomorrow, we will go back and Cole and I will stay at the center while Robyn and Trey go to the park to try to meet more people. Cole will tell the story of how evil entered the world. The next time we go, we'll talk about Jesus. What a great opportunity!

We (by we, I mean Cole) cooked a nice meal tonight-- chicken, kuskus, veggies and of course, hot tea! We have definitely learned to appreciate hot tea here. It is so good! Even the kids at the center have hot tea with their snack!

Latvia is amazing. We are settled in and are really enjoying life here. We are busy, but very content!