It's Sunday night, and we're just relaxing today! A much needed rest for sure! We went to church this morning, and we'll play volleyball tonight!

The kids in Rezekne are still enjoying the stories. We will go back on Thursday. They can hardly wait (and neither can we)! 

Friday, we got to see a lot of friends and really get to know them better. We even had two of our friends and two of their friends we had never med over for dinner Friday night! Cole and Trey cooked the awesome meal, and Robyn and I stayed in town, met everyone and brought them to our place. They really enjoyed it, and we had a good time as well!

After dinner, we were able to ride the bus back to town and watch Latvian folk dancing! Many Latvians are just so artsy and talented, and it shows in their native dancing! Everyone had so much fun watching the dancers. There were several different groups, ranging from tiny preschoolers to adults. Here are some pictures!

On Saturday, we had the privilege of attending a friend's college graduation. She just finished her Master's degree. We felt special to be able to attend. Graduations here are different. Instead of the typical calling out of everyone's name and watching their tiny silhouettes walk across the stage from what seems to be a mile up in the stands, meeting them after the ceremony, the family and friends of each graduate get to go up during the ceremony and give flowers and take pictures. Since there are only about 200 graduates, there is time to call a few names, allow them to line up at the front of the stage and then let the graduation music play louder, indicating to the congratulators that they may file up to the stage. Each parent, sister, boyfriend or grandparent comes up, bringing at least one flower. Imagine how many flowers the graduates (boys and girls) leave with! 

It's been a great few days. We appreciate your thoughts, prayers and words of encouragement! We hope everyone is doing well, and we can't wait to hear YOUR stories from the month of June as well! Remember that missions isn't only overseas! Make the most of every day! Thanks for keeping up with us!

Love, CJRandT!