We were up bright and breezy at 4am to start our travels to Latvia yesterday for one week of Outreach work. We arrived in Riga Airport in the afternoon, and already were greeted by some familiar faces. We took a bus with some other teams to Jelgava, the city where we will be based this week. We are staying in a school in the city, because it's the only place to hold so many people.
Throughout the week we'll be visiting homes with food bags, giving out free clothes, and running a number of different programmes for children, teens, disabled and much more. I hope to put a few regular updates on here about how we're doing, but if that fails then I'll sum it all up with one post at the end of the week!
Last night, The Lord was already at work! We were unloading one truck from Norway, and some local kids were hanging around. They were obviously very curious; seeing all these clothes and toys disappearing from the truck into the school. They were standing right beside where I was working in the line. So I asked if they wanted to help, which of course they were more than happy to. As they excitedly joined our line, I got chatting to them and got to know them a little bit.
Afterwards, the NI team went to a local fast food place for some dinner. There were 5 kids, and the 3 boys also came to Hesburger to join us. Karl bought them some good generously, and we enjoyed their company a little longer.
It's great how a little bit of hard work and a tasty reward can quickly bring a bunch of strangers together. It's a good sign for things to come!
I eagerly await the wonders that God has in store for this week! Whatever we do will prosper!
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. - Psalm 1 v 2-3
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