Arrival

Upon arrival after an extremely long roughly 25 hours of travel what the four of us interns wanted most was food and sleep. However, Susan and jaycee had much different plans for us. We were given a red envelope with four bus passes and the name of the stop.

The red envelopes did not stop after we arrived in the city. The next day we split into teams for an amazing race-ish day. We spent the day taking trains and learning how to get around Latvia on our own. We didn't enjoy this much at first, mostly due to exhaustion, but now we are glad we know our way around the city.

The next two nights we spent at a country house owned by another missionary. We took time to debrief from the last few crazy days and train for the upcoming challenges. It felt amazing to drink some coffee/tea and relax.

Now that we are back in Riga we have one night and a brief time in the morning to prep for our first orphan camp. It's a 12 day camp for younger kids from the ages of 6-13. We will need constant prayer for strength when we are weak and tired, and brokenness for the hearts of these young orphaned children. The next twelve days will be rough, but I know that the opportunity to love on these kids is w

ell worth it.