day 1 continued

Tonight we ate dinner at this more traditional Latvian restaurant that was kind of cafeteria style place with Dan, their friend Inga, Kristine, and her brother Daniels and his precious little daughter Dita and had an interesting assortment of “pickeled” veggies, egg dipped and fried pork and chicken, rice, and of course, potatoes. We tried a typical drink here, almost described as a Latvian root beer of sorts, called Kavass had, well let’s just say an “interesting” taste.  But we are up to trying new things – which as we speak we are enjoying a nice evening cup of tea to finish the night as the sun finally sets behind the gorgeous architecture as the clock strikes 11pm.  After dinner we had a small bible study about the Lord’s Prayer with about 8 of us which was really cool to see the Lord working through the language barrier (mainly through our company knowing English). It was so beautiful to hear the prayer in Latvian and English at the same time as we held hands around the flickering tea lights in the sanctuary.  The fellowship was so genuine and rich as we shared in the church and continued to a coffee shop before calling it a night.  Their hospitality is so amazing. This is such a beautiful place and it is already becoming a home away from home with our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.