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Cesis Orphanage Closes Down
In Latvia, most of the or-phanages are the responsi-bility of the local govern-ment council. As such,financial decisions some-times impact the childrengreatly. The Cesis orphan-age that wehave been work-ing with hashad the threatof closing forsome time butnow it is a real-ity. All of thekids will beplaced in an-other home by the 17th of October. ForLaura and methat means thatour work in thischildren’s homeis done. Eventhough we haveonly been goingfor a short period of time, we had already begun todevelop some great rela-tionships. You have to ad-mire these kids (10-18 yearsold) that have had such atough time in life already.They will just pack up what few belongings they haveand move on down the road. This means changingschools, friends, etc. Most of us have faced moves likethis in our life-time but we probably had a family sup-port system. Most of the kids that we have becomefriends with will be close enough that we can possibly visit them. We hope they will keep in contact with usand invite us to visit in their new home. Pleasecontinue to pray for them as they make this moveto their new loca-tion. These youngsters in-clude: Kasparas, Janis, Linda,Guido, Gunars,Sandis, Toms, Janis O., Ugis,and Daniels.
Winter Weather Arrives
From a mild summer, to a beau-tiful fall, we have now movedinto the beginnings of winter. Itis now dropping almost to the32 degree mark on some nights.There has been some snow about 100 miles north of us, so we can expect some soon. Wehave a wood-burning heater for ouronly source of heat but it does agreat job. We have a woodshed inthe backyard of our apartment com-plex and we restock our wood-box each day. It is not quite like walkingover to the thermostat and startingthe central heat but we are adjusting well. We will see who can out-wait theother when it really gets cold and one of us is going to have to get up early in themorning and get the fire going. We havefound some re-sale shops that offerclothes more suited to this climate, so itlooks like we are going to be dressed warmly.
Volume 1, No. 5October 15, 2007
MISSION NEWSLETTER 2007—2008
First Baptist ChurchAthens, TexasCesis Baptist ChurchCesis, Latvia
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