Latvian latitude

2734 kilometers, Riga, Latvia

This is the second time Resa and I visit Riga. I was surprised to feel so at home in a city. Funny how that works. We just came back from exploring Riga, praying a bit and meeting up with a friend from Sally Army doing some 24-7 stuff. Stories are a great source of inspiration. Love how something as seemingly mundane as christian life all of a sudden becomes a breathing conspiracy, shaking power structures and exhaling life into the abandoned part of empire. Or so methinks anyway.

Also, these last few days have been an overwhelming example of the global church. Misty and Scot, who we travel with, were robbed of a lot of stuff the other day. Now, they have been offered all kinds of stuff from all corners of the earth. GPS, PSP for the kids, Ipods, money, laptops... All top of the line stuff, just because they are loved and people (like us) believe in what they are doing. I'm amazed and confounded. It is like in the book of Job, where God gives back tenfold of what was taken away. It is in poverty that we find God and learn to trust. But he also seems to bless us with phyical stuff sometimes. In a case like this: in excess. 10 points for church.