Mission to Riga day 7. It's been a week already! In some ways it actually feels like I've been here longer than a week, I guess it's because so much has happened so fast! I've been processing so many new things that it's kind of crazy! Everything is a little bit different here which is cool, yet a little overwhelming all at the same time. Anyway, today I was too tired to attend BRTS (Baltic Reformed Theological Seminary), so I caught up on some lost sleep and then went to BRTS to meet up with everyone. Like usual I walked there but this time I was alone, (I'm thankful that I didn't take any wrong turns) so I listed to Jason Mraz on my iPOD while making my way to BRTS. Once I arrived at BRTS I met with Martins and two other friends, Janis, and Liga. We all piled in Martins Ford Fiesta (not Festiva, the Fiesta is a newer model not sold in the US) and headed towards the potential meeting place for our family camp this summer. We grabbed some sandwiches at the gas station while we were (more alliteration!) "feeding the car" as Martins said. Then we were back on the road. The trip took about 2 hours and was about 170 kilometers each way. Once we were at the building Liga went to find the trails for our "night trek", and the three of us men met with the owner who took us on a tour everything. While I took some pictures, Janis and Martins took notes on everything so they can plan the camp according to the facilities that are available. After the tour was over we walked around outside and checked out the ponds and playgrounds. The picture above was taken outside by the playground, this was an exercise area that Janis and Martins said was a typical Soviet style. We also wanted to check out the lake that we will be able to swim in, so we walked to the lake which took a little over 30 minutes. We explored all around the lake and took a different route back to the car for a little adventure (it was adventure because we didn't know where the other road went)! The Latvian country side is awesome! It's similar to what I'm used to but just a little bit different, different in a way that I like. As we walked, Martins and Janis told me some interesting things about Latvia. I found out that about once a week in Latvia someone digs up a bomb or mine from WWII! Janis said that he watched his father dig up a bomb at his grandmother's house. He said it was probably a German bomb because Germans were staying in that house during WWII. They also said that regularly people get hurt on barbed wire still in the woods from the Soviets during WWII. Once we got back in the car we drove over to pick up Liga, we had some fun on the way there getting up to 80 km/h on a dirt road! After we had Liga in the car we headed towards home, but took a detour to hang out with a family from Riga Reformed Church for a few minutes. After we got home I spent some time on the computer and then headed towards bed!
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