Day 35 Thursday July 1st 2010

Hey everyone! Just a short note for today.... The first part of this day was pretty typical. I got up and fixed breakfast, then to the gym, and then the internet kafenīca. After that, I came home and I was about to leave for the park when I recieved an SMS from Mārtiņš stating that the park was cancelled. That meant that I had a little free time, so I called up a couple of the teenage guys and invited them over to my apartment. They seemed really happy to have the invitation and came over promptly. Since there were 3 young men spending time together, the first thing we did was walk to the store to grab some food. We got a 2 liter sprite, 2 bags of chips, 3 small pizzas, and ice cream. Before the night was over we had finished all of this food, plus a full bag of frozen french fries! We did more than just eat however, and I feel that God both directed our conversation, and blessed our conversation. We covered a lot of different topics that are important to teens, the most important was the struggle to know whether the Christian Faith is valid or not. I feel like this time might have been the most meaningful since I've been here in Riga. When they were telling me about their struggles (struggles with parents, etc.) I could remember feeling the exact same things only a few years ago. But it's amazing how much God has changed my perspective in such a short amount of time! He showed me that the problems with my parents, weren't really my parent's fault at all, but my own... I could go on but you get the idea. I feel that God really used me as an encouragement. I was able to smile and say,"yeah I know exactly how you feel, and I felt the same way not long ago. But everything will change soon, I can almost guarantee it." Anyway I guess that's about it! I just thought that this was important for y'all to know...