Liepa – Cesis Trip
Yesterday, we had a nice trip to Liepa and Cesis to inspect
the Methodist Churches in those towns.
In Liepa, the church is on the first floor and the Hope Center on the second
floor. The Hope Center is a residence
for unwed mothers.
Seven years ago, the building was a vacant soviet era government
building that they renovated to these uses.
It is in nice shape, but the building has high heating bills and they
want to know why.
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| Liepa Methodist Church and Hope Center |
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| Inside the Church Sanctuary |
The second church we looked at was in Cesis. The church has only owned the building for a
few years. It is another soviet era
building. The guess was that it was
built sometime in the 1970’s. It has a
wood boiler for the heating system and a room next to the boiler room were the
fireman can sleep as he keeps the boiler stoked during night.
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| Cesis Methodist Church |
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| Inside Cesis Church Sanctuary |
Between churches we had an hour and a half to kill so we
toured the remains of Cesis’s 13th century castle. It is hard to envision what life must have been
like that long ago.
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| One Side of the Cesis Castle |
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| Me Next to the Castle |
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| Our Hosts for the Day - Dinas and Gita |
We don’t have fun every day.
Today, we wrote reports all day.
More to come in a few days.
too bad you did not bring your blower equipment so you could see where the leaks are!
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