Week 8 & 9 1/2

In my last post, we were leveling the floor in the fellowship hall at the Riga First Methodist Church.  This is a project not dissimilar to many improvement projects - one improvement leads to another.  As we got closer to putting in a new laminate floor, we realized the walls and the ceiling needed to be repaired and painted first. The District Office also has offices in the church and District Superintendent Gita Mednis wanted the hallway, outside the fellowship hall, ceiling and walls patched and painted as well – and the front steps of the church repaired. 

The walls and ceiling of the fellowship hall and hallway needed quite a bit of attention.  We had two members of the church working with us – Janis and Urita.  Both were a very important part of the team and fun to work with. 

 

Janis and Urita working on the fellowship hall ceiling

Clarence clearing off the new step we poured

 

Richards and Clarence making final touches to fellowship hall

Newly painted hallway

My final day in Latvia was not spent working.  Rihards Germans, our main go-to-guy, our construction manager, and the Office Manager for the District Office took us to a few of his favorite tourist spots along the coast.  In the evening, we went over to District Superintendent Gita Mednis house for a picnic with many of the people at the Riga 1^st Church we had gotten to know.

 

Beach at Jurmala

Picnic at Gita Mednis' home

Picnic at Gita Mednis' home

My flight home was on Friday, the 14th. It is nice to be home, but we have seen and learned a lot - and made many new friends.  Latvia is very much a country worth getting to know.