My work in Latvia

Two months have passed since I was in Riga, Latvia. How did I end up here? So very easy. Through some encouragement and support from my beloved friends who recognize in me what I do not even see. Why am I here? My plan is do something positive in the lives of other people. How do I do it? Through various lectures on life and faith, through music and movies, traveling and socializing together with international students.

So sail. In Latvia, for the time being, I have no difficulty in dealing with cultural shock, but there are some differences and things that I am setting for. Let's say about the inorganisation of public transport, the closeness of Latvians, the silence in town and the rain almost every day. Here I have learned to live and work in spite of the rain. Even traveling.

How does my work week look like? It commences, of course, on Monday morning by going to the office and preparing materials for the working week. From 5pm I have an online worldwiew class. Then, from about 19 o'clock with about 10 to 15 students, I have Bible study, conversations about faith, life, how it is for them in a foreign country, on the other continent for some of them, etc.

On Tuesdays we have a team day where we talk how we are, pray and support each other in our work.

Every Thursday we have an event for international students as board games, movie and discussion night etc. movie and discussion night etc. I often organize trips for students in various parts of Latvia and for now it is doing very well. Sometimes we run weekends together through partys, soccer or traveling.

So that would be my working week. Now, for the details.

My goal is to be here for international students, to talk to them, to be their support through life and their faith. Help them to adapt to the culture they are now in. Help them grow every day. The current number of international students with whom I contact is about 120 students. Of those active is about 50.

My 8 colleagues and my mentor Miroslavs help me in my work.

As for the rest, the biggest support is my girlfrend Tabea who is the also volunteer in Latvia. I'm also supported by other friends of in Latvia. I'm also supported by other friends of volunteers I see every week. It keeps me from being a homesick

Also one highlight of a few weeks ago

Before two weeks we had a student festival in Latvia, Rezekne town. It lasted for 3 days. Almost 50 students responded to the event every day. It was fun, lots of teamwork and useful. The first night we watched the movie "The Giver" and then had a discussion on the same. The other night we had a talk show-popularly known as "grill a christian"where students ask questions about faith,life, relationship between science and

religion and so on. I was honored to answer their questions.The third and final evening, Joseph Basten from Belgium, spoke about depression, and with the help of faith how we can came out of depression and also offered us some useful methods.

I believe that everyone who has been on this has been extremely useful to him.

By the next blog, hello! Nenad