Somewhere in between fun and serious comes this worship tutorial sent to me by Karina, but it does bring the point across beautifully, it is time to worship our God! [gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/tpLfgqUBJyo”][/gv]

We are having a marvellous Christmas here in Riga with my Mom and Brother present. It’s been a Christmas with food, presents, movies and games. We are trying to find that holiday peace and quiet to recharge our batteries for a very busy spring with WSD courses in both Finland and Sweden; February assesment conference…

I wrote earlier this year about how I didn’t know any normal people, and how I started the martial arts school to meet people who where not Christian. well the womens selfdefence course didn’t help as it made sure a lot of women came (imagine that) the Jiu jitsu class had very low attendence while…

It seems like forever since i updated this site and som much have happened! We had our Boothcamp (Latvian national youth camp) wich was teh big event of the year here in Latvia. It went extremely well, I will have to write a full post on that later but lets just say that God showed…

Today Anjas first tooth came out and we have what seems to be a little rice grain popping out. It is a good day, a day of celebration!

My brother sent me this clip, saying: haha, isn’t this funny, I looked at the video and while it made the point clearly I just couldn’t se it as funny knowing that this is what will happen one day.  Are you ready for it, or does it strike you as funny? [gv data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/SmLhyPjHVes”][/gv]

We have been running our swordpractice for approximately six weeks now and ever so often people from other swordfighting groups and reenactment societies show up at the training to check us out and everytime without fail I am invited to come and test my metal against their group. So yesterday I picked up my swords…

As much as I try to deny it I am a true geek in all the senses of the word, and I have tried to keep technical (IT) blog posts of this blog andkept it all on a secret blog out there but alas, time to cave in and show my true colors so I…

Less than a month to my birthday and people are asking what I would like to get, and I am always ata loss to answer well here is the comprehensive list. And yes this is my dream list, it’s the one time a year I get to dream shamelessly about gadgets and gizmos….. You have…

Arriving in Texas Brian let me know that he wanted to do a compagno test with me before I left the states. Naturally I was thrilled at the opportunity, but also a bit apprehensive, would I know enough to pass the test? As the days rolled by I was more and more sure that I…

I got up at four in the morning to catch a flight to Amsterdam from Riga. Having a serious case of jitters before my trip I couldn’t sleep before after midnight. At Amsterdam I had just had time to buy a sandwich and get on my flight for Detroit. The flight to Detroit will be…

So this is my rub it in your face post. I am now (or very very soon) on my way to Texas to attend WMAV 2006, THE western martial arts event of the year, sporting the best swordfighters the western world has to offer. Checked the weather forecast to, it’s going to be like a…

It was soooo hard to get up today and pray, it was like the world was swimming in a thick mist. When the alarm went off at six o’clock it just wasn’t right, the darkness clung tightly to all the windows and there was a chill in the air. Prayers was awkward and I rambled…

I have just had it with the Devils schemes on my life and on people close to me. So this morning I officially declared war on the devil in my [[Oikos]] (the network around me, my family and closest friends). So I hereby vow, for every family that is shattered in my vicinity we will…

It is time for Harvest in Latvia NOW! God told me this morning to stop being silly and just go out on the field and harvest, the time is now, the place is Latvia, are you ready?

I just got a phonecall I have been waiting for, for some time now. The official response from the Salvation Army Officers school assesment conference. We have been accepted for Officers training and will if all goes well start our training in the fall 2007 in London Where we would be trained for two years…

The past days I have been working hard to get my prayer life in order, getting up at 06:00 every morning to get an hour of prayer in before the family wakes up and the workday starts. It has been great, apart from the fact that everything possible has happened to make sure I wouldn’t…

Hanna has been throwing up all night and she is not keeping any liquids, please pray for her as this is double hard for her, breastfeeding Anja at the same time. The silver lining is that I get to spend some quality time with Angelina today even tho she is being impossible, sensing that something…