all of the following songs are in russian, the predominate language spoken in the area of the old soviet naval port built during the cold war. the area, once top secret, held 23,000 soviet army and navy forces and support personnel…now 8,000 are squatting in the deteriorating buildings. the light in this dark place...
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click to listen to mark’s audio blog – riga. latvia when you’re so far from home, (4,399 miles if you drew a straight line!) it is so nice to hear something familiar…and so it was sunday morning at st. matthew’s church in riga. the ability to sing amazing grace with our latvian brothers and...
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hello from riga, latvia…i’m here with a team from buckner international visiting orphanages and baby homes. this is my second time here, and to be honest, i never thought i’d have the honor of coming back. our orphange visit today went really well…i’m with the older boys – meaning teenagers. they’re basically unadoptable, and...
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