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We build living bridges to Latvia...in Latvia...and from Latvia
Bridge Builders International
We build living bridges to Latvia...in Latvia...and from Latvia

By Chuck Kelley
RIGA, Latvia – Who came to Prayer Days 2002?

Why did they gather together?
To pray • to dream • to hug • to sing • to plan • to cry • to worship • to strategize • to form new friendships • to learn • to swim • to deepen existing friendships • to discuss • to sit in the sauna • to drink coffee • to tell jokes • to glorify God
More than ever before, the Lord is blessing the spiritual leaders of Latvia with a sense of trust, one for another. Gone are the days when religious leaders in Latvia would major on the minors and focus on the secondary issues that divide. Rather, they recognize that if the nation is going to be influenced and impacted for Christ, every member of the Body is needed - high church or low church, formal worship or free expression.

Baltic Hope will be a series of strategic renewal, training and harvest initiatives over a 15-month period, beginning in the Spring of 2005. Specific names of potential participants were suggested - Franklin Graham, Ravi Zacharias, Henry Blackaby, Josh McDowell, Richard Foster and more.

The next three hours went by like 30 minutes as we focused our prayers on troubled youth, drug addicts, new believers and churches that are striving to create an environment that welcomes converts from the youth culture.

BBI's Mike Parker teamed with Latvian pastor, Edgars Mazis, in focusing on the priority of outreach in Latvia and in sending missionaries from Latvia to the ends of the earth. Afterwards, many expressed that they were encouraged and motivated to demonstrate to their congregations how to become "fishers of men." On Tuesday evening, Almers Ludviks, BBI's Latvian National Director, shared how God blessed him when he was involved in the outreach to Turkmenistan. Hearts were stirred with the challenge to give and to go to the unreached peoples of the former Soviet Union.
At Prayer Days, Almers Ludviks also unveiled the ever-maturing model of the Latvian Evangelical Alliance, which will be formally inducted into the European Evangelical Alliance this fall.

Three years ago, when this same group first came together, many were afraid to even pray with one another or bless one another. Who would have dreamt that 37 months later they would be boldly taking steps to more effectively impact their nation AND to more intentionally spread their network and influence throughout Europe. This is the power of bridge building when it is undergirded by intentional, prolonged and strategic prayer.
To God be the glory!
TRUSTING ONE ANOTHER MORE THAN EVER BEFORE
3 May 2002
Prayer Days 2002
“During the first evening of Prayer Days, young people from various churches and student movements shared the needs of Latvian youth and how to pray for them. It was beautiful to watch middle-aged and older pastors respond to the worship leading of teenage musicians playing the guitar, bass, sax and drums.”
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