CMA International
By ZIGMARS Atvars
We
are happy that this year we
can celebrate 45 years of
CMA.
For us it was 12 years of wonderful
experience with many opportunities
to travel around and meet wonderful
people. Now we have some more
people around our ministry and it is
great to feel that our work little by
little grows. If in the beginning we
were hoping that it would be bless-
ing, now we can experience it.
In this year especially, we felt that
small Christian groups around Latvia
were blessed after we were with
them. We were encouraged seeing
them pray and help local society
share Good News about our Lord
Jesus Christ. In the same way they
were blessed by us – we shared our
way to faith and reminded that God
is not just working somewhere else,
but He works also in our country.
Today, we especially experience
that there is virtual and real word. In
Facebook you can have many people
whom you call “friend,” but are they
friends (helpers) when you are in
need? No. In the same time, there are
contacts that are real and stay in
memory for a long time and they are
real.
As in previous years, also this
year, on every Thursday we try to
ride. Every time when we are togeth-
er it helps us to remember that it is
great to meet one another. Each
meeting becomes important, if
everyone is coming prepared.
Sometimes
it takes
hard plan-
ning, mak-
ing priority
to be at
event, but it
is real life.
Not virtual,
but real.
Members of CMA Latvia.
In one of
our weekly rides we saw some men
taking equipment from their car and
carrying it to prepare for some event.
We decided to serve and help them,
and carry their equipment. After we
were done, we left, but more inter-
esting was the surprise when one
person at different event came to me
and said he was one of those who
were there and who received help.
God used us to help them and we
hope that our colors not just show a
group of persons who helped, but a
group of persons who love the Lord
Jesus Christ. CMA
Zigmars Atvars serves as President of CMA Latvia.