This year we celebrated our second Advent and Christmas season here in Latvia. Again, it was difficult to be away […]

We had a very busy and full month of December! The Christmas season gave us several out-of-the-ordinary opportunities to reach […]

The end of the semester brought many class parties, celebrations, concerts, and awards nights for the Tolbert girls! Anna Kate’s […]

Happy 100thBirthday, Latvia! On November 18, 1918, Latvia was officially declared as an independent republic. 2018, the centennial, was a […]

Sweet Caroline Hope, today you are SEVEN years old! You are such a special little girl and the privilege of […]

Last Sunday Anna Kate and I had the opportunity to serve at Svētki Tev, or Celebration for You! This was […]

We arrived in Latvia on September 19, 2017, exhausted, but grateful for a mostly uneventful journey across the ocean (plus […]