My name is Janis. I returned from Ireland after 14 years. I’ve been back here, in my beloved Iecava, for six months. Well… I originally left alone, the family joined me. We all lived there, I worked. It was a good job but… but Latvia kept pulling me back. But we stayed and stayed… Two or three years ago I got depressed – I just really wanted to go back. A year ago, I first sent my wife and children back to Latvia, arranged spots in school for children. The children were learning, my wide stayed. That was an additional incentive to return sooner. So, I did.
Everything is okay! During these six months, there has not been a single day when I would have regretted my decision to come back or thought that I was worse off here. As long as you keep moving, everything is ok! Everyone lives on, they have their cars, their apartments, houses are being built – everything is moving… Moving! I’ve also started moving to apply to the state remigration program support fund. If I receive the money, I will put it into making my own garage. I’m sure I’ll have plenty of clients within a couple of months. I’ll work, earn money, the family will be fed. What more do you need? The amount granted by the state is enough to create your own service station, garage, to buy everything you need for work. I think this is the way it is going to go. And it will – there is no reason for pessimism! I will start with car welding and repair and, if there is a chance, expand to metal construction. You need to start with something small to figure out what the demand is, what is more needed, what is not needed, what you can make money on and what is not profitable. If everything goes as planned, in one year everything will be really, really good! Then I’ll only go to Ireland to visit. If you want to come back, take the first step! If you really want it, you have to do it! The first step is the hardest. But once you start moving back towards home, it’s hard to stop.