He was involved in the work of many Latvian organisations, being the president of the Brisbane Latvian Association for 36 years, its vice president for seven years and the Queensland vice president of the Latvian Federation of Australia and New Zealand for 27 years. Even were it possible to relate these two sets of figures, it would still be hard to quantify the total Latvian community because many Latvia-born persons no longer speak Latvian at home and take no part in the Latvian community. Queensland Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation (Nov. 21, 1987) was formed by amalgamation of two earlier congregations, Brisbane Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation (May 21, 1951) and Brisbane Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Māra Congregation (Oct. 14, 1951).