An update from Czech Republic! I anticipate this will be a 2 part update... This is the first part that I typed up yesterday afternoon... There's so much more to tell, but not too much time to update date it all right now. So I will have to do a "Part 2" tonight or tomorrow!
Ahoy! We can hardly believe that our week of teaching
English is already over. The time flew by so quickly!
Here are a couple highlights from our week:
- Dave’s got his suitcase! It arrived Sunday evening, which
was right when his extra carry-on clothing supply ran out! Perfect timing.
Thank you for praying!!!
- The camp nearly flooded during the beginning of the week.
The little stream that ran by the camp covered the soccer field and came up
almost all the way to the parking lot. Crazy. (The camp actually flooded TWICE. I'll write more about the second time in my next post. The second time was way worse! But we were all fine.)
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| Flooding from early in the week |
- Despite a week of exhaustion, our whole team has had
excellent health (so far). Praise God! Please pray for our strength and health
during these last few days.
- There is an ostrich farm right next to the camp. Yes, an
ostrich farm. The male ostrich would do a crazy “intimidation dance” whenever
he felt threatened. He was huge.
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| Fine Fella |
- There are incredibly beautiful woods and rolling hills all
around the camp. Breathtaking views that reminded us of God’s glory and
creativity.
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| Beautiful woods near the camp |
- We had amazing students. Really! We both had so much fun
with our classes. We talked about life goals, relationships, idioms, culture
clashes, slang, folk tales, past tense, future tense, crazy synonyms and
homonyms, court room drama, forgiveness, and so much more. And we ate lots of
Jelly Bellys.
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| Shena and her class |
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| Dave teaching |
- The evening programs were stellar. Dave got to play drums
every evening with some really talented Czechs. There were some remarkable testimonies given.
Rebecca and Leonard Ahlstrom shared Meagan’s story on Thursday night. Please
pray that this story of tragedy and God’s provision will continue to impact the
Czech students in the weeks and months to come. Pray that they evaluate their
own lives in light of Meagan’s.
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| Joel teaching theology on a Czech mountainside... |
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| Sad to leave camp... :( |
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We really felt God’s presence at the camp. Hearts and lives
were changed and are continuing to change. Please pray with us today, tomorrow,
and onward! Both of us really felt an intense need to pray for spiritual
victory at this camp. We know that seeds of spiritual awakening have been
planted and watered. We are pleading with God and praying that these seeds take
root. We desire for all of our Czech friends to know how deeply God loves them! During the final evening of camp (Friday night), the
students were given the opportunity to spend time in meditation and to reflect
on their week at camp. This was such a cool night. I will have to post more about it later!
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| Rain as we packed up the bus to leave camp... |
