Summer Trip to Czech Republic Schedule

We're Going!! Follow along with us!     :) 

                       

Summary of Trip:

•  First 2 weeks with Josiah Venture
•  Spend a couple days in Prague getting to know our Pioneer Team Leaders
•  Last week and half in Brno with our fellow teammates who have been on the ground for almost a year.

Why we are heading over this summer:

One of Pioneer's requirements for us to move long-term to the Czech Republic is that we take a survey trip beforehand. This four week trip next month will not only fill that requirement, but also give us a better understanding of the country that we are preparing to move to.

For the first week and half we will be partnering with Josiah Adventure to teach at a youth english camp. After the fall of communism during the "Velvet Revolution", Josiah Venture is a mission organization founded just shortly afterwards whose focus is on reaching out to the the region's young people. Their popular summer camps cultivate a positive environment where American teams can share God's amazing grace through teaching English, sports, games, crafts, music and more. Although there are still many remnants of the old regime who firmly hold to atheism and strongly reject the concept of a loving, personal God, there is an emerging young generation of Czech people who are showing an openness to the message of Jesus Christ. That's exciting!

Who is going?

There will be 8 of us American's along with local Czech leaders and translators. The camp will consist of anywhere of 50-80 campers from the ages of 13-18. After the camp is finished, Dan and I will explore the country by visiting our team in Prague and Brno.

Camp Schedule:

Trip Schedule: Note: Dates August 4-7th are subject to change.

Prayer Needs:

• Pray for safety and good health for us who are traveling overseas as well as for our kids who will be traveling and staying with Lisa's parents in Montana.
• Pray for our kids as we will be gone from them for nearly 4 weeks and which will be difficult emotionally and mentally for them.
• Pray that God would prepare the hearts of those whom we will come in contact with in Czech Republic.
• Pray that the Holy Spirit will move among the students at camp.
• Pray for wisdom and discernment as we travel and see the country.
• Pray that we would be an encouragement to those who are there.
• Pray that we would catch on to the Czech language quickly :)
• Pray that God would be glorified in all that we do.

A Catch Up from this Year

Hello Family and Friends!

What a busy year this has been! We apologize for being so behind on our blogs, so without further ado, let me catch you up a little with what we have been doing.

During the Christmas break through the New Year, we took a trip to Milwaukee and Oklahoma City to see family and friends while also raising support for our trip.

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Over this Spring and Summer, Dan has been super swamped with school and other commitments (But he loves it :-D). Along with taking a full time class schedule, he also had the opportunity to teach a lesson on Christology for the Gordon Lewis Center for Christian Thought and Culture, and will be teaching a lesson this summer on secular humanism. Below are the books that he's been reading through. Pretty impressive - especially for me since it is rare that I actually finish a book.

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I too was involved with a few things.  For the second time around, I was an online grader for 5 students going through the Perspectives course. If any of you are wondering how to get an thorough overview of what world missions looks like through a Biblical perspective, this is a fantastic course to take and I highly recommend it. For more info, go to http://www.perspectives.org

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Spending time with the kids working on letters, numbers, drawing, puzzles ect:

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Spent spring break up at my parents in Montana:

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On May 4th, Nora turned 2!! For 2 1/2 months out of the year both Nora and Andrew are the same age :)

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It snowed on Mother's Day!

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Another thing that we took on was starting a Gospel Community Group here in our apartment complex. For the last 10 months we had been involved with a wonderful group of people, but since moving into our new place and getting to know our neighbors, we both felt that the Lord was calling us to start one locally. We meet on Tuesdays (though July starting Thursday nights), eat dinner together, then discuss the text from the sermon that was shared. Once a month we have community barbecues for whom we invite everyone to come so that neighbors can get to know each other better.

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And a few other fun photo's :)

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