Since our first camp, some students have come to Christ. One particular student we knew has been completly transformed by God. He was in our English class (Oscar and I taught together) and the things he would say during prayer time or discussion groups was God talking through him. He was a new person and it was so amazing to see God changing lives. It is so exciting for us because we go into English Camp to build relationships and plant seeds. And we know that we may never see fruit. It doesn't meen it won't happen, we just may never see it. So to start another camp was so encouraging that we might actually get to see what God does in the peoples hearts.
We have a team update at Good Shepherd this Saturday, August 1st. We would love for you to come hear from the team. Thank you so much for all your prayers and financial support. We wouldn't have been able to go with out your help, and we wouldn't have been able to do the work we did with out your prayers!
Also, look back at the previous posts because I am going to add some pictures now that I can.
Good Bye!
The Czechs came to pick us up at the Prague Hlavna Nadrazi (main train station) and then we went to Malenovice (about 6 hours away) for 3 days of training. This is Klara, Mr. Poky, and Koty. Missing Lenya in the picture:(
This is Josiah Venture's Training Facility in Malenovice. Pretty Nice!
Waiting for a train.
Our Camp building!
Our English Class. Team R and B (Rethwill and Banister)
On Hike Day, we hiked to an old Castle Ruins. It is amazing how old things are in Europe. This day was so fun. It is a good time to get to talk to people, practice English, but build relationships. This is Lenya and David.
Our friend Jiri and his girlfriend. We stayed with Jiri at follow up 2 years ago. He wasn't able to come to camp, but they did visit for one day. We miss you Jiri!
In Tabor, at follow up. We had a good bye dinner at the church with smores. Most of the Czech's don't like them because they are too sweet. I found this sweatshirt at the Nike store in Tabor. The sleeve says Eugene, Oregon, Track Town USA. Crazy! And the adorable children belong to our host family this year. They have 4 kids. And the blue house with the Ivy is thier home. It was about 1 block from the main square. They are wonderful people, Jiri and Anita.
Here is our family (minus Jiri who was working). They came to say good bye with us and all the Czech's at the train station. The Czech's are so awesome because they really love, and when it comes to saying good bye, it is all very long and sad. We waited in the station for about 30 minutes, saying good bye and giving hugs. Then our train comes so we say good bye one more time. Then we get on the train and the Czechs all come out to the platform and as the train is leaving we are grabbing hands out the window and sometimes they start running with the train and it is all very sad. So this time we all cried and went back into our train car. Aleah was in our car and in the midst or sadness she gets a bag thrown in her face from an angry Czech, who doesn't speak English. So funny now!
Some fun in Prague.
Our English Class: 1st Picture- Czech Smile, 2nd Picture- American Smile. Missing Jiri, so he gets his own picture.
L-R: Poky, Oscar, Klara, Jachym, Nikola, Tara. Where's Stacy?
1 comment:
Wow- amazing photos! Looks like a fun and memorable time. Glad you're back. I have a card for you guys, but didn't have your address- hope to see you soon.
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