Another weekend has gone past and that means we travled again to another one of the cities which we will host camp with! This weekend was Havlickuv Brod, a beautiful city!
Our trip started with an unexpected 2 hour wait in Kolin waiting for our train to come. Apparently a piece of wall of a building being demolished fell on to the tracks. EVeryone was safe and this gave us time to connect with Jonatan, the leader for Brod's camp. Our train into Brod was packed but fun as we swapped stories and ideas with Jonatan and other people on the train.
Upon arrival we were met by some of the group and went to a lovely restaurant to get some food. It was fun just relaxing and getting to know all of them. Also i learned I cant say řisek (schnitzel) correctly so all had some fun hearing me trying to pronounce it. Nothing bonds like an American trying to speak Czech.
After a night's rest at our friends Pavel's house, we arose to have a picnic in one of the parks in Brod. The weather was beautiful and so were the conversations!
I even got to eat a bacon muffin!
Heading to a park we played sports with a lot of the youth group. I have never played so much ultimate frisbee (or tried atleast) in my life!
The youth group has been studying Jonah so we joined them in their latest look into the story. It's funny hearing about Jonah because I feel God sent me Here like Jonah to Ninevah! Luckily god and those around me gave me the strength and support to go, so I didn't end up in the belly of fish! We also talked about what we want out of life and how that reflects what God wants. It was truly amazing to hear all the stories how God has changed the ideas about life in the Czechs' lives! It's more motivation to keep going on strong and looking forward to camp.
Josh and I also got to be in a Czech Pub as the Czech National team beat Poland and won their way into the quarterfinals of the EuroCup! Needless to say we were the least rowdy of all the fans, but were getting there! Who knew I could enjoy soccer so much.
Sunday morning, we went to church in Brod and heard a wonderful message tied into Father's day about trying to be close to our heavenly father and continue to do things that bring us close to him! Again it was amazing to hear a message in native tongue, but also have a translator for us English speakers.
After lunch and ice cream we hung out in the town square (pictured up top) for awhile, even playing the Ninja game on a stage. We also had the opportunity to take some tall and twisty stairs up to the bell tower of Brod and see the city from high above!
After the tower and hanging out in the square we finished up our visit playing some Dutch Blitz up at the church until we had to get on our train and head back to Podebrady
What I am coming to love about these visits and meeting the Czechs i have is there passion. Most are new believers (compared to what I'm used to in the states) and even though they are high school or early college aged, they are striving to bring Christ to more of the Czech. I want to feed off their passion and add a little of my own in camp! I am blessed to be a small part in a truly HUGE and powerful movement that is happening in the Czech Republic, Europe, and the world! AGain I thank god for my team and the support back home that is making this trip possible. I love all of you!
Prayer requests: continual prayer for strength and focus as we prepare for camps, that we would come together more and more as a team, and personally I can focus all of my thoughts and prayers for this task that has been put before me. YAY GOD!
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