Podebady, Parents, Prague, and much much more! part 1

First I would like to apologize for the long time without posting.  After going through my head of everything I have done in the mean time it has been crazy!  I have been blessed to have the opportunity to do some much over here in The Czech!  So lets get started!

I realized I have not really talked about my team's living arrangements in our home base Podebrady (pOd-ie-bra-dy, a little confusing).  We have had the pleasure of literally living in a Czech church, having two rooms upstairs.  We have the pastor and his family as neighbors and it has been great getting to know them well through having different meals together and watching some of the Euro Cup!  Our little home is comfortable and a nice place to rest!

Next big thing that happened in my life..... THE PARENTS CAME!!

The Mama and Papa got to meet and have dinner with the team, which ended up being a time to tell how we all got to the Czech which was AMAZING to hear!  After saying goodbye to the team for a couple of days the parents and I went back to the hotel and talked for awhile by the pool.  Email and facebook are great but there is nothing like telling your parents face to face what is going on in my heart and life!

Not only did we hang the parents and I almost went visiting some sweet places!  First was a huge Bascillica in Kutna Hora!  It's always fun to see all the detail made hundreds of years ago for church! After a hearty lunch of Svickova and Gulas we found ourselves in the crypt....

In Kutna Hora there is a crypt where, after years of getting lots of dead bodies, the caretakers began to make sculptures and fixtures out fo the bones of the dead.  You heard me right.. there are columns and little huts made out of human bones.  The room was centered around a giant chandelier made out of femurs and spines.


That night we cheered on the Czech EuroCup team in a Irish Bar (we seemed to be a little nationality confused eh?), but unfortunately we lost.  I spent another night with the parents but had to be back to the team for a visit the next day.  As quickly as my parents came they left.  I think it was amazing for my parents to see what I was doing firsthand because they are the ones who supported me doing this and created me to the person who would do this.  I owe it to them! 

That weekend was our "visit" (even though we were living there) to Podebrady's youth group!  We stayed with the youth pastor Ales' family at night while we played sports and just hung out with the youth group!  The group is ready to go for camp and I can't blame them I am too!  It was fun to sit and have a meal and just take in the Czech culture for teens.  Its great to feel like a missionary but sometimes its amazing to feel like you are part of their lives and culture! We played pretty much every sport imaginable under the warm (not texas warm but warm) including volleyball!  I can't wait for a couple weeks when we'll be teaching so English together!