Hello again! I come to post here after another successful camp! This time we were with the lovely city of Havlickluv Brod! There were some very entertaining and lovely people that we had met on our first visit, so I was very much looking forward to the camp!
But first an update. One of the leaders of my intern team Josh was and still is in Serbia. It was interesting and challenging to try to make up for the loss of leadership (and for me another male on the team) but our team did wonderfully! Rachael, my Northern Irish leader, took the helm of the team and camp and it was amazing to see! We all miss Josh and we are praying hard for him to make it back before the American Interns leave. But everything is in God's control and Josh is the first one to tell you that!
This chapter of my intern story started again with American Team training. And what an American team we had! Camp was blessed to have 19 energetic and loving ALASKANS to teach and work! That's right ALASKANS! So upon hearing I was from Texas, I never stopped hearing about how Texas is second largest state. Not only that but the leader of the Alaskans was an Aggie. Needless to say the humor started early. So for three days we connected with the new Alaskans and also all the other intern teams. Every single Czech Intern Team was at this training too so it was one non-stop party.
We were fortunate to have a huge and amazing facility for camp which gave us plenty room for games and just being awesome! Friday night before camp was spent getting everything ready, the calm before the joyous storm, and getting some final hours of sleep in.
The intern team took a different role for this camp. Because of the experience and numbers of the Alaskans, I and my teammates sat in on classes. Being support for the teachers was great because it took some of the pressure off but let us stay active in the classes!
The students were amazing at this camp. They brought so much energy which helped me because I was lacking in that aspect. But the lord provided the rest and all the energy I needed! Thank you for your prayers! Not only were the students energetic but we had some real thinkers in our classes. We actually had a huge amount of believers in our class but it was great to see them still wrestle and ask questions about faith. I had many good conversations that encouraged both the students and myself. I think this type of dynamic was great for my last camp here. I saw a lot of the fruit of others that is growing in The Czech.
It was also great to work alongside some of the best workers of Christ they have here in Czech. From college age students to the Pastor of the the HB church. All of them are working themselves to the bone to bring Christ to those around them! Working with them have been inspiring and I want to incorporate in my life back at Texas. One of these leaders in Jonathan the man below.
Like all the camps the days all blurred together to one blob of Joy, Spirit, and SO MUCH FUN! To cap it all off the last night of camp was a late night of karaoke, dancing, and just using all the energy that I didn't have. Before we knew it, it was Saturday morning and we were getting ready to get on our train! Sad goodbyes met with hugs were traded as we headed back to Podebrady while the rest of camp went to Brod.
So my time in Czech is drawing to an end. In less than a week I will get on a plane, just like the one i got on to arrive, and get back to the states. But that has yet to come. For this week will be spent in Prague at Intern Debrief. It will be a time of reflection and trying to understand what happened in my life this summer. It will be quite a task but a blessing. Pray that God will give me wisdom how to transfer the fruit of this summer to my life in Texas. Also I'll be taking in all I can from Prague and the people around me.
Thank all of you again for enabling me to come to this beautiful place and change my look on life and Christ. God Bless!
Nolan
