homesickness

I am so thankful for each of the members of the mission team that has remained for the second camp. We are working well together, encouraging each other, and having […]

I think I lost something

The past few days I have been nagged by the feeling that I have misplaced something – a small bag that contained all my Czech currency.  For most of our […]

New Beginnings

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for the extended mission team.  The prayers of the righteous are powerful and effective!  Today i woke with mostly clear lungs and […]

Breath

Breath comes naturally to most of us.  It is part of the rhythm that underscores our existence.  As our hearts beat a steady cadence while pumping life-containing blood through our […]

Returns, roaming, and rest

I am writing this blog from the upstairs apartment of the Czudek house that has served as our home-away-from-home for the past few days.  The windows are open to let […]

Farewells

Before getting into tonight’s post, I want to apologize for the missing post yesterday.   I wrote it, but forgot to publish it.  I guess that just underscores the point that […]

Finishing Well

Tonight I write to you from the home of Marcel and Silvie Boszczyk.  They are two of the wonderful members of the Church in Český Těšín.  Marcel, who I met […]

Why Jesus?

Today’s evening program culminated with an interactive experience where students were encouraged to process the realities about Jesus that they have heard so far this week.  Everything up to tonight begged a single question: “why Jesus?

Different or not?

It is 11:00pm as I am writing this blog.  I am seated on a coach in the clubhouse room (“klubovna”) on the second floor of the hotel.  Outside the closed door, I hear loud laughter and talking as students interact with each other during a time of unscheduled activity…

Highs and lows

We have settled into a rhythm at camp with our days starting at 7:30 with devotion time.  We are busy most of the day with student activities until 11:30pm, then […]