The way…

The way…

Yesterday was the survival hike at camp.  Teams participated in ten mile hike through some amazing Czech wilderness with random challenges throughout.  It was a good time to bond with with each other in these smaller groups, but also a challenge for us Americans in...
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survival…

The clock is slowly ticking toward 7:00am this morning, but as far as I can tell, only two of us are awake so far.  We were told last night that we should attempt to get as much sleep as we can so that we can face the “survival hike” today with as much...
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first things first…

Like a kettle that has been left unattended on the stove, the political temperature in the United States has passed the boiling point and is screaming for change.  The angry rhetoric that has existed in media/social media for months has now erupted into actual...
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talking with Jesus

How often do you talk with Jesus?  Once a day?  At meal times? Hopefully more than that. In 1 Thessalonians in the Bible, we are told to pray without ceasing.  In a conversation yesterday with a young believer, I realized that that was a new concept for him.  How does...
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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 fun while serving Jesus together. As we move into working at this second camp, the cultural atmosphere...
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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 trip this is not an issue since credit is accepted pretty much everywhere in the Czech Republic, but I like...