“The Original” Blog Post Archive

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...

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 having...

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 a back that was functional.   I give full credit to God for the healing that he brought so...

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 veins, our lungs join in their own cadence.  In, out, in, out.  The music of our...

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 some of the nighttime coolness in and all of us are enjoying the last bit of relaxation before we head...

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 we were all running on fumes yesterday. Today our team went different directions.  Aidan and...

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 the first time Family Bible Church sent a mission team to this region of the country, is the vice-chair of the...

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…

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 we hastily retreat to bed to repeat it the next day.  My days always end with blog writing to keep you...