We just finished up our visit in Zlin, Czech Republic. What a weekend. Here's what our weekend looked like:
Thursday: Arrive in afternoon, meeting with Samuel Hust (Czech team leader), meeting with Sam and two of his students (Filip and Bara), all ages evening Bible study - worship, Jenda taught on Jonah and being used by God despite our weaknesses and failures, Ryan gave part of his testimony, and I got to share about the camp theme of "Redeem" and vision to see redemption in the lives of students at camp, home stay with Ryan at Filip's house - great food (fresh watermelon!) and coffee and tea, Ryan played some guitar, watched some videos of the youth group on Facebook and showed Filip videos from camps Ryan and I had done.
Friday: Wake up for a great breakfast with great coffee and tea, go to Sam's house, get 300 flyers for an afternoon sports/games/sausage cookout to walk around Zlin and give to students (There are lots of them because there is a film festival going on.), pass out flyers (slackline for 20 minutes) 'til lunch, get lunch, Sam gives us 200 more flyers, pass out flyers 'til 3:30 - none left, go to the sport court for games and hang out and sausage sandwiches and prayer that students will respond, one guy and three girls come (sweet!), play floorball, volleyball, mosquito tag, snake tag, human bumper cars, and the awkward game (let two little boys who see us playing play, and Sam and a few other adults get to connect with their parents. Cool!), eat sausage sandwiches (all while connecting with the youth group and the four students who came), drop our bags off, go to movie in the park with students and watch "The Spy Next Door" with Jackie Chan (Czech dubbed. Still didn't miss much though), sleep in youth group room.
Saturday: Wake up, team meeting with Czech team from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - vision, team building, what does camp look like?, prayer, responsibilities, questions, small groups, purpose and theme of talks, encouragement, travel to grass field on the side of a hill - hang out and slackline (two girls from the day before join us - Hannah and Reanna), play the Australian Jumping Game (aka Stomp) and Jell-O, split off and get dessert with the intern team - talk about what we learned about God and ourselves this weekend and where you think God has called you to be fruitful at camp rather than just busy, go to youth group room, talk to a non-Christian who is staying with us, go to sleep.
Sunday: Wake up early, go to church conference (two sister churches that get together twice a year), miss the bus because we can't find the youth room key, leave it unlocked and take a car, surprised to see one of the non-Christian girls from Friday with the bus group (her name is Veronica), listen to messages in Czech, worship, speak for 20 minutes on what shapes me - Bible, prayer, and people (pastors, friends, mentors, etc), more messages, lunch and hanging out, more worship and messages (Alli shared for a few minutes about God's love - it was great), get to talk with Luci (one of the Czech youth group students - one of the lead students of the group) about grace and joy and forgiveness, cook sausages on a stick over an open fire, play the Australian Jumping Game again, pray with Czech team, group picture, say goodbye, hang out in youth room as a team, relax, play BANG! a few times, read, write blog.
For Monday: Still writing blog, take a train to Tabor, rest and do laundry
Quite a weekend. The team and I are already looking forward to our camp with them in mid-July.
FOR MORE PICTURES OF THE WEEKEND CLICK HERE (Thank you Ryan for taking all those pictures).
Prayer Requests: Jenda and Eva are both taking university entrance exams this week - Eva on Monday and Jenda on Tuesday. Please pray that they pass. Please pray that the Christian students in Zlin would be bold and invite their friends to camp and follow up on the relationships they built this weekend. Please pray that we get some good rest in Tabor as we travel to Strakonice on Thursday for 5 days. Pray for team unity and sensitivity to the Spirit. Pray that we would continue to prepare and persevere. Please pray that God would provide all of Jenda and Eva's support (they are really close). Please pray Romans 12:1-2 over us: "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." (Thanks Dad).
Thank you all for you love and prayer and support. I am continually encourage by how God is moving here.
P.S. Hope you enjoy the pictures :)
1 comment:
Loved reading your blog. I am praying for you and the team! Tell everyone I said hi! Love you so much.
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