Sunday, July 10, 2011

Clean clothes, warm smiles, and homemade Czech food!

Here is a quick update:

Yesterday we arrived at our homes and enjoyed a night hike in Sumperk with friends from camp. We enjoyed a church service this morning and a barbecue at the youth leader's house with many of our wonderful Czech students. We will head to Prague tomorrow to begin debrief first with the other American teams who lead camps around Czech and then time to spend in downtown Prague seeing all the sights.

We may not update again so...see you in a few days in Minneapolis!

Friday, July 8, 2011

Last Day of Camp

It has been a busy week of English classes, sessions and discussion groups and afternoon free time. We have only been here for seven days, but there have been some amazing friendships started.
Last night was gospel night. One of the women from Volant gave her testimony. Then Jeremy spoke telling the historical event of Jesus' death for our sins. Afterwards the students walked through a labyrinth. They were asked to be quiet and go at their own pace. The labyrinth focused on our identity. At the end students who had questions they wanted answered were given the option to go and talk with some people. There were some really great conversations starting with questions like:
Why did Jesus have to die?
Is the Bible trustworthy?
Isn't there more than one way to God?
There will undoubtedly be more questions and conversations to come tonight as Jeremy will be talking about the life of Jesus after his sacrifice. Please continue praying for God to be stirring in the hearts here as we finish up camp and head off to homestays.
Tomorrow morning we will head to our homestays until Monday morning when we will leave Sumperk and head off to Prague. As some Volant members confirmed, some nonbelievers encountered significant leaps in the understanding of Christian faith.
Thanks so much for all your prayers!

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Day 2

Hello everyone! It is a rainy Sunday afternoon and we are sitting inside watching The Blindside together (wishing to be enjoy sunshine outside).

I just wanted to give you a quick update about our English classes and discussion groups so that you can pray for specific names as camp continues. The teachers are as follows:

Lauren & Michaela M.
Colson & Natalie
Shelby
Jeremy & Martha
Michaela B.
Amanda & Josh
Collin & Ben

Last night we had our first discussion group where we introduced ourselves, discussed "collisions" we have in our life today, and "collisions" the students may have had with Christianity & Christians. Please continue to have your prayers on our discussion groups as we discuss more "collisions" and tackle questions about what we believe. Thanks for your prayers!

Pictures are coming soon!
-Amanda