Back to Slovakia!

As some of you know last week I traveled to Slovakia to visit my friend Nathan who is serving on the mission field there. It was such an awesome week! On Monday we went to Prague which was a very beautiful city even in winter. I wish the pictures could do it justice but they just can’t. The city is filled with beautiful old buildings and the focal point of the city is a huge old castle on top of a hill. It was just so beautiful! The rest of the week we pretty much just chilled in Zvadka, the village where Nathan lives. We watched movies, played video games and just basically chilled. Thursday night we went to a city about an hour and a half away to see a band called “The Backwards” who are a Beatles cover band. They were incredible! They sounded just like the Beatles. They are actually Slovakian and they travel the world doing concerts and competitions in which they have won many. Afterwards we ate dinner with the band at a restaurant because one of the guys who were with us went to school with one of the band members. We did do some work the week I was there staining some doors in the missionary’s house as well as leading three Bible studies and on Sunday I taught the lesson at the kid’s club which was so fun. All in all it was a very relaxing week and boy did I need it! Well in two weeks I am going to London for the weekend and then I will only have like 2 and a half months before I come home!

Prague Pics! Click them to enlarge.

The river that runs through Prague with a view of the castle.
Jerry should know his hotel in Prague has a bar!
A soldier on duty at the castle.
Looking down from the castle.
Prague's Eiffel Tower.
The streets of Prague.
Some buildings in Prague.
O n the cathedral walls outside.
Nathan
Nathan lost!
Me sitting on the Castle steps.
Me looking like a Eastern European with no smile!
Don't I look so Euro?
Just out of reach!
Cathedral roof
Buildings within the castle walls
A square in Prague.
A soldier at dusk.

I am still alive, I promise!

It has been a while since my last entry and so I thought I would update everyone who still reads this thing on how life in Europe has been going. Well to be honest the past month has been very trying! It has been a little tough transitioning into the new family but I am pleased to say that this past weekend I talked with the family about some of the issues that I have been having and they seem to be resolved. This past week has been the best week so far with the new family. I know that God wants me here in Holland for a season and I am determined not to leave until God reveals to me that the season is over. Since I arrived in Holland God has taught me so many lessons and He has given me abundant strength for every trial that I have faced. Trials and temptations come and go but the strength of our Lord endures forever! Every day it seems I am given new opportunities to share the Gospel with non-believers and this has been truly a blessing.

On another note...God is so awesome! This Sunday I am going to Slovakia for a whole week as the kids are going to France for a week because they have a week off from school. So anyway my friend Christine in Texas had asked if she could ship me a few books to give Nathan in Slovakia as shipping to Slovakia can be a little sketchy sometimes. So I agreed and didn't hear anything from her until yesterday when she asked me if I had received the package (which included some American candy for me!). I told her that I had not received it yet but hopefully I would on Friday or Saturday as I leave on Sunday.

Well all day I prayed for it to arrive and when I got home this evening it was on the kitchen table! I know this seems small but all day I prayed believing in faith that the package would come as I know those books will greatly encourage Nathan who is serving as a missionary. Well they came and just on time! Some of you reading this need a miracle from God or know someone who does. Why not pray believing God in faith for Him to breakthrough in your life? He knows the desires of our hearts and Ephesians 3:20 says that He is able to do "exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think"! Never forget that He is always there for you and He loves you more than you will ever know!