sumperk [volant] youth group

i think i stole this picture from trevor, but i couldn't resist...

i love these people.

so i thought i'd share their cute faces with you. 

and i also realized i maybe have never put a picture up of them all together. 

so, you can pray for them. pray for them as most start back to school...that their lives would be marked by knowing Christ, showing Christ, and sharing Christ. 

[top L to R: trevor, radek, ivos, krusty, ervin, ondra

bottom L to R: cassie, ifka, wendy, babu, vita, sharkie]

just a bit of what's going on for me in september...

[9.3] first english club of the school year! (rotating between beginner and advanced english levels every other wednesday, we'll be having conversational english club in Sumperk. i can't wait!)

[9.5-6] Jizda 316 training in Pardubice, CZ (training for youth groups on how to use a Christian TV show as an outreach tool)

[9.8-14] NAMAX festival in Trinec, CZ (evangelistic festival...i'll be teaching english in schools during the morning, hanging out with students in the afternoons...more i'm not quite sure of yet!)

[9.22-27] Josiah Venture's fall conference (week long conference for JV missionaries in all countries throughout eastern europe...this year's topic: the church. yay!)

cute little people that help me learn czech language...

Jesus, my passion in life is to know You. all other goals bow down to this journey of loving You more...above all else, give me Yourself. 

r&r

the past few days included a lot of quality r&r in krakow, poland for me with wonderful friends

the past few days...

sharkie, babu, and me

camp follow-up bbq (with the most glorious bowl of salad ever)

lunch with ania and aubrey

prague.

i spent the last few days in prague with the summer interns before they flew back home yesterday. it was really hard to see them go after 2.5 months together. i realized how long it's been since i've been on the other side of a 'goodbye'...usually i'm the one being dropped off at the airport. i'm really thankful that i have more time here though! after they left we [everyone who is staying until december like me + full time missionaries here] went back to our hostel for a meeting about the fall. sitting there i was reminded of how much i loved this group of people and how thankful i am for the community i have with them...for how they continually say 'yes' to God and embrace His transformation in their lives. bring on the fall!

camp #3

my amazingly fun english class--not because of my english teaching skills, but because of nikol, lida, amanda, sharkie, honza, and ondrej

our evening discussion group

i LOVED spending the week with these students!

pray for the students from this camp who are SO close to believing and accepting God...