What day did you say it was?

I can not believe that June is almost over. I can not believe that Camps start in less than a week. I have have never been so confused about time or dates than I have when I’m here. HA…

We’ve been pretty busy, me and my team. By the way here is a picture of all of us since I just learned how to post pictures…

Austin, Me, Josh/Hawaii, Babu, Erica, and Vasek. They’re all super great and I’m enjoying my summer with them

A couple of weekends ago we went to Havlickuv Brod to hang out with there youth group. We went to a couple of school visits and saw a castle as well. It was pretty sweet. They will be our last camp which is August 1-8

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(try the link above to view my pictures from our weekend in Havlickuv Brod)

The next weekend we went on a retreat with Sumperk youth group to a little cottage outside Sumperk. It was awesome to be able to spend time with the students in this sort of atmosphere. It got me super excited for camps and a lot of my discouragement about the month of June went away.

Playing “Pass the Piggies”

This past week we spent our time back at Malenovice with another team doing a work project. Josiah Venture is rebuilding a house for national missionaries to come and relax and vacation since time and money for them are short. It was fun to be able to get my hands dirty again. It brought back a lot of workin-at-camp memories. It was not so fun working in the cold and rain. On the way back we landed in some trouble with our train ride. Our normal 3 hour trainride back to Sumperk took 7 hours. This was due to some flooding from all the rain we’ve been getting. It was a pretty bad flood that happened, killing 8 people. We’re just so thankful that we made it back and our safe. Please pray for the families of the ones who died.

Babu and I moving wood…It was pretty dusty…everywhere. My lungs were not happy with me

On Friday we spent the day in Olomouc, a city about an hour away from Sumperk where I’m living. It was a nice day to just relax and shop. We even got to eat at McDonald’s which doesn’t sound like too much fun for you folks, but I was as giddy as a little kid. Not that I love McDonalds or anything, but it was a little taste of America.

Yesterday we went to a goodbye party for Cassie and Trevor Long. If you do not know them, they are missionaries here in Sumperk who have been here for five years with Josiah Venture. Cassie is the daughter of Gene and Cozy Peters and the sister of Whitney Peters for all you Hope Summiters. They are leaving Sumperk back to the states July 9th. I admire them so much. You automatically feel loved when you’re around them and you can just see how big their hearts are for God and for students. I could also see the love the students had for Cass and Trevor last night. It was a blessing to be apart of that.

Now we are just tieing some lose ends to our english lessons and packing our stuff to go back to Malenovice for the US team trainings and start english camps. I’m so excited. I’m excited that I’ve made it to this point. I’m excited to see God move. I’m excited to hang out with all the kids I’ve been meeting over the past month. I’m just excited.

Please continue praying for my team as we prepare. Please pray for the students who are coming and are still unsure of coming. Please pray for them question, to wonder, and to maybe even find truth.

Here is a list of the dates for camps and what the rest of my summer looks like, so you can pray specifically for the different camps. Thank you so much for praying and supporting me through all of this. It means so much to me! I love you guys!

June 30-July 3: US youth group training #1

July 4-11: Sumperk Volant English Camp

July 12-13: Rest

July 14-17: US youth group training #2

July 18-25: Vikyrovice English Camp

July 26-27: Rest

July 18-31: US youth group training #3

August 1-8: Havlickuv Brod English Camp

August 11-14: Intern Debrief in Prague