Camp started out a little slow. I think we were all tired being that it was our third camp. There was actually another town that joined us too, Podebrady. Usually at camp I find I connect pretty quickly with two or three students. This time I felt like I wasn't really connecting with any one certain person. But I realized I kept finding myself eating meals with the Podebrady students. Then, there was also a guy I'd met while we were visiting in June and over the course of the week at camp he and I had some really interesting conversations about politics and God. He has been going to church every-now-and-then but before camp was not a Christian and wasn't sure he wanted to be. He had a lot of questions about God and felt that he was fine just being a good person. But after camp he wrote us (the Americans) a message telling us that his life was changed at camp and that he has faith that is now his own. He thanked us for our hard work teaching English and for being there to relate to him and the other students there. Amazing!
Debrief and Depart
We had a good final week together in Prague. Eat some delicious food and just had time as a team to reflect on our summer. I loved being able to hear what God had done not only in our team but the other 5 teams. The Kingdom was advanced here in Czech.
Picking Up Where We Left Off
After Chris and Sarah left I took a small nap and then checked out of the Czech Inn and then spent the afternoon with my old friend Marek Macak and his good friend who became my friend this summer, Martin. It was a beautiful afternoon in Prague. We went on a row boat on the Vlatava and went to a really cool book store. It was so amazing to see that tho I hadn't seen Marek for 5 years he and I were able to pick up where we left off. That night I went to Hradec Kralove to go to Pavel and Veronika's wedding. Saturday night I went to Vysoke Myto and spent a couple nights with this girl Autumn who is a full time missionary here with JV. Sunday morning I was able to go to church where many of the people from my first camp seven years ago go. It was so amazing! I was so encouraged to see them still passionate about God. And I found that the same was true with them. Tho for them it had been 6 years it was almost as if it had just been last week. I left there Monday and have spent the past couple days in Cesky Tesin.
One Week
I only have one week left. Today I go to Frydlant for lunch with Mark Krupa (a missionary here who has really been a huge encouragment to me though the years. Then I go to Litomysl tonight. I will see more people from that first and second summer I spent here while there. Friday I go to Olomouc to see my friends Jered and Daniella from Boise who are now living over here. Saturday I will spend the day with the group from Podebrady and then Sunday I head back to Prague to see my friends from there that I haven't seen in 5 years. I leave next Wednesday the 26th back to Portland.
Thanks again for your support of me though the summer. Its been amazing to be here. I look forward to catching up in person soon!
