The team is on their way home!

Hi Everyone,

Erica again (Anthony's wife). The team is on their way home to the states now. It sounds as if the Lord has blessed their trip along the way. There have been quite a few opportunities to share the Gospel with folks both during the trip and also afterwards. Some of the youth who attended the camp also attended a going away dinner held by the church for the team as well as a Sunday service at the Church where Lance serves as an elder. Please continue to pray that the seeds that have been faithfully planted will take root and that the Lord will bring some of those who have heard His word into His fold.

Erica

Ahoj! (Greetings) from the English Camp. We are coming to the end of our week and what a week it has been. Things were a little disorganized and hectic at first, but we have adjusted and have overcome through the power of our Lord and His Spirit.

Anthony and I have been teaching the advanced class and wow they are some bright students (probably because there is only one guy in the class amongst 8 girls:)). Their English is really good and we feel sometimes like we are teaching a college class. The wonderful thing is that they have warmed up to us along with many of the attendees at the camp and we have seized many opportunites to share the gospel. We have played ultimate frisbee, had some relay races, and today we played capture the flag. At night we have an entertaining program with skits, games and a message where the gospel is shared (got some great ideas for our retreat in the fall,GBS).

There has been really busy times and some nights with less sleep, but it is all for the kingdom of our Lord. The food can be very unique at times (we had hotdogs for breakfast one time and we have tea for every meal). Some of the food is really good though. Well, this is all for now. Be in prayer for our last night here tomorrow and we are going to give the students their diplomas and we are going to have an ice cream party around a campfire. This is all for now...

jw

Another camp update

This is Anthony's wife, Erica. I've been able to speak with Anthony a few times via Skype. Their internet access is a little bit limited so I asked him if I could post something on their behalf. The camp is now in finishing up its 3rd day. Anthony says that the participants have been very open to discussions about Christianity and have been open about their questions, skepticism, etc. Most of the participants have opted to attend the messages that have been preached at night, which is an option for them, not a requirement. There is one little girl named Caroline who is particularly on my heart. She is 12 years old and has suffered a series of trajedies in her life, leaving her orphaned. Since she is one of Anthony's relatives, he is in care of her during the camp. He reports that the Lord seems to be working in her heart during this camp and is beginning to soften her heart. I pray that He is drawing her to himself and will adopt her into His eternal family. I also pray that the Christians around her will have wisdom of how to minister to her while she is with them.

English Camping

Sorry for the lack of updates. Unfortunately (or fortunately), we have very limited internet connectivity in Trojanovice (Pronounced Tro-yan-no-vee-say). I just want to let all our fans know that we all alive and kicking, building relationships with the people here. I've befriended a Slovak guy named Samuel who is into music. Since I've been playing all the camp songs, we've been conversing about music. Tonight, I hope to jam with him a bit and continue to build that relationship.

Hopefully, other team members can blog about what's going on here.

English Camp Begins Tomorrow!

Greetings from the Czech Republic!

Praise God that we arrived here in Kromeriz on Wed. night safely even through many interesting close-calls. It was never boring. With not much layover time in Detroit and after running to our gate, the plane waited for all of those coming from LA on our way to Amsterdam. It was good flight, but with little sleep as every seat had its own little tv set where you could watch movies, play games, music, etc... We landed in Amsterdam and then made our way to Prague where we were picked up by our missionary. The trailer with some of your luggage had a flat tire, but thankfully some of the guys ran into Prague to get a new one. God is alway our faithful provider.

Kromeriz, where our missionary's church is, is a small but very scenic city with awesome architecture and some buildings almost 300 years old. For the first time, I got to sleep in a church on a small mattress on the floor that was actually pretty comfortable. Yesterday, we helped out the Roberts (the missionary family) helping landscaping their yard and enjoying a nice meal afterwards. Tonight, we are packing up and heading to Trojanovice which is a little over an hour away where the English camp will be. Please pray for us as we teach conversational English to over 70 Czechs that have signed up and then share the gospel with them at night. Well, till the next time!

jw

Arrived Safely

Ahoy (This is how you say hello in Czech)! After 26 hours of travel (stories to come), the team safely arrived in beautiful Kroměříž, Czech Republic at 11:30PM local time! Today is our first day in this town. After sleeping in a bit to recover from jetlag, Lance (GCC Missionary) took us to lunch and showed us around the town. We'll spend today and tomorrow doing some last minute preparations for the English camp we'll be hosting in Trojanovice (The two Bruins on the team love the name) . We'll be heading out to Trojanovice Saturday until till next Friday. Pray that God will open up doors for the gospel while we're at the camp.




Here's a bit about the town of Kroměříž:
Kroměříž city is located 270 km from Prague between Brno and Ostrava cities.
Its about three hour way from Prague by car on highway.
International airport is in Prague, smaller one than in Brno and Ostrava city.

Loc: 49° 16' 17.78" N, 17° 24' 11.69" E

-Benny

Here are some pictures of the town:

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Benny