Sunday, October 19, 2008

Kukova Trip


Last weekend Noemi and I traveled out to the eastern part of Slovakia. We were invited by my teammate, Maruska, to come be a part of the Kukova Kecy Club, and we made a weekend of it while we were there. Kukova is the small village where Maruska is from, so we stayed with her family while we were there, and were treated with the most amazing hospitality... which basically means we were fed until we thought we might explode. Or give birth. Or something. It was a lot of food.

Anyhow, Noemi and I felt like we were little kids who had never been in the country before. We were so excited to just be out in the open country, instead of surrounded by buildings like we are in Bratislava. Don't get me wrong, I love BA and can't see myself anywhere else at the moment, but it was good for my spirit to just get out and breath. To be surrounded by God's beauty. To hear only the nature that was surrounding me, instead of the traffic that I'm hearing out of my open window right now.

Overall the trip was really amazing. Traveling 7 hours to get there isn't amazing, and me getting sick (via the incredible hospitality mentioned earlier) wasn't a perk, but I'd do it all over again. I can't wait until my next visit.

Me with the village of Kukova behind me. Yeah, that's about the whole village.



Maruska and I. We basically walked up this hill in our pajamas... one thing you could NEVER do in Bratislava. It was glorious.






These are a few pics from Kecy Club the night before. The topic was on "Identity." Basically how when we put our identity in things apart from Christ, our foundation will always be unstable. I shared a little testimony about something I experienced in high school pertaining to this topic, and also taught the students there a few new phrases in English. It was fun.





Wednesday, October 8, 2008

My SK Fam...

Here are the latest pics of my Kompas coworkers/family:

From left to right, top to bottom...
Peto, Draho, Mike, Noah, Zac
Janka, Me, Maruska
Peto, Jany



Yay! We love each other!




And here's the whole Josiah Venture family from our fall conference:

Friday, October 3, 2008

Josiah Venture's 2x3 Campaign

Josiah Venture is heading up a campaign to see the fruits of our ministry double in the next 3 years. Some of you may not know this, but Slovakia is just one of eleven countries that JV serves in. The others are the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, and Albania. I am extremely committed to the vision of Josiah Venture, and I'm incredibly excited to see what God will do through this campaign. Here are some videos that give you a taste of what we hope to see happen in this area of the world, and to find out more about the 2x3 Campaign go to http://www.2x3campaign.com.




Next Generation from Josiah Venture on Vimeo.


One Percent from Josiah Venture on Vimeo.

(The pic of the group of people waiting at the tram stop was taken in Bratislava, just minutes from where I live.)