Last Friday was my 5th birthday in a row on the road in a foreign country. Even though I'm away from home each year, someone always seems to pick up on or remember that it's my birthday. My team made me a cake for breakfast, two of my former interns gave me a bag of vegetables, and the youth group in Tabor threw me a surprise party. And I also got some birthday blessings from Mom and Dad.
June is the month that I hit the road with my intern team and visit all of the churches that we will be doing English camps with this summer. So far we've visited the churches in Pardubice and Tabor. Pardubice is a church that I've worked with in the past, so it has been great to reconnect with old friends. My former intern, Jerry will be leading the camp while I mentor him through the process. This will be his first camp that he's led.
Tabor is always a blessing for me to visit. It is especially sweet this time, because I will be moving here in a few months. So far this weekend I've learned of 3 new believers in the youth group. Continue to pray for my team, the youth group from Good Shepherd Church in Portland, OR and the youth group in Tabor as we team up for camp in 4 weeks. Check out the photo album in the upper right hand corner of this blog formore stories and pics.
Love the pictures. Glad you had such a great birthday and that everyone is taking such good care of you.
Love you - Mom
Posted by: Mom and Dad | June 17, 2008 at 04:02 AM