Merry Christmas!!!

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” This quote from Charles Dickens fits perfectly into his book A Christmas Carol, because there are so many opportunities for laughter and good humor around Christmastime! I truly love this time of year, love the hustle of preparations, love the smells of cinnamon and spice, love the time spent with family and friends, and love remembering why we celebrate in the first place – the Savior Who humbled Himself and came down to live among His creation and show us His love through His sacrifice. I wish you all a wonderful and joyful season of celebration. Thank you all for your support and prayers for the work that God is doing here in Czech through me and the team. I am so grateful for every one of you and so incredibly thankful to be in this ministry. Despite all the challenges of language learning, culture adaptation, and all the difficulties of this year specifically, the Lord has done some amazing things in my life and in this country. As the end of the year draws close, I find myself reflecting on this past year and looking forward to what He will do next year!

Ukrainian Christmas Party

For the past nine months, we have been ministering to Ukrainians in one way or another. It was certainly an unexpected addition to our ministry this year, but we have all welcomed the chance to share God’s love with these hurting people. Our last event for this year was a Christmas party for the Ukrainians still living in our area. We had around 30 people attend, and it was wonderful to see them again and celebrate Christmas with them, even if it was a little early. (Ukraine follows the Julian calendar, which places their Christmas in January.) In the end, we made a simpler dinner of schnitzel and potato wedges, leaving their typical Christmas dishes for them to enjoy in January. We baked lots of cookies, decorated the dining hall, and prepared some gifts for them as well. One of the local pastors shared a short message and we took a group photo and recorded a greeting for the missionaries that were here to help during the spring and are now back in Ukraine.

I will include a little note here. I know most news coverage has moved on and many people are now focusing on rising prices and other things. I catch myself doing the same thing, complaining about groceries and gas prices. Meanwhile, the war against Ukraine continues, and many places are without electricity and heating. Christmas will surely look different for everyone there, and those not at home undoubtedly mourn the separation. Our fellow missionaries at Word of Life only have power for about an hour a day. Please keep them in your prayers as they continue to provide hope and light in these strenuous times. Pray for Ukraine, for the war to cease, and for comfort for those separated from loved ones.

Deaf Outreach Ministry

During August of this year, I helped with the European Deaf conference that was held on our property. I mostly worked in the kitchen with two other chefs (both actual professionals), but I was also able to build better relationships with some of the attendees from Czech. I managed well in Sign Language, and I can tell that my abilities have since improved greatly as I continue classes. While my goals for this ministry seem to be very far in the future, small steps are being made. Also, something very exciting, which I have nothing to do with, the Deaf church here in Brno has been visiting Slovenia and Serbia to do outreach and evangelism and recently had two baptisms in Slovenia and one in Serbia! They are looking for a location to start meeting regularly in Serbia with the new believers there. I am so excited for this and hope to be able to visit both countries with them sometime soon.

House and Heart Full

Moving to a bigger apartment this fall has truly been a huge blessing! We have rarely gone a week without someone visiting, even spending the night, and we are so glad to have the space to do so. We have hosted staff gatherings, Bible studies, Youth Group, a baby shower, and even a goodbye party. The family in this picture - mom in white, dad in tan, and the two kids - are from Ukraine and spent a few months living on our property while they looked for a place to stay more permanently. During that time, they were offered jobs in the US and decided to move to California! We were sad to see them go, as our staff developed friendships with them and we enjoyed having them on campus, but we wish them all the best. Having the space to welcome many people into our home for this and other events fills my heart with so much joy!

 

Merry Christmas and happy New Year! Love in Christ,

Adele

Happy Thanksgiving!!

 

November – the month of falling leaves

Hello all and Happy Thanksgiving!! I know that many of you have already gotten snow (in fact quite a bit of snow!) but in Czech, the month of November is called “listopad”, which literally translates to “leaves falling”. It is normal here to still have some color on the trees as the last of the leaves fall. We have had snow though! Just this weekend we had a couple dustings, but they didn’t stick around for long.

The Cook family invited Miriam and I to celebrate Thanksgiving a week early because we had a holiday here. We had a wonderful time with them, and since we’ve met the “requirement” to wait for Christmas things until after Thanksgiving, we have already started listening to Christmas music and planning our decorations!

The last couple of months have been restful, with not a lot going on, which is certainly a welcome relief after all we’ve done this year! But there have been a few important things, and a couple things coming up.

Vision Trip

In the middle of October, a group of eight Americans came to visit a few countries here in Europe for what is known as a Vision Trip. These are individuals with some connection to Word of Life in the US - current or former board members, donors, etc. – who are interested in investing in Word of Life’s ministry outside of the US as well. They were with us in Czech for four days, during which we showed them the property, gave them a taste of typical Czech food, and shared our visions for the ministry here. Many of them expressed interest in supporting our ministry here, including the sauna project.

Sauna Project

The sauna building, which was in fact a sauna when it was first built, is undergoing a big reconstruction over the next year. We normally use this building only in the summer to house the female volunteers, it’s not insulated and only has one small bathroom. Last winter we redid the small apartment in the front, and now we want to fix some foundation issues and redo the back part, as well as add another bathroom. There have been some bumps along the way, as is the case with most legal and permit things – extra paperwork and inspections we didn’t know we needed, and even original paperwork that needed to be corrected before we could apply for new permits. Through it all, David, our maintenance guy, has worked steadily to make it happen! We are so excited to have most of the funds for this project and plan to start the actual work in March 2023.

Christmas – the season we are really waiting for!

Fall is my favorite season, but I love Christmas so much! We are planning a Christmas party for the Ukrainians that still live in this area, complete with some traditional Ukrainian dishes and desserts. I am looking forward to trying some new recipes and the ones I found so far look delicious! For example, these are called “khrustyky” and are just fried cookie dough sprinkled with powdered sugar! One of the local pastors will be sharing a message, and we will have a time of worship as well.

 

A little personal news

One of the things I have missed most being here is not having animals surround me all the time. I am still dreaming of having sheep someday, but for now, I think a puppy will suffice! This little bundle of crazy is Ruben, he is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and right now he is four months old, teething, and just generally causing lots of trouble. We forgive him for all the trouble though because he truly is a sweetheart and such a cuddle bug! So far, his favorite things to do are playing tug, cuddling with one of us while watching TV, watching the birds out our big window, and trying to convince the Cooks’ rabbit to play with him (running laps around the cage counts as an invitation, right?).

 

 

Thank you all so much for your support and prayers, they truly mean so much to me. May God bless you all abundantly as this year draws to a close and the next one begins.

 

Love in Christ,

Adele

Long Overdue....

 I cannot believe how long it has been since I last sent a newsletter!! My sincere apologies for not making this a priority. So much has happened these past months and for that reason this one will be a bit longer than normal, but there are so many wonderful things to share!

 

Ukrainian ministry

When Miri and I returned to Czech in the middle of April, we jumped onto a train that was moving very fast. We had about 50 Ukrainians living on our campus, and they continued to come and go until the end of May. Altogether we had around 200 Ukrainians that stayed on our property and were rehoused in the surrounding towns and villages. These three months of caring for people in crisis was extremely exhausting and mentally and emotionally draining. At the same time, it was incredibly rewarding to share their burdens as much as possible, provide for them in small and big ways, and to ultimately share the Gospel with them. Every single person that came through our doors heard a clear Gospel presentation at least once, if not four or five times while they were here. Throughout the entire time, God moved in mighty ways every day. So often we needed something very specific, and it was donated within hours of that need being known. The community around our campus came together and basically buried this place with donations – food, clothing, toys, shoes, toiletry items, etc. People drove hours to drop things off, not thinking twice about gas prices. By God’s grace, we found more permanent living situations for all our guests before the end of May. We couldn’t continue housing people beyond that because of camp season, but our work with the Ukrainians continues – we are still involved in a weekly gathering that local churches started to connect Ukrainians to Czechs and to the church, and we did a week of camp specifically dedicated to Ukrainian children. This was and is such a very difficult thing to live through, and I cannot accurately express all the emotions that we all felt and still feel as we remember all the stories that were shared with us.

Summer Camps

Rehousing all the Ukrainians by the end of May gave us only a short respite. We jumped right into camp preparation, most of which had been neglected during our time caring for the Ukrainians. We filled up our volunteer roster, replaced and repaired things on campus, planned menus, organized program, decorated, and so much more in the span of four short weeks. It was only by God’s strength we were able to do so much in that brief time! Despite such little time planning, we had a wonderful four weeks of camp – kids, teens, tweens, and then Ukrainian. God continued to work in some really powerful ways, and we saw many decisions made throughout the summer: over 60 decisions for salvation, and 39 for dedication. I was one of the Crew Leaders for this summer, which means I was directly involved with all the volunteers who work “behind the scenes”. We had many new young people this year and it was so encouraging to see how God brings people together and the things they were learning during their time serving with us. I was also overseeing the mentorship program again this year. We make sure that every one of our volunteers has a personal mentor who meets with them a couple times a week, a part of camp that we have been developing and strengthening for three years now. This year, our volunteers came expecting that as part of camp and were looking forward to it. I am so thankful for all the testimonies we heard of how much they want the mentoring. Discipleship is something very close to my heart and I love seeing our volunteers desiring to grow in their relationship with the Lord. 

I taught two workshops during our summer camps this year – knitting during teens’ week and cooking during Ukrainian week. The knitting one was especially fun, we all made little bunnies out of a square and I thoroughly enjoyed sharing my beloved art with the kids (and even some of our volunteers).

 

 Ukrainian Week

This deserves a part all its own. Our God truly is a God of the details, and He gets all the credit and glory. Before summer camp started, we had about twenty kids registered for this week, and no volunteers. During the summer camp, one of the missionaries from Word of Life Ukraine that was here helping us, worked tirelessly to find volunteers and let Ukrainians here in Czech know about the camp. Most of us didn’t even know how many kids and volunteers we would have until just before this week of camp, and we were still thinking it would be small. In the end, we had more people here than a normal Czech week!! We had 88 campers, and around 70 volunteers (I never did get a good count, it felt like no one stopped moving long enough for me to count them!!). People came from all over – Czech, Germany, Romania, Austria, and even Ukraine!! Two big vans came with kids from Western Ukraine, some more of the missionaries from WOL came, and a pastor and his family that works with WOL in Ukraine. One of the evenings, we had devotions with the girls, and I opened it up for anyone to share. It was so sweet to hear about how the Lord brought so many of them here to help and several of them shared what a joy it was to choose to leave their country and to be able to serve others after they had been given so much help since the war started. We had a celebration dinner with the volunteers at the end of the week like we normally do, and we heard over and over this was the happiest they had been since the end of February, that this week felt like a slice of home, that they saw God move and work in their lives and in the campers’ lives. This was not a ministry that we ever thought to have, but it has brought so much joy and growth to us as a team here in the Czech. 

Fall Ministry

After some much-needed vacation and our annual staff retreat, we have begun our fall ministry. There were four adaptation courses here on property during September, and this past weekend was our annual Chill party for the summer volunteers. Some of you will remember when we started our adaptation program last year with only one school. This is a normal part of the Czech curriculum when new classrooms in 6^th and 10^th grade work on team building and getting to know their new classmates. The same school returned for our program and one other school brought three different groups of their students. Connecting with the local schools is a great way to be involved in the community and build relationships with the kids and the teachers as well. The Chill party is one of my favorite events of the year. We always have some special meals, including a big brunch, and lots of fun chatting and catching up with the volunteers.

 

Language studies

I have also restarted language classes. I will be able to apply for a 5-year permanent residency in January, but I must pass the A2 level exam, so this fall is very important for my Czech. I haven’t been able to take classes since before our trip to the states, but I have still learned a lot during camp and daily interactions. Now I need to buckle down and work on a few specific things before I take the test in December. This is both exciting and nerve wracking for me. Many people have assured me I will pass with no problem, and I can tell I have improved, so I am trying to be confident! Sign Language classes are going well, and I can tell there is progress there as well. A couple weeks ago at church, we had a deep conversation about righteousness, about the meaning in English, Czech, Czech Sign Language, and of course the Bible, and how we explain it and how it connects to our salvation. It is truly fascinating to discover how different languages communicate the same concepts and how they are understood differently based on that language and on the context and culture surrounding it. And it’s extremely exciting to be able to have these deep conversations in a different language!!

 

Thank you all for your support and prayers for myself and for Word of Life Czech Republic. You are a vital part of the work God is accomplishing here and I wouldn’t be here without all of you!

Love from Czech Republic,

Adele

 

Plans Change, But God Still Works

 

January - the Month of Changing Plans

The first month of the year sort of sets the tone for the whole year, right? We start New Year’s resolutions, set goals, and try to plan out the year a little, though I think after the last two years, we have realized that making plans for the whole year is kind of impossible! I really hope that this January did not set the tone for our whole year here in Czech, because there was not one plan we made for January that went the way we originally scheduled it!! Fernando and Cesia had to delay their return from Guatemala for a few weeks, so we rescheduled and moved meetings that we needed to have as a whole team. Word of Life Hungary had to cancel their Missions Conference, so we couldn’t attend that and visit the students and staff. And several of our team have tested positive over the last few weeks so we moved meetings online and rearranged plans that we had together – like our Christmas party! It has been one of those months where you never know what news you’ll hear when you walk into the office in the morning. Yet, through it all, we can see God’s hand working things for our best and for His glory. Everyone is together, and at least on the mend, and we all had a little extra time to rest before our Winter Camp!

Despite all the changes, we were able to have most of our strategic planning meetings, where we planned out the next several years and delegated roles to different members of the team. We essentially restructured our team, which was necessary after adding so many new people! It will still take time to become accustomed to the changes and many of us need training in our new roles, but it already feels more organized and settled.

Winter Camp

Praise the Lord we were able to have a winter camp weekend this year! It fell on a long weekend for teens here, so we extended it to Thursday afternoon through Sunday afternoon, instead of just from Friday. Fifteen campers, eight students from the Bible Institute in Hungary, and several Czech volunteers joined us for an amazing weekend of worship, games, messages, and a whole day on the ski hill Dolni Morava. Most of the campers have come to our camps before, and we know their stories and how the Lord has already worked in their lives up to this point. Our goal is always to see campers (and volunteers) take their “next step with Jesus”, whether that be salvation, spiritual growth, getting connected with a group of believers, etc. At least one camper made a decision to trust the Lord, and several of them expressed interest in connecting with a youth group or having personal discipleship!

Some Language Fun

Lately I feel like the more Czech I learn, the more there is left to learn! But there are moments along the way that make the learning more fun. Knitting is absolutely my favorite hobby, so I learned that word pretty quick! The word “plést” means “to knit”, and it is conjugated based on who is knitting, and when, and all that. But the word “splést” means “to confuse”!! When my Czech teacher explained that these words are so close, I immediately thought of how many non-knitters think knitting is magic: sitting with two magic wands, performing complex movements, chanting and muttering to yourself, looking at a ‘spell book’ (patterns often look like they are in a different language to people who don’t know how to read them!), and then suddenly – a blanket!! I had a good laugh at that, and still chuckle whenever I think about it. Especially now that I am teaching my roommate, Miriam, how to knit. Many evenings are spent knitting, and there is a far share of confusing mixed in too!

The US Trip

Miriam and I will be traveling to the states in less than a week!! We have quite a full schedule, which I am grateful for. We are excited to visit many churches and small groups to share about her ministry here in Czech. I will also be speaking a couple times, but the main purpose of this trip is to build her investment team just like I did just a short year ago! Please be praying for safety, good connections, and the growth of her team.

Prayer Requests and Praises 

- pray for health, safety, and good connections during our trip to the states

- pray for the kids that came to winter camp – for continued interest and growth spiritually

- pray for the team as we learn our new roles

- praise for a wonderful Winter Camp!!

- praise for mild symptoms for all that had covid and everyone is on the mend now

Thank you all so much for your support! I would not be here without each of you! Hopefully I will be able to see some of you in the coming weeks, but even if I don’t, know that I am so grateful for you all!!

Love in Christ,

Adele

Grammar and Parties and Trips - oh my!

Language Courses in Full Swing

I am enrolled in an intensive language course right now, daily for an hour and a half. It’s quite a lot of work in a short amount of time, but it really is the jumpstart that I need to get me going on language learning again. I haven’t taken formal classes since 2018, so I have many grammar rules to review and catch up on! The Czech grammar is complicated, especially for an English speaker, with several cases and lots of changes to the words based on who or what you are speaking about, to whom, etc. Every day, I discover some new word that is irregular and changes differently, but I also frequently find logical connections between words and their derivatives.

Staff Ladies Early Christmas Party

We frequently gather as staff ladies for fellowship, and the most recent one jumped ahead in the calendar a bit! Fernando and Cesia de la Rosa, one of our new missionary couples, returned to Guatemala for support raising and the first Christmas with their families in almost four years. Cesia loves Christmas and was sad that we wouldn’t get to celebrate altogether, so the other ladies and I threw her a Christmas party right before they left. Miri and I decorated our apartment and we made Christmas cookies and listened to Christmas music and everything! Cesia also taught us how to make earrings from Fimo clay and we had a great time designing pieces for ourselves and for gifts.

Deaf Ministry

The third weekend of October I went with a group of Deaf ladies for a retreat. We enjoyed fall weather, good food, and great fellowship, as well as studied the qualities of a godly woman. It was great to spend time with the ladies I knew from before, and get to know some new ones too! I certainly got a lot of Czech Sign Language practice and I even shared part of how I came to be in the Czech Republic in Czech! I’m so glad we were able to gather together.

We have started meeting in person for Deaf church again as well! I have so missed these meetings, where we can discuss a portion of Scripture and pray together. A lady who I haven’t met before has started coming and though she is saved, she doesn’t know and understand all of the Biblical signs being used. I am praying that with time she will understand all of them and grow in her relationship with the Lord.

Fall is the Time to Plan

Many of our ministries continue or start in the fall, but the fall is also where a large chunk of our planning is done. We are already preparing for Winter Camp in February, as well as our annual Christmas event. I love throwing parties, and we have a wonderful program and a great menu in the works! The Christmas party is a special occasion that has two goals. One is to thank those who partner with us during the year, like pastors and other missionaries. The second is to invite our neighbors, teachers, landlords, and unsaved friends to celebrate with us and hear a Gospel presentation.

A Very Special Trip in the Works!

Many of you will remember Miriam, who I introduced in my newsletter several months ago. She just recently completed MIT, the training and approval process to become a full-time missionary with Word of Life!! I am thrilled that she has been called to serve with us long term. As she seeks to build her investment team, she wants to make a trip to the states to make connections there and I offered to try and connect her with some of the churches and people I know. So, we are planning a trip to Western New York in February and March of 2022!! I will let you know when we have more details, but for now, if you would like to meet up or have us speak at your church please let me know!

Prayer and Praises

- pray for the covid situation here in Czech as the cases are rising again. We were hoping to be near the end of the lockdowns, but it appears we may not be.

- pray for the planning of our trip to the states! We are super excited, but it also takes a lot of organization.

- pray for Miri, Athang, Van, and the de la Rosa’s as they all raise support.

- pray for Marcella as she learns the Biblical signs and seeks to grow

- praise for small victories in language learning! 

- praise for a great ladies’ retreat and the restart of Deaf church in person


One more quick note before I close. I will be sending out Christmas cards this year! If you want one and you’re not sure I have your address, please let me know so I can add you to the list! Thank you for your support and prayers. And Happy (early) Thanksgiving!!


Love in Christ,

Adele

Fall Ministry and Language Courses

A New Season of Ministry

The fall ministry has begun! We kicked everything off with our "Chill Afterparty", a thank you weekend for our volunteers from summer camp. It was a great time of fellowship and fun, including a movie night and a Kahoot trivia game about summer camp 2021. A special tradition for our Chill events is "WOL Coffeehouse", complete with decorated tables, wait staff, and special desserts. There were about 20 people that were able to come, and we hope to be able to do it in October next year so more people will be available. 

Adaptation Courses

We launched a new ministry this year in connection with schools in our area. When kids go into 6th and 9th grade, they change schools and are in class with completely new people. To encourage unity and building new friendships, at some point within the first month of school, all 6th and 9th graders participate in "Adaptation Courses". These are done outside the school setting and normally about three days of activities and games to get to know each other, practice communication, and build trust. There are government guidelines for what should be included in this type of course, and on top of that we can also have a meeting for spiritual conversations because we are hosting the event. The kids had a great time and learned a lot, and a few of them are going to come to camp next summer! 

Icebreaker game

Communication activity

Teplice Mini Camp

The last weekend in September several members of our team traveled to Teplice, a town north of Prague for a mini camp. Several of the kids who made decisions for Christ were from that area and the church we are connected with there wants to expand their ministry to include these kids. We had several teenagers who normally attend the church, as well as some of the new kids and other neighborhood kids join us. We squished a whole week's worth of fun and activities that we normally do at camp into 24 hours! We stayed through Sunday as well, and our band led worship for the Sunday service, Athang shared his testimony, and Fernando preached. The plan is to go once a month to help them continue to build their youth program. 

Explaining to the kids that ignoring or
covering up sin doesn't fix the problem

group picture

the kids had a lot of fun in sports with Fernando!

Building a New Team

Word of Life Czech has welcomed many new missionaries this year! First me, and then Fernando and Cesia de la Rosa, and then Adam and Julie Cook and their kids, as well as a few interns. The real kickoff for this fall was the very beginning of September with our staff retreat. We had a wonderful four days getting to know each other better, talking about some dreams we have for the ministry, and discussing foundations that are essential for our team to be strong, united, and successful. I am so excited to see how the Lord uses this team He has put together to serve in Czech Republic!! We are all so different and yet united by the desire to see Czechs "take their next step with Jesus" (this is our camp goal, and really the goal of all of our ministries). 

Language Learning

I've started Czech Sign Language courses again, and soon will be starting Czech classes as well. The Sign Language has come back quickly, which I'm thankful for, as it's been some time since I used it regularly. Spoken Czech has been a little harder. I know a lot of vocabulary, but my grammar struggles, and the teachers I've talked to aren't sure which level to put me in! I'll probably end up in a class where I won't be learning as much new vocabulary but more focusing on the grammar rules that I have forgotten since I last systematically studied the language. 

Prayers and Praises

- please pray for all of us learning Czech. It is a complicated language and it can be very overwhelming to try and learn a language and culture and way of life simultaneously, while also doing ministry and trying to build friendships

- pray for the kids we were able to minister to in Teplice that they would continue the connection with the church there and continue to grow in their walks with the Lord

- please continue to pray for my adjustment here. It has been so different this time, between a completely different living arrangement and more intensive language goals and new cultural discoveries, it's been difficult. Pray for understanding and peace and wisdom as I learn to navigate a whole new world.

- praise for a successful beginning to fall ministry! We are off to a great start.

- praise for the fall season finally arriving! It is my favorite season and I'm so excited for crisp mornings and wool shawls and sweaters and colorful leaves!

Love in Christ, 

Adele

Summer Sum Up

God Always Comes Through!

Summer camp is our busiest season of the year, as well as our hardest. I always forget how quickly time flies with the intense schedule and everything going on. This year there were many challenges, and each week had its own “catastrophe”: from false positive tests to a stomach bug there was always something that the devil used to try and slow us down, turn us against each other, and stop kids from hearing about Jesus. Each and every single time, God showed up and used that situation to draw us as a staff closer to Him, and brought us all through safely to be able to share His word.

Our theme was “Gold Rush” and we talked a lot about seeking the Real Treasure: Jesus and a relationship with Him. Over 250 campers heard the Gospel clearly and many of them made decisions for Christ – 28 for salvation and 47 for dedication. What an honor it is to be part of the work God is doing in the Czech Republic!

I managed the kitchen for the fourth year and every year I learn new things and improve on my Czech cooking and also my language skills! I was also Mentorship Coordinator this year, making sure that every one of our volunteers had a staff member assigned to meet with them a couple times a week. Discipleship of our volunteers is very important to all of us here and we had great conversations and saw amazing growth through those weekly personal meetings. I had a few girls that have been coming for four or more years now and I was so encouraged to see how much they have matured since they first came.

Bible School Week

A new part of our summer season was a week of Bible School. We want to encourage young people to study God’s Word, and give them the opportunity to learn about what it’s like to study at the Word of Life Bible Institute in Hungary. Two of the resident teachers from Hungary came to teach Proverbs and Bibliology, and they and their wives also taught workshops in the afternoons. There were evening meetings of preaching and encouragement and a fun trip to some local caves as well. We had 13 participants, and most of us staff were also able to join the classes. There are a few who attended who are considering going to the Bible Institute! It was such an encouraging week and we look forward to doing it again next year.

 

Ministry in the Deaf Community

Right now, I am cooking for the Deaf group that is renting our property this week. It’s been so wonderful to catch up with them and I’ve been working hard to gain back the language I lost while gone. They are having so much fun and learning a lot. There is a ladies’ retreat in October that I will be joining, and I’ll also be taking more classes this fall. I’m really looking forward to that as I will also have the chance to meet others taking the classes!


Local Church Ministry

Two churches have asked us to come and visit their youth groups in September. One of these churches doesn’t have a very strong youth program, but several of the kids that accepted Christ this summer are from their area and they want to be able to minister to them. We are excited for this opportunity to see the kids discipled and see the church grow as they pour into these young people. The other church has a wonderful youth group, and many of our summer volunteers attend. We look forward to seeing them and encouraging the leaders in their ministry.


Thank you for your prayers and support, you are all a vital part of God’s work here in Czech!!

Love in Christ,

Adele