Sunset Beach

On Sunday, after our worship service, we had time for rest and relaxation...so we hit the beach. Most of the Central Europe team made it to Sunset Beach at some point during the day. It was a great time, really, really hot, but a lot of fun.
(Pictures: Sunset, Group Campfire, Becky and Me)

Team Picture...Finally

We had team unity day on Tuesday, so we finally were able to get a good team picture. Here we are...Elanor, Kassidee, Me and Amy.

Scavenger Hunt Champions!

On Saturday, we braved the extreme heat to take part in the ESI Scavenger Hunt! We were given a clue and had to get to downtown Pasadena to find the answer to our clue/question and call it in to get our next clue. Our team worked together very well and we ended up winning the competition. It really was a blast and props to our alum who refrained from cheating to help us win, we did it all by ourselves!
Here is the winning team: Taunya, Me, Christie, Kassidee, Elanor and Amy.

Let training begin!

I'm here! I made it to ESI training in Pasadena, CA. We checked in yesterday and our first meeting started at 6pm Saturday. We have been doing a lot of team building activites to get us acquainted with each other. Today the entire Central Europe team (Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) went to a ESI staff members house for a pool party. It was great, so fun a relaxing and a fantastic time to get to know the people we will be spending the next year with. I'm off to another meeting this evening and tomorrow starts the full days (8am-9pm) of training.

On My Way!

The time has finally arrived for me to start my voyage towards Prague. As I am writing this, I am sitting in the Phoenix, AZ airport waiting to catch my connecting flight to Los Angeles. Let me tell you it's 7:20 in the morning and I have not had more than about 4 hours of sleep since 7:00 Friday morning. I am dragging, but really excited to get to California and meet my roommates at the airport and start training...after I get a nap.

I want to send out a sincere thank you to everyone who has and is supporting me in this new season of my life. It is hard to think that I will be spending almost a year of my life striving to see the Gospel spread through Prague and the Czech Republic. Praise God for His faithfullness in this whole thing...Bringing me this opportunity, preparing my heart and the people I care about for this new adventure and helping me raise a ministry team to support me in seeing the Czech Republic reached for Jesus.

Here's the plan for the next 5 weeks. I will be living on the campus of William Carey International University in Pasadena. While there we will be training to prepare for our roles as English teachers and Christ's ambassadors. I will fly out for Prague on August 22nd.

Once again, thanks to everyone who has helped me get to this point. I will try hard to keep this blog updated and in touch with everyone. God Bless!