anticipating letfest

Tough being in another country for the fourth pf July so in stead of boating and fireworks- we sang the national anthem at breakfast and mostly celebrated by naps to recover from jet lag along with much of the preperation that is going into letfest. The 4th of July was another great day as we had our first meeting with the youth group in which it was so refreshing to see old friends after a couple years apart. That evening we were challenged by a story of Jesus healing a leper from Luke 5 and how many things can be found in this passage regarding the obedience of the healed and the compassion Jesus has on this man. There is so much richness to be taken from this passage that can be applied to our team about what we ask for and what we do with what we are givn'. Tomorrow is the start of letfest. Months of work come down to tomorrow and I am excited to see many come and see what there is to draw this community. My prayer for this is that they will all see the love of God by how we have love for each other. Tonight was a night to get focused on the purpose of all the activities, games, events, classes and seminars which is to declare His excellencies(1 Peter 2:9) and show the love of God we have found in Christ Jesus. Pray for health, energy for the next week and spiritual sharpness for our team in the Name of Jesus.

reUnitd

Our team safely made it through two airplanes, a bus, three subways, two trains without any serious problems and arrived in the town of Letovice, Czech Republic in anticipation of LetFest. What joy I was given as I was able to reconnect with those that I had not seen in two years or more, my brothers and sisters here at the church. As training goes on I look forward to meetimg more that I have met before at previous camps and meeting new friends from here in town. Last night we had our first meeting and it was a building time of prayer and worship as we connected regarding our purpose in letfest. My friend pavlik the youth pastor whomever I have known since my first trip in 2006, shared with us the diversity of all those that will be at camp, some from neighboring cities and many from seperate beliefs about God and who Jesus is. The time was uplifting and there is no other way I would like to connect with them other than in worshiping together. Also yesterday I got to explore the skate park here in letovice, and for the first time icbrought my board. I must say they have a pretty sweet setup with some 5 foot quarter pipes and a few different boxes. Ill post some pictures later for my guys at JSAW and the guys with thrashin' Thursdays. I got to meet a few guys down at the park but things were pretty limited because my Czech is not there yet and their English was similar. So next time ill bring a translator.

Departure

Tomorrow I will be leaving for the Czech. There is much to take care of before that happens but his grace has lead me here and will bring tomorrow. This is the shortest time I will have ever been in Czech but I am still expecting great things. Some need of our team of 20 are funds, travel mercies and last minute preparations for English camp and the rest of letfest