This weekend after EXIT Tour I spent the weekend with my best friend here in Slovakia, Rasťo. Many of you know about him or even met him when he visited me in the states. We went camping. It was such a great time to just be in the outdoors together and to do men’s stuff; […]
This year Draho and I decided to split the responsibilities we had for EXIT Tour (if you don’t know what EXIT is Click here). This was both exciting and intimidating. I know that I am good in organization and the set up of equipment, but I am not a quick problem solver like Draho and […]
This weekend I took a group of our students out East to our new Fusion in Obišovce. There was nine of us, the first of the those who told me they could come. From the beginning I told them that this was not just a fun trip for them, but it was a […]
This year’s Fall conference’s theme was Unstuck. It was about how to get unstuck, when we are stuck spiritually. It was one of the most helpful conferences for me. At the conference I had one of the guys I disciple there, so we spent a lot of time together talking through life and what we […]
This month we had our first staff meeting of the new year, Danny and Clara Jones came and spoke at our meeting. I have written before about Danny, he is the founder of JV in Slovakia. He shared with us about the History of the ministry. It was really amazing to see all that God […]
This month saw the long awaited arrival of the Jones’. Hudson and Kari had raised support and hoped to be over here earlier this year, when they found out they were pregnant. They decided to wait until baby Desmond was born, before moving here. They finally moved here the first part of this month. We […]
This year after Kid’s camp I went with my friend Josh “Hawaii” to Zadar, Croatia on vacation. It was amazing there, really good weather and a great time to spend together. One of the days after being at the beach, we went up to a castle on one of the hills on the Island. There […]
The last part of the summer I spent with my JV guys. Ian, Gavin, Jayce, and Tate came over. We went rock climbing and even hiked Krivan, the mountain which is the national symbol in Slovakia. It was a fun time, my 5th peak in the Tatry’s to summit. The guys did good although they […]
At the beginning of August, I took the interns to Vienna for their debrief. It was a lot of fun to spend this time with them. I have gotten to know them pretty well, especially the three guys on the team. During the time we were able to talk about their reentry and what […]
This last year God blessed me with two great friends right next to me. They have made life enjoyable and exciting at every turn. Although they are leaving I am excited for them, I am also looking forward to new people coming into my life this coming year. Roman was my roommate for the last […]