This Saturday I had a couple of the guys over to my house for a second game day. During this time we finished the game we started last time, but also carried on the good conversations we had been having. It is fun to be in a totally relaxed atmosphere like this where you can […]
This weekend we had our annual Youth leadership Conference in Slovakia. This conference is the biggest in the area and has been happening for 19 years. This year we had 746 youth leaders from Slovakia attend, this is a lot for a country of 5 million. This was my first conference despite the fact that […]
Well this really has been a great holiday despite being away from home. As I wrote in my last blog post Tim Keaton was visiting me for the holidays. We spent time traveling to Wien, Praha, Castles, a World War II museum and of course Banska Bystrica! Christmas was really perfect. We went to the […]
We had the very first Fusion Concert yesturday! It was fun to see the students really getting into the performance. Technically it was not the best performance, but it was enjoyable to everyone involved and to those watching. The students really did a great job. We had a couple solo singers, a drama, and even […]
Tuesday was Mikulaš day or Santa Claus day in Slovakia. This is the official start to Christmas in Slovakia. On the eve of Mikulaš day, Santa comes to all the houses and inspects the shoes (not Stockings) that children have left in the window of their home. If the shoes are polished nice and they […]
Third week of Fusion and still students are coming! Praise the Lord! This last Wednesday we had a good turn out again for Fusion and were able to start a new song. We also announced that we will be having a Mini Christmas concert on the 21st of this month, which the students were quite […]
Well this last week we had our second Fusion! We had 26 students, who all seem excited and I believe will continue to come back again and again. I talked with four students after the rehearsal who want to begin playing in the band already! This is really neat that we already have young people […]
We Finally had our first Fusion in Slovakia tonight!!! It was amazing!!! We spent the day visiting schools with Noah Ellenwood. He is the son of a Josiah Venture Co-worker who was a contestant on Cesko-Slovensko Superstar which is like Amreican Idol. God is really using him and his talent to reach young people. God really used him […]
This last Thursday I was able to go to Ostrava in the Czech republic to experience how they did Fusion. This was a great opportunity to see first hand how a Fusion works, so that we are even more prepared to begin Fusion here in Banska Bystrica! I loved seeing how the students were so […]
This weekend I had the opportunity to travel to Rožnava to visit. It was a very blessed time for me. I was able to see the many students from camp who came to Christ and had an opportunity to speak and to share with them encouragement from God’s word. Later that evening I spent about […]