Friday, July 6, 2012

"Dobre Rano" (Hello) from Kar-lai...in Slovakia! :)


En route to Europe!
Zemplinska Sirava ("Slovak Sea")
Our American team successfully traveled from Washington, D.C. together into Budapest, Hungary back on June 29 & 30. I traveled with the smaller team straight to Michalovce, Slovakia for the SpeakOut training with Slovak staff. Everyone was excited to be trained and equipped for reaching native teens with the Gospel message through this unique, evangelistic English Camp.  
Slovak staff during
united training time with Americans
As of this message to you, 1 full week of staff training has just completed here in Slovakia...and the CAMPERS ARRIVE TONIGHT!! Please pray for their hearts to be ready for the gospel message, for the staff & volunteers to be led by the Spirit, and for God to be glorified! Pray that language will not be a barrier to the gospel, and that the work we Americans do here will bless and lead into the work the Slovak staff will continue after we leave.
CHECK OUT the photos I've taken thus far via Flickr (links also below) and get to know the American and Slovak staff on these 2012 Speak Out projects! Feel free to check and pass this link along to others - I'll be updating it every so often...especially as I am staying in Slovakia only until July 13 and then travel back to Budapest, Hungary to stay through August 1 to see the SpeakOut camps and debrief there.
Note: Praise God for providing 70% of the finances needed for these summer projects in Slovakia & Hungary! Please pray God provides the remaining $1,490 to cover these missions. (Donations can continue to be given all the way through my time here on project - but I'd love to see the rest come in by August 7, so please pray for that! If you wish to give, write out to Campus Crusade for Christ and send to 3326 Bo Jeremy Drive, Orlando, FL 32822.)

THANK YOU!
For His glory - - Kar-Lai :)
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2012 SPEAKOUTS: SLOVAKIA & HUNGARY   *selected highlights below
(Note: I'll be in Slovakia = July 1 - July 13; Hungary = July 13 - Aug 1...so keep checking this link: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjAtb8tS for updated photos!)

Sunflower fields are everywhere!
(see more at  http://flic.kr/s/aHsjAtb8tS)
Prayer Walk night
(see more at  http://flic.kr/s/aHsjAtb8tS)

Pali, Slovak staff -
evangelism training time
(see more at  http://flic.kr/s/aHsjAtb8tS)
Prayer Walk Night - overcoming barriers
(see more at  http://flic.kr/s/aHsjAtb8tS)

Prayer walk night
(see more at  http://flic.kr/s/aHsjAtb8tS)
Americans warmly welcomed by the Slovak team!
(see more at  http://flic.kr/s/aHsjAtb8tS)
Doug; American-Slovak staff,
Slovakia Speakout Director
(see more at  http://flic.kr/s/aHsjAtb8tS)

Viktor, Miska; Slovak staff, during training time
(see more at  http://flic.kr/s/aHsjAtb8tS)