Slovakia baseball

The first home run of the camp!  

Last day of camp tomorrow!

Sorry that we haven't had time to update the blog.  We have been crazy busy!  We would like to put some pics and video up tomorrow when we arrive in Budapest.  Please pray for tomorrow's program.  We are performing a skit in front of the kids, having a testimony shared, and the gospel presented.  The skit is sooo good!  Check out the inspiration for it on youtube: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSwCOs-uXzU

Pretty intense skit we will be doing, right?  I get to play Jesus and am very excited about it.  We have changed some of it up, to make it more appropriate for our age group, i.e. - no suicide stuff, but I'm excited to see how God uses it.  Can't wait to be home with my family once again.  Just 2 more days  :)

Day 13 - Second Week of Camp

Chris and her class :) 

Day 10 + 11

Unfortunately, both my camera and Chris' are out of commission.  My camera is acting weird, and won't turn on, and Chris' ran out of battery.  :(  So, we are relying on other members of our team and translators to get more pics and video.  Sunday was pretty uneventful.  We went to church again, and then later that evening, we took our host families out to dinner.

Today it was sunny (and a little hot). Thanks for your continued prayers during this week of camp. Only 3 days left to go!

Day 8 + 9 - Sightseeing in Slovakia

On Friday, we left to do some sightseeing.  We saw two castles, one that has been restored and kept up, the other in ruins.  They were both pretty cool.  I liked seeing the torture tools!  I should bring some back to use on my middle school students next year  ;-)  Just kidding!  After viewing the 2 castles, we stopped and saw a Catholic church.  Then, we stayed in a retreat center up in the mountains.  It is used by IN Network for Bible camps, and it was very nice.  Chris and I stayed up playing cribbage with Pavel (our leader) and some other members of the team.  The next day, we went to the Tatra Mountains.  We took a ski lift to the top and then we hiked down.  I got to stand on an old ski jump, the ones used by skiers competing in the Olympic games.  Pretty awesome!  There were some gorgeous views that the camera did not do justice.  It was a nice time to unwind and fellowship with the members of our team.  

The Catholic Church - very beautiful

Josh thinks he could have taken this guy!

Cool castles

Chris from a window view of the castle.

The retreat center we stayed at.

Chris terrified in the ski lift..... she's afraid of heights

Josh at the top of the ski lift.  Quite the view!

The bottom of the ski jump.  Those guys are brave!

The view from the ski jump.

Chris at the top of the mountain.

Day 7 - 4th Day of Camp

Praise God for a SUNNY day!!!

Lunchtime!

3 of Chris' students

After lunch on Thursday, we took a break to get Zmrzlina (ice cream). Below are a few pictures of Chris' class enjoying their treat.

Day 6 - 3rd day of camp

*Chris Speaking* Today was the 3rd Day of Camp. I'm loving it! We played a lot of games during class. Competition definitely inspires the kids to participate! For art, we did two projects: Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" and a sketch of our feet. 


Josh's day was a little harder... it started raining. All the outside activities had to be moved inside to the gym. We are praying for a sunny day tomorrow. 

Indoor Games with Josh 

Getting our feet traced for our "Fantastic Feet" Sketch 

Morning English Camp - Creation Day 2 Craft