Day 12

We went to church at the Baptist Seminary here in Prague. It was a great service, excellent preaching and use of power point, enjoyable music, and I met the Academic Dean afterwards. I could see us living at this seminary and teaching here. Saturday we went to a seminar for ex-pats. It included the history of the Czech Republic, attitudes on the street, and problem solving. It was excellent. For example, we should not look at strangers, greet them, or speak to them. In the Czech Republic the only people who did that were informers. It is only permissable to acknowledge people on the street when we see them for the second time, and they are neighbors. This was hard for the southerners to take!

Friday evening 17 people from IICS met for dinner, prayer, and fellowship. Three families have been here a long time, and the other four have just arrived within the last month. There is an older couple from Hickory NC that has taken me under their wing, bless their hearts. We are now semi-skilled at using the tram, metro, and bus.

The weather continues to be sunny and warm, perfect for walking the streets.

Today I tutored a 6th grader at the International Christian School who is at a Grade 1 level in Math. All those Math manipulative exercises from Math Their Way started coming back!