Missionary Work
After having written about the elevator, fashions, and toilet paper, its about time I wrote about my missionary work.
My first goal here is to pray for this country and city. I have been reading the Psalms and marking each verse that addresses global issues explicitly. God is God of the whole earth!
I have put together a group of songs related to global missions and have been singing them daily in prayer. I would like to begin a Singing Prayer Service.
I have a Prayer Calendar, and am praying for different people on our Ministry Support Team, every day. Also each of my 25 students, and churches that are supporting us.
I am leading the middle schoolers at CISP through the book of Proverbs. This means a heavy dose of sex education from a Biblical point of view, and I appreciate your prayers as we address that most important area of life, sexuality and sexual activity.
Tomorrow we will talk about smoking, as related to Tom Sawyer. These are missionary kids, so we tend to think they already know everything there is to know about moral and health issues, but how many missionaries have been wrecked by moral failure and bad choices. One student said, "But we are only in 7th grade!" I told her that unfortunately most Christians do too little too late in teaching about these things.
When we discussed the thunder storm in Tom Sawyer, one boy shared that his family lost their home to Hurricane Katrina, and has been living with grandparents ever since.
Sr. Blanka is a Moravian Catholic nun, age 27, who asked to meet with an English-speaking person for prayer and Bible study. She comes to my apartment, and we enjoy each other's company. She has a remarkable story of coming to Christ.
I have been visiting international churches here in Prague. There are only 7 or 8 of them that are English speaking (in a city of 1.25 million), but it has introduced me to the ex pats.
I have met for lunch and dinner with two other Christian faculty members at UNYP, for encouragement and to learn the culture of the university.
I spend a great deal of time reading about Czech culture, history, and local guidebooks, so as to better understand the people I am teaching. This includes field trips to local places of interest and landmarks.
As I walk through the streets and ride the tram/metro/bus, I pray for the people around me.
I have begun to write various pieces about this experience and will try to add them as attachments. One is Hope for Europe.
Living with cross-cultural frustrations is a good, although not always pleasant experience for me, and should help me in my work with international students in the US.
To the people and churches who are supporting us in prayer, thank you. It means a great deal.
My first goal here is to pray for this country and city. I have been reading the Psalms and marking each verse that addresses global issues explicitly. God is God of the whole earth!
I have put together a group of songs related to global missions and have been singing them daily in prayer. I would like to begin a Singing Prayer Service.
I have a Prayer Calendar, and am praying for different people on our Ministry Support Team, every day. Also each of my 25 students, and churches that are supporting us.
I am leading the middle schoolers at CISP through the book of Proverbs. This means a heavy dose of sex education from a Biblical point of view, and I appreciate your prayers as we address that most important area of life, sexuality and sexual activity.
Tomorrow we will talk about smoking, as related to Tom Sawyer. These are missionary kids, so we tend to think they already know everything there is to know about moral and health issues, but how many missionaries have been wrecked by moral failure and bad choices. One student said, "But we are only in 7th grade!" I told her that unfortunately most Christians do too little too late in teaching about these things.
When we discussed the thunder storm in Tom Sawyer, one boy shared that his family lost their home to Hurricane Katrina, and has been living with grandparents ever since.
Sr. Blanka is a Moravian Catholic nun, age 27, who asked to meet with an English-speaking person for prayer and Bible study. She comes to my apartment, and we enjoy each other's company. She has a remarkable story of coming to Christ.
I have been visiting international churches here in Prague. There are only 7 or 8 of them that are English speaking (in a city of 1.25 million), but it has introduced me to the ex pats.
I have met for lunch and dinner with two other Christian faculty members at UNYP, for encouragement and to learn the culture of the university.
I spend a great deal of time reading about Czech culture, history, and local guidebooks, so as to better understand the people I am teaching. This includes field trips to local places of interest and landmarks.
As I walk through the streets and ride the tram/metro/bus, I pray for the people around me.
I have begun to write various pieces about this experience and will try to add them as attachments. One is Hope for Europe.
Living with cross-cultural frustrations is a good, although not always pleasant experience for me, and should help me in my work with international students in the US.
To the people and churches who are supporting us in prayer, thank you. It means a great deal.
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