Camp is Over

It was a long but wonderful week... we must have only gotten about 25 hours of sleep the entire time. Our internet service was in and out so we were unable to get a lot of posts up... I wrote one the evening before camp started and lost internet service right before i was able to post it.

Camp was amazing. God was really at work in many of the campers lives. About 90% of the country is Athiest, so to have 4 students come to believe that Jesus is their Savior is pretty wonderful.

Today we left for Zlin and arrived at our home stays around noon. We are staying with a young Christian guy from the youth group at the church here, who was also at camp. When we got off the bus we had to walk a little over a half hour carrying all of our luggage which was a little bit of a challenge to get to his house. When we came in his mom was cooking for us and it smelled delicious... most of the meals have been very good, but I think this one was the best of all. She made something like chicken fried steak with some pan fried potatoes and vegetables on the side. After lunch we all sat down to watch a Czech film which was actually pretty good, and his mom brought us chocolate and made coffee... with the grounds in it... and I fell asleep because I was so tired.

Some of the differences are really challenging me in ways I didnt expect. Their house is very small and so is everything in it... yet they are content. It causes me to analyze what I hold as important. Do I need all the things I have- What about the things I dont have but want- its crazy to think about how I dont NEED anything at all yet there is so much I want because it makes my life easier, or because people around me have it. I dont know. Life seems to be much simpler here and I like it.

We need to get to bed... we are going to church in the morning, zoo in the afternoon, then a BBQ in the evening. Well try to do a better job of keeping up.