English Camp Summer '08

At the bottom of my blog is a slideshow from English Camp. They are put on by a ministry (Josiah Venture) who works with church youth groups throughout the year and in the summer several English Camps are provided. A team of native English speakers, in our case a great group of 15 Northern Irish come - close enough to English ; ) and join up with a local Czech youth group here in Prague. People from the youth group invite their friends and I had a couple of students at the camp too. English is taught, the fun is non-stop, and the Gospel is shared! Even though I was a strange Colorado girl living in Prague, the NI team "took me in" and made me feel like I had always been a part of their group. And the same was true with the Czech youth group at the camp. Actually, I was confused if I was suppose to be Czech, Irish, or American, so I was a little of everything.

It was so great to be at an English Camp because I have heard sooo much about them. In fact, I first heard about the Czech Republic from people who were part of an American team going to EC. And most of the younger Christians in the Czech became Christians because of the camps. AND, Petra was my roomie at camp - pretty awesome, I'm on my way to see her tomorrow morning and can't wait. It is such an encouragement to be with her and to see how on fire she is to pursue the Lord! In June, Petra will be going to Northern Ireland to help prepare this year’s team to come serve again in the Czech.

Czech out Josiah Ventures website for the work their doing in the Czech Republic:
http://www.josiahventure.com/locations/location.php?locationID=cz

The Address

In case you don't have it and are just dying to send me a lil' something, here is my address in Prague:

Kara Swindler
Lublanska 34
Praha 2 120 00
Czech Republic