Heading Home

We are on our way home! We are in the Vienna airport right now. The flight just took off with the team (Chad and I have a later flight). Everyone got checked in and are on their way! It was sad to leave our good friends, The Holloways, but we will see them next year when they are in the States- can't wait! We are so thankful for ALL they have done for us (even being our tour guides in Prague and Budapest)! It has been a great couple of weeks and we are excited to come home and share with everyone!

Please come to Ridgecrest tomorrow to hear the report from the team. There will be a video and testimonies from the trip in the 8:30, 9:45 and 11:00 service. We look forward to seeing you!

Here are a few pictures from the trip to Budapest.





See you tonight!

Budapest

The group from Budapest is getting on the train back to Bratislava in about an hour. We will get back to Bratislava around 11:00 pm- take a bus back to our hotel and then head out to Vienna in the morning.

We have had a fun couple of days in Budapest. We toured the city, shopped in the market and even enjoyed a Turkish Bath!

We will see you all soon!

Our last day in Bratislava

We have had a wonderful day. Unfortunately this is our last day in Bratislava. We leave early in the morning for The Prague and Budapest trips. We will return back to Bratislava late on Friday and then head to Vienna early on Saturday to fly home. We have had a wonderful time here and have seen the Lord work in amazing ways. We can't wait to get home and share how we have seen Him working in lives.

This is the team that painted the desks and did the yard work at the school.

Thanks to the Melo's for making our lunch the past two days!

We all really enjoy getting icecream and just hanging out around the city.

We will see you soon!

Service Projects

Today we began our service project days in Bratislava. About 7 of our team members went to a park and played sports with some of the students from last week. About 20 students from last week showed up. Praise God! The rest of us went to another school and sanded down desks, painted them, did some mowing and also some trimming of bushes. The headmaster of the school was impressed that people would volunteer their time to help out. We are hoping that his life will be impacted for eternity as well as the students in the park as they see Christ in us.










Our work ended around 1:00 and we have been able to have some free time around the city. Many people are resting. Some went to see the Holloway's home. Others are just enjoying the shopping and beauty in the city. Here are a few shots of the Old Town where many of us enjoy spending time.







The weather has been beautiful and warm. We have a similar schedule tomorrow...sports camps and work at the school. Hope everything is going great at home! We miss you!

The Newly Engaged Couple...

Jason and Charity!

We had a wonderful and relaxing get-a-way to the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia. We enjoyed different hikes, shopping, and food. While on one of the hikes, Jason asked Charity to be his wife! We were walking around a beautiful mountain lake... on a beautiful day! They are planning to get married December 27, 2008 and we are all thrilled.


This is the group of people that were on the hike when Jason proposed.

We are passing through a cute little town right now- on a stop for lunch- on our way back to Bratislava.

There are several people on the team who aren't feeling well. Please pray that their health and pains will heal.