During the first week of June we enjoyed hosting a team from Baptist Church of Beaufort, SC. We're so thankful they gave of their time and resources to come spend time with nearly 200 children here in Kosice and the surrounding region. Click below to see the Facebook album on our ministry page (you don't... Continue Reading →
Visit – Phillip Brown
Over the last couple of weeks we were privileged to have a visit from Phillip Brown, the Pastor for Worship, Music and College Ministries at Huguenot Road Baptist in Richmond, Virginia. HRBC has been one of our partner churches since before we moved to Slovakia, and this was Phillip's second visit here - he also... Continue Reading →
Easter in Slovakia
We haven't posted here in a while - though if you receive our email newsletter, you know that we've sent out a couple of newsletters since our last blog update. Sorry for the long delay! First a link to our most recent newsletter, published two weeks ago - it includes invitations to a couple of... Continue Reading →
Mission Team – FBC Gretna
We had a fantastic time last week with a mission team of eight from First Baptist in Gretna, Virginia. We posted some photos to our Facebook page, so you can click on the images below to view them (you don't have to register for Facebook). https://www.facebook.com/jonandtanyaparks/posts/1236414856474534
Thursday Snapshot – Building Friendships
We get so much joy from hosting teams - there are so many little wonderful things about having guests here serving and learning alongside us! But one of our favorite little joys is watching new friendships grow. The team of eight that's here from Gretna, Virginia, partnered with Devleskero Kher church several times this week,... Continue Reading →
Mission Team – Broadway Baptist Church (Louisville, Ky.)
About a week ago we said farewell to our third (and final) mission trip of this season. A group of youth and adults came to us from Broadway Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. to help serve alongside workers from the Devleskero Kher church here in Kosice. We spent a lot of the week with children... Continue Reading →
Mission Team – South Carolina CBF
A little more than a week ago we bid farewell to our second mission team this season - a group of three from CBF South Carolina who came to experience what God's doing here, to learn alongside us, and to help us learn and think a little more deeply too. We focused on the role... Continue Reading →
Mission Team – Huguenot Road Baptist Church
How to sum up the wonderful time with had with this visiting mission team from Huguenot Road Baptist Church? Photos are the only way! Click below to view a Facebook album that tells some of the story of this team from Richmond, Va. (you don't have to have a Facebook account to view) https://www.facebook.com/jonandtanyaparks/posts/973668632749159
Photo Album – MissionConnect Team
Back in the fall we tossed out an idea - what if we gathered our own team to come for a week of ministry, learning and growing? The result was an experience we called "MissionConnect," and it was better than we could have planned or hoped! On May 29, four people arrived in Kosice -... Continue Reading →
