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: Stuzkova (Prom)
We just posted some photos on our Facebook page of a stuzkova (prom) event for the students at the Roma high school in Kezmarok. Go check out the photo album to learn more about this fun tradition... and why this prom was so significant for all the Roma people here in Slovakia. Click here or... Continue Reading →
Thursday Snapshot – Oct. 15
Yesterday (Wednesday) we had our first sessions of the year with the kids at the Galakticka Roma school in Kosice. We'll be able to expand our work there this year, doing after-school English clubs with preschoolers through 4th-graders, and maybe some work in music. Plus we were delighted to hear that the school has begun... Continue Reading →
Report – Summer Presentations (so far…)
We’ve enjoyed catching up with old friends and new friends during our time in the U.S.! So far, we’ve spent almost five of our total 10 weeks, visiting with family and friends, and speaking in several places – telling the story of what God’s doing in Slovakia. We wish we could tell you all the... Continue Reading →
