Thursday, July 29, 2010

Mission Log: Day 1

Or more like Day 3. But we finally arrived at 9 am Central Europe time on Thursday the 29th. The trip getting here went well. This has been the one time I have seen happy airline/airport staff who decided it would be great to mess with us at 7 in the morning: The lady at checked baggage nearly freaked out Kayla (and almost all of us) by adding her foot to the luggage scale so Kayla's bag could go from 50 lbs. to 75 lbs. The flight attendants were enjoyable, and I'm sure they enjoyed Asa's charisma as a social butterfly.

But the travel was LOOOONNGGG! And I'm ready to crash, but I thought it would be polite to recap the day as much as possible since our arrival.

Jill Dagen picked us up at the airport, and we rented a shuttle went straight to the pension we are staying at in Prague. An amazing conversation happened between Jill and the shuttle driver had an amazing conversation, which I got very few snippets of on the way, but it was amazing that after 5 minutes of conversing they began to talk about the existence of Bůh (God) and if he was ready in case the end of the world ever came (which he brought up). Jill recapped the conversation with us later, and she was so thankful that God helped guide the conversation to the point where the driver's attitude went from "There is no God," to saying it was a HUGE pleasure to meet Jill and even thanked her for the contact info she gave him. If nothing else comes out of this trip, seeing that seed planted in that man was a huge privilege to watch. 

Because the rooms of our pension weren't ready for us when we arrived, we stayed at the Dagen's home for a few hours and rested a bit from the trip. But it was not enough rest, as we were the walking dead throughout the rest of the day. We had a late lunch with Brian, Jill and Jessica, then Jill and Jessica took us on a mini tour through Old Town from about 5 to 9, checking out Wenceslas Square, the oldest, the Astronomical clock tower, Charles Bridge, and got a glimpse of the castle. Otherwise we were just walking the streets and checking out a few things to buy and bring back home. It wasn't an official tour, but it was a good stroll. 

The team is holding up well for being exhausted. Please pray for our health, especially mine and Mandee's. I have been feeling as if a cold is on its way since Los Angeles, and Mandee got stomach issues probably since we left LA. But we hope to be well rested and ready to go after the long sleep ahead of us tonight. We thankfully have the opportunity to get used to the time change before the English Camp, so pray that we are wise with our time and energy before the camp. Pray also for wisdom with our funds and also for our relationships with one another and with God to be strengthened and bonded in unity. Pray that we represent ABC and Jesus Christ's Kingdom excellently to the Dagen's and every person we come into contact with on this trip.

Thanks for the prayers! 

Michael, for the Czech Republic team. 

Quotes from the day:
As Chris is sitting in the most awkward positions on the plane seat:
Asa: What is Chris doing?
Cava: I don't know, but he's full of dumb.
Asa: Dominantly dumb. 

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