Hey all! This is just a quick update to let you know how I am doing! Being in the Czech Republic for the past week and a half has been great! I have seen a lot, heard a lot, learned a lot, and grown a lot. I am tired, but that is only because I am  up way too late. But tomorrow we are driving for about six hours, so maybe I will catch a nap in the van. 


Last Sunday, my minioutreach team and I left Herrnhut and drove a few hours to the Western side of Czech Republic, where we spent five days in a town called Chomotov. While we were there, we stayed at a church and just hung out with a bunch of youth from that church community as well as youth who didn't go to church. We went to a zoopark, learned how to make beads out of glass, did a lot of sightseeeing, played some games, and just hung out with each other. In the evenings we had group discussion times where our team prepared something to share, such as testimonies, stories from the Bible, songs, etc. and then we spent time in discussion with people that came from the community. We were all challenged in different ways, and God was always there with us. Many people were touched by him in that week and it was amazing to see the impact that God can have through people who are striving to serve him. 
The time came for us to leave and head on to Prague, so we said our goodbyes to our new friends, then drove to Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, on Friday morning. We spent an entire week there, helping out with a missions conference, going to church and spending time enjoying the city, doing prayer walks, encouraging the believers here in Prague, going to English clubs and hanging out with Czech students and speaking English and sharing God with them. It has been a really good week! 
The week in Prague is already over, and tomorrow, on Friday, we head to a town on the Eastern end of Czech Republic, our final destination. We will be hopefully be spending time with the youth group from the church there and then on Saturday we will be helping out with another missions conference. Then Sunday will be here so soon and we will make our way back to Germany by going through Poland. 

This outreach has been really good for me. It taught me things only hands-on experience could, and it prepared me for big outreach coming up in ways I did not even realize I needed preparation for. But God is constantly working in my heart to make me more like him, and as I work alongside of him, I pray that I can be the best influence as I can to all those around me. 

So this has been brief, but I am tired. I need to get some sleep; rest assured that I will probably write more about this minioutreach soon enough! 
I hope all is well back home. I miss it deeply, but I am truly enjoying being in Europe. 

Thank you for your prayers and thoughts and support; they are very much appreciated. Take care. :)
Love always,
Fina

P.S. This is a shout-out to my father (I sincerely hope he does read this): Happy 50-something birthday on March 17! :) Haha I miss ya Pa; hope you have a great day and are enjoying your time off work!