Category: Our Year In Czech

  • Titus Didn’t Start School But Made Himself a Sandwich

    Today was supposed to be the day Titus was going to start preschool. I had hesitated to write about it because I really didn’t want to get my hopes up about it and I had a feeling something would go awry. As suspected we got a phone call a few days ago telling us that…

  • Sunday Grab Bag

    On my fifth birthday my mom brought my kindergarten class “grab bags.” They were brown paper bags filled with stuff from a little convenience story, maybe even a dollar store. I remember it being pretty fun to reach in and not know what was in there. Today was a bit like this. It was pretty…

  • Just Down the Street From the Gestapo

    On our way to Poland yesterday, we stopped at a McDonald’s to grab lunch. The kids were asleep in the car, and attempting English in the drive thru is pretty much out of the question, so I went inside to order. The nice Polish woman who helped me spoke great English which was a blessing…

  • Hanging With the Millers In Poland

    The Miller family is a blast. Bethany and I first met Korban and Tanya at Josiah Venture orientation in October 2012 where we spent a week together in Wheaton, IL. There’s a fun connection with them because their senior pastor in Indiana was roommates in college with Scott Ardavanis, our pastor at PBC for many…

  • Taking A Few Family Photos

    All we needed was one. One photo, that is. A supporting church of ours in the States was updating their directory and asked us for a new photo of our family. So late this afternoon we walked over to the center part of town and tried to get a couple shots using my tripod. What…