Hi there. I’m on the road right now. We left on Thursday as a team to head to our Country Conference, in Senec, Slovakia - which is about 30 minutes from Bratislava by train (and 6 and a half hours from Kosice by train).

On Monday, the American part of my team, will fly to Rome. I am really excited about having the opportunity to see this city with so much history. It will be my 2nd time in Western Europe, but I’m hoping to go to other countries before the year is out.

I hope everyone in the states is gearing up for Christmas, I can almost imagine the lines at the malls and parking lots, oh I hate parking lots. I hope my Wilmington friends are enjoying College Road traffic and are learning new heights of patience through it, same for you my friends in Raleigh (especially if you travel on Capital).

My team will spend Christmas in Kosice (our hometown) and will probably hang out with a missionary family in town. I think it will be good, different but good.

Ministry this past semester finally started to click for our team within the last couple of weeks. We began doing Solarium, a ministry tool with a collection of pictures with which people use to answer questions about God, life, and their spiritual journey. This tool is a helpful, non-invasive way for us to get into spiritual conversations with students. About a week ago, I sat across the table with a girl who I met one day on campus, her name is Julia, but she goes by Jules. Mirka, one of my friends on staff here, was there with me. We were able to talk with Jules about her views on life and God. It was so amazing to hear her responses to the questions. Mirka shared her spiritual journey story and I had a chance to share mine. Jules picked a picture describing her spiritual life right now as a door, she said she felt like there is something holding her back, and she knows God is on the other side, but she doesn’t know how to open the door. As we were sharing with her, we were able to give her the verse, in Revelation 3:20, which says, “behold, I stand at the door and knock, if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me.”  For Jules, I think she had this light come on. Pray for her. I know she is probably still searching and maybe by this point she has really trusted God as her Savior. As I sat there watching Mirka share with Jules, I was teary eyed, watching the Great Commission advance, in another language that isn’t mine, and that I can’t yet speak. I am thankful.

I want to thank you for your prayers and your love of me across these miles. I’ll be sure to update you from Rome and ofcourse to post some videos and pictures! (Everyone loves those).

Merry Christmas!