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are missionaries living in the Czech Republic since 1997. Their support comes from individuals and churches in the United States and the Czech Republic. Send tax deductible contributions to; CMMI, PO Box 46068, Seattle, WA 98146

Friday, July 15, 2011

SUCCESSFUL END TO FOUR ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUPS AND A BUILDING PROJECT IN CHRASTAVA

In June we finished our four weekly English conversation groups in four different towns: Chrastava, Turnov, Liberec and Nove Mesto. One of the final classes included a visit by three American students from Pfeiffer University led by Dr. Chris Howard (who used to be a Club Beyond leader in Europe and brought teams to Czech for Service Projects). We hosted Dr. Howard and his team in our home, Rachel Ford sleeping in the guest bedroom, Dr. Howard and Tyler Joyner in the living room and magnificent poet John H. Anderson III in the kitchen so there were two doors between the snorer and the rest of us.

It worked out well, because we kept busy all day and evening and were only home long enough to sleep and eat breakfast. During the morning and afternoon the team helped build a stage in the backyard of the Chrastava Church. One morning they visited a local school's English classes whose teacher attends our conversation group. In the evening they visited our English groups in Nove Mesto and Turnov. Who says you can't get a lot done in four days!

Local Pastor Simon Dvorak and teacher Katerina Kaskova watch as Dr. Chris Howard and his team talk with students in Chrastava. Linda introduces the team.



Building a stage by day/visiting English conversation groups at night. Thank you Dr. Chris Howard and team.

Final Chrastava English conversation group on finished stage.


2011 New conversation group started in Nove Mesto

This year we started a new English conversation group with a church in Nove Mesto, a town 45 minutes from Liberec. They recently bought an old theater building and have started reaching their community with services including a mothers with children center, a teen center, a gypsy church and weekly English conversation classes. One of the last classes included a visit from Chris Howard's team which had us laughing the whole hour and a half. This is a fun group and we are looking forward to continuing it next year.



2011 Turnov English conversation group

Our English conversation group in Turnov started out with mostly teens but ended with mostly adults. After daylight savings time began and the end of the year intense studying for tests began for those who were graduating, we lost our teens. But at the same time adults discovered our class. This year we also were asked to read "The Hound of the Baskervilles" in English at the public library. We will see what next year will bring!?


2011 Liberec English conversation for teens

In our hometown of Liberec we had a weekly English conversation group for teens. One of our final projects was to make chocolate chip cookies. Not an easy project when you have to use cups and spoons instead of grams and milliliters or Fahrenheit instead of Celsius. Making cookies was intense, fun and delicious.




Petra putting dough on cookie sheet.

SATISFACTION - the final product


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