Prague, Czech Republic

Flying from Moldova to the Czech Republic our layover time in Vienna got shortened to only 20 minutes between landing and takeoff. Got off the plane as quickly as possible, only to realize that we were not at the gate; we had to load onto a bus which would take us to the terminal, and of course the bus would wait until everybody deboarded and got on the bus. So much for the rush off the plane. Good thing we hadn't been too pushy. :) Anyway, we made the flight, our luggage didn't, but it got put on another flight just 30 to 45 minutes later.

In Prague we're staying with my good friend Honza Vlcek and the girl he met and married since I last saw him. Very good to be in their home. On Saturday we and other Christians from throughout the Czech Republic and Slovakia met together in the city of Brno for a bimonthly study. I helped Charlie Brackett in teaching about personal study. Jindra and Misa from Budejovice were not able to be there...the whole family of five is sick in bed with something like the flu. Got back to Prague on Saturday evening. On Sunday I taught the morning class on the subject of singing: it's purpose and how to make it more edifying. I had been asked to meet with the song leaders while I am here, so the class made for a good lead-in to the song leader session, which we had later Sunday afternoon. Nathan preached during the assembly period on the subject of humility.

Sunday evening Nathan and I had time to run around historic Prague for a while. It's now Monday evening. Today we toured around some more, had lunch with Mike and Tatana Morrow, and are now enjoying an evening at Robert and Tami Hodanko flat, with honza and Monica also invited. Tomorrow we'll be heading to south Bohemia to spend a couple days with a very good friend of mine who lives SW of Ceske Budejovice. Happy trails to all.