Today we took our 33 elementary students to visit Elijas Krestankska Zakladni Skola, a Christian Czech school in Prague. Although our schools speak different languages and represent different cultures, our vision is the same- to share Christ with our students. The Lord truly blessed our day together. It was so awesome to see the students interact with one another, and I look forward to many more meetings like these in the future! Here are some snapshots of the day...
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First we took the metro... |
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Leaving the metro for our bus stop |
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Next we all crammed into this bus |
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Fortunately it was just one stop. We were a little loud for the other passengers, I must confess |
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Fellow teachers and roommates :) |
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Elijas Krestankska Zakladni Skola |
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We all gathered in the gym to start the day. CISP on one side... |
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Elijas Krestankska on the other side |
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They planned a little competition between teams. Each team had a captain from Elijas Krestankska. We traveled from station to station, completing tasks to earn points. I traveled with this group: Team Samuel and our captain, Adam (the boy in the green shirt in the front) |
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Their first task was to match European countries with their flags and to find them on a map of Europe |
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Each task was difficult because not everyone could communicate with each other. (including myself and the teachers!) |
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Here they had to sort and match Czech words and English words from the Bible.
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Next they went through an obstacle course in the gym |
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Fortunately for this part, they paired up English-speakers and Czech-speakers. They were supposed to get to the end blindfolded without touching any of the equipment while their partners told them which direction to go |
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They finished with shooting some hoops |
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This station was one of my favorites. This teacher taught them how to sing "If You're Happy and You Know It" in Czech and English. I loved watching the Czech students own the verses in Czech and then our students belt out the English verses. I enjoyed singing with them, even though I stumbled through the Czech verses. (I still have no idea what exactly the words were!) |
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At this station, the students drew a pair of animals that could be found on Noah's ark. |
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The finished results of all the students' drawings! |
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The final station involved ordering a story and reading it. Each sentence alternated between English and Czech. |
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My student, Seung Hyun, is reading his statement in Czech. |
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We finished our day at Elijas Krestankska at the playground |
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We have limited playground equipment at our school, so our students really enjoyed this part of the day |
I am so thankful for a wonderful day at Elijas Krestankska! Thank you to those who prayed for this day. The results were new friendships between students, strengthened relationships between teachers, and a renewed desire in my heart to learn to speak Czech! Please begin praying for next month when the Czech students come visit our school, that we may be a blessing to them as they were to us today!