Summer Schedule

One of my intern team members created a schedule for the summer. Here it is.

Amazing Race (May 27^th-May 29^th)

All of the summer interns from the other Czech teams and some from other countries around Eastern Europe arrive in Prague on May 27^th and for the first two or three days together we do something called the “Amazing Race”. If you’ve ever seen the show on TV, it’s kinda like that! It’s intense and crazy, but lots of fun.

Intern Training (May 30^th-June 4^th)

At the end of the “Amazing Race” we’ll end up at Josiah Venture’s amazing hotel Malenovice where we’ll have our week long intern training together with the other teams. This is usually a pretty awesome week where we’ll get to know each other better, get informed about ministry in Czech, and hear JV’s president Dave Patty speak every night

Living

Usually the first few weeks of the summer are more for preparation and relationship building for the rest of the summer. During this time we’ll be visiting different Czech churches/youth groups in order to establish relationships with them before camp, pray for the camp together, and get focused on the needs/goals of the camp.

The city we’ll be living in this summer is called Sumperk. I think it’s around 30,000 people, and it’s in the northeast part of Czech, about a 3 hour train ride from Prague. We’ll be working a lot with JV missionaries Trevor and Cassie Long who have been living in Sumperk for 4 years. Part of our intern team will be living in their upstairs apartment, and the others will be staying a few blocks away in a nice hostel for the times we are in Sumperk.

Camps

We will be doing three English camps during the summer. At each camp we will be working with both a youth group from a Czech church and an American youth group that will be coming just for a few weeks to help with one camp. Before each camp we will most likely also be going to the trainings for the American youth groups at Hotel Malenovice for a few days. Camps each last for one week, and then the couple days after camp include follow up activites (such as bbq’s, swimming, parties, games, etc.) back in the main city we’ll be working with.

At camp, each of you will teach an English class which also doubles as a discussion group at night.

Czech Youth Groups

The first Czech youth group we’ll be working with is from a church called Vysoke Myto Baptist that is maybe an hour (that’s just a guess) away from Sumperk. I think this might be their first camp.

The second Czech youth group we’ll be working with is from the village of Vikyrovice which is just next door to Sumperk. We did a camp with them last summer, and they’re a really fun group! Tomas is their youth leader and they have around 10 or 15 people in their youth group.

The third and last youth group we’ll be working with is from the Baptist church in Sumperk. This youth group is great as well! They’ve been doing English camps for a while and their group has a lot of new believers. We’ll be spending a few days with them on a retreat at the beginning of the summer at a little cottage close to Sumperk.

Most of the people from the youth groups we’ll be working with are high school aged, but there are some college aged students as well.

US teams

The first U.S. team we’ll be doing a camp with is from Eastmont Church in Bend, OR. I don’t really know anything about them at this point…

The US youth group for our second camp is from Grace Pres. Church in Peoria, IL. They’re actually a college group and did this week of camp with us last year.

Our last US youth group is from New Hope Church in Minnesota. They’re a group of high school students, and maybe a few new college students coming back again this year.

Debrief

The summer ends in Prague with the other Czech teams for debriefing. We’ll process our summer together, and also just hang out and enjoy Prague.