Although it's really late, I just couldn't help but get a post out there!

We safely arrived at Hotel Malenovice, and have begun intern training. We have two days behind our belt, with two more to come. It has been an incredible blessing to be surrounded by so many men and women who are dedicated to listening to the Spirit and serving the Lord through camps this summer all over Eastern Europe.

The Amazing Race, a team-building exercise all interns are "subjected to," was a really incredible time of growing as a team. We started off in Vienna (Austria), then travelled to Bratislava (Slovakia), then to Brno (Czech Republic), and finally to Frydlant nad Ostravici (CZ), my beloved home town. Hotel Malenovice is only a couple minutes away. We grew so much as a team during that time, and had a lot of fun along the way as well.

Thank you so much for your prayers. We as a team have really felt protected and cared for since being here. I will write more about team Croatia later, but just wanted to let you know that we are doing well!

I compiled some footage from the Amazing Race, and wanted to share it with you as well! Hopefully this is the first of many videos to come.



Prayer requests:
- for further healing for our team leader Jamey Hutton, who sustained a leg injury on the Race
- for ears to listen and hearts to obey the Spirit's voice even before we head down to Croatia, as well as while serving throughout the summer
- for a blessed next couple of days at training while in sessions and fellowshipping with other interns.

Praise God for a successful surgery and slow but sure recovery for my dad!! We got to visit him on Sunday. He should be home on Tuesday! Please pray for these next couple weeks as he rests and heals.

It's been an incredible couple of days at home in Czech. Have had some great conversations over lunch and Kofola (the Czech soft drink), as well as making quiche with my good friend Jonny! Getting ready for the amazing race on Wednesday...more information on that to come!

I'm home!!

It's great to be with my family again for a couple days before serving down in Croatia for the summer. We got to attend a wedding of a close friend of ours on Sunday (which is why we're all dressed up!).


On Wednesday the 26th I will head down to Vienna to meet up with the rest of the Croatia team, and then we will participate in the "Amazing Race" to get back to the Malenovice training center. I am very excited to meet everyone and get this summer rolling!


An incredible answer to prayer has been your generosity in supporting me this summer. I am at full financial support! It is such a blessing and I am giving much praise to the Lord! Thank you.


Please continue supporting me and our whole team through prayer during these next months - you are an essential part in the fruitfulness of this ministry. Please check back regularly for news, pictures, and prayer requests!

Also, please be praying for my dad. A couple weeks ago doctors found out he has a faulty heart valve, and they would need to repair it through open-heart surgery. That day is today. The operation will take about four hours, and although the surgery has a 99% success rate, it is still crazy. Please be especially praying for his recovery, which will not be easy. But I am so glad that the Lord allowed me to be here when this happens. He's definitely got it all under control!

God is doing something. There is no doubt about it! With my internship coming up in only a few weeks, God is already starting to prepare me. The question is whether I will learn from and embrace His discipline, or fight it.

Something happened today which was definitely not in my plans. Actually it threw off all my plans. I made a mistake, and definitely paid for it.

God, what are you trying to teach me? I know that I have a hard time when my plans are disrupted. Well, not just a hard time, I usually crumble. Especially in this situation, it is very hard for me to not continually blame myself and over-think things to the point of psychological overload. I know these things about myself, so why does God have me deal with them?

When something like this has happened in the past couple months my mom has always told me, "God knows you struggle with this. And during your internship you will definitely be in situations where things don't go your way! I think He's being gracious by making you aware of your weaknesses now."

Ok, God, then what am I supposed to learn from this? I obviously have to realize that only you hold things in your hands, and trust you with everything. But how do I make that truth my own?

These were the things going through my mind this afternoon. And then, out of the blue, I started instinctively singing the verse to a song we sang at church this morning.

When peace like a river attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll;
whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say
It is well, it is well with my soul.

It suddenly dawned on me what I was reciting! That is what God is teaching me. When life is peaceful, and when life is full of chaos; whatever happens, it is well with my soul. God is still in control! My mistakes or my faulty plans don't really matter in the long run. Jesus is still Lord. And nothing is changing that any time soon!

Continue to teach me, Lord, so that I may walk even closer with you.

It's hard to believe that it's almost over! That's right - I have one more week at Moody Bible Institute as a freshman.

I had my last class this Friday, and finals week is coming up fast. But next Saturday I will fly out of Chicago home to Czech, where the first leg of my journey begins.

God has given me the incredible blessing and opportunity to serve with Josiah Venture this summer in the beautiful, and spiritually lost, country of Croatia. I will be serving on an intern team under the leadership of Jamey and Meredith Hutton, alongside Nathan Rehm, Lauren O'Dell, and Bronwen Vogel. Much of our time will be spent with country leader Stevo Vuletic as well.

There is so much I could tell you about the summer. But I'll unfold as we go during the next days and weeks.

I have a request - will you join me in this journey? I realize, now more than ever, the power of prayer and its necessity in my service this summer. I need men and women who will faithfully support me in prayer throughout the upcoming months. Will you pray for my team and I?

Please check back often during the next couple months, as I will be updating more frequently with news, pictures, and prayer requests.

Let me just say how I excited I am for you to be apart of all the things God is going to do!!! This is a team effort. So let's jump in together!