Please Pray!

I know this is the second time I've used this title, but it fits perfectly.
Our family is really having a rough time all around, please pray because it's really, really hard.
Love, Peace and Blessings,
That Missionary Kid

Whoever I'll see...

Dear people I'll probably see in America,
I just want to make it clear about something. When I'm in America, (if God will have it that way), please when or if we're talking about me being in America, do not say ANYTHING like "well, are you glad to be home?" or anything that means that America is my home. I've talked to two people who have said, " Atleast you're going back home to America.". It hurts so immensly, like a sting goes through my whole body. Czech Republic is my home, and I really hate it when people say that Im going back home to America. So please try to avoid saying anything like that for when I'm in America, if you will see me, because that really hurts me.
Thank you for understanding,
Love, Peace and Blessings,
That Missionary Kid

P.S. Update- I've just had my first week of Summer vacation, I finished school last week and had to say goodbye to my classmates who have gone with me to school ever since first grade, I went to see Prince Caspian and really liked it, We're watching Bode for the weekend and I'm saying goodbye to my great friend on Monday, who is coming back from America only three days before we leave. This is a picture of me in 2nd grade in our missionary house where we'll be staying for the next few months most likely.

PP.SS. Prayer requests:
A. It will be God's will for us to not move to America, or he'll tell us to come back SOOOOON.
B. That my DAD will find a good job soon.

C. That my family and friends will feel peace.
D. That my aunt and uncle, who are getting a divorce don't get one.
E. That my relationship with God would grow really really deep.
F. That my classmates come to know Christ.

And if you don't want to pray for all of those, maybe just for pick on or two a day or a week, that would be really awesome. Thank you tons!

Please Pray!

I'm sorry I haven't written in a while, and I dont have an excuse, except 'till Thursday night. After Aimee Johnsons graduation, we came home and our parents sat us down in in the living room. My dad said, that today, he has resigned from Young Life and that we're moving back to the States. I was screaming at the whole house, because it was unbelievable. I did NOT believe it. Not one bit. Everybody started crying. I felt so numb after Andrew left to take a roll on his rollerblades, I picked up my book and started to read. Then I'd start to cry, then I'd stop again and feel numb. We didn't go to sleep that night until 12:30, and before I found out, I just want to share with you an email I sent to Brio (my christian girl magazine):

Hey Brio staff! (or who ever is reading this)I'm a missionary kid in the Czech Republic. In July's there was an article namly: Brio loves MKs!I'm replying to that article in this email.

What's the most difficult adjustment you face when returning to the States (or your home country)?
One of the hardest adjustments I face when coming back to the States is going to all the churches. We visit a different church almost every week, to tell people about how our ministry working with kids is going and how they can help. We only visit America every other summer though. I dont't have to many fond memory's from the kids, because when I was younger I'd ussually be sitting in the pew, listening to my dads missions update, not in Sunday school because when I would try to go to Sunday school nobody would accept me, or even talk to me for that matter. I would miss my
friends back at home.

What do you love most about the country you're ministering in?
I love that I've adjusted here and it's home for me. I'm guessing I know more about Czech Republic than America, since I've gone to Czech school all my life. I know the area I live in very well, I know the language fluently and I have three awesome Czech friends, who I get to minister to every day at school. I've also gotten used to the food. It's nothing that different, just different dishes at restaurants, it's not your average corndog. I also have amazing Christian American friends. I call this place home. I've lived here all my life, and it's just like an American living in the States, with some exceptions. If someone gave me the choice where I'd want to live, America or here, I'd choose Prague in a heartbeat. I know where to be cautious, on streets, public transportation, etc. America is my country, but Czech Republic is my home.

If that's not spilling out your feelings, I dont know what is. I let my mom read it that night, and she started crying and she showed it to my dad. I don't want to move to America. Just imagine this, you are living in your home country all your life, next year you are going to a school that you have dreamed about all your life, where everybody is nice and it's one big family, You've always dreamed about having your birthday on a Saturday, which is this year so that you can have your friends over for a sleepover and have it that exact day and then.... all those dreams go away. You're moving to the other side of the world, where you dont have any friends, except family, you don't know any of the culture barely at all, AND you're leaving your home. I don't want to move to America, we're leaving around two weeks before my brithday, about one week before my dream school starts AND, in jst the time to go to school. Though I want to be homeschooled when we go to America. I know that these are just hormones, but when I go to America, I feel like I dont want to make any friends, wanna be homeschooled, barely ever go outside and be in my room all day. I know that sounds critical, and I bet that I won't feel that way later, but I a so sad. Please pray that Gods will is for us to stay, and if it's not that we will have wonderful peace and joy when we move. I will miss my friends and home so much, the pain has already started. Please just pray for our family.
Love, Peace and Blessings,
That Missionary Kid
(Not so much anymore!!!)

Youth Praha retreat, ICP spring retreat and Ireland!!!

OK, sorry everyone that I haven't written in a while, but I've been so busy!!! Here are my three topics and I need to make this short-
YP retreat- I really enjoyed that weekend, I did a song for the talent show and I felt likeI was really spoken to through the guests talks. I had a fun time and we had it at the same place we had english camp a year ago!!!
ICP spring retreat (International Church of Prague)- It was absolutely wonderful, of course I'm going to be ruined for life because of a skit I did with my WHOLE family, I was Spitoon girl, rain coat, goggles, boots and kitchen gloves, it was a really fun time and the last day I had a great time on the bus with Elizabeth B. (my friend), Jeremy M. (our former youth pastor) and Nathanael B. (Andrews friend).
Ireland- guess where I'm writing from right now? Yep, in the middle of nowhere in Ireland, with our good friends the McKenzies, Jana and Derek and their newborn baby (16 days today!!!) Jonathan. Jana is Czech and Derek is Irish, they live on a dairy farm, and I might be watching a calf being born before I leave here!!! Yay!
Anyway, Derek is about to show me around the farm now, it was too dark when we arrived yesterday!!!
Love, Peace and Blessings,
That Missionary Kid

Bode... The progg dog!

Bode, the progg dog... what does this deep meaning mean? Well, let me tell you here. A slobbery, social, dopey, hyper, lovable, pushy dog, from, yep, you guessed it, Prague. We watch him quite a lot, and I love it! He is annoying with his licks, but deep inside, I love it! Jana and Kacka help with taking Bode and Zoro on walks with me, well, mostly Jana. She loves him. Though one day when we were walking by a german shepard, he bit Bode on the nose, causing him a icky scratch. Jana was holding him, so when we got back from our walk, she didn't look my dad in the eye, because she thought he would get mad at her. He didn't. Our electricity went out yesterday, and Elizabeth (my friend), Kelly (my moms cousins daughter), Ashley (Kellys friend) and I were all there alone. At first some of us were scared that there was a burglar in the house, and Bode didn't help, when he and Zoro pushed our glass door wide open, slamming it on our exercise machine. Kelly quickly grabbed Elizabeth by the arm, thinking something glass was about to fall, but I was scared it was the "robber", tripping or something. It was especially scary because all th elights in other peoples houses were on! I mean come on! How spooky is that?!?!
Anyway, our friends the Bopps are out of town, ( Bodes owners), and they're coming back tomorrow, Sunday. I'll miss my slobbery dog, but I know a next time will come soon Lord willing!
Love, Peace and Blessings,
That Missionary Kid
P.S. Bode stop licking me!

Four Skits

The Acadamie is coming up at our old school! Well, I have no idea wat it is exactly, but who cares? My Czech teacher noticed some good talent in acting and putting together skits, so one day she asked me to gather up some skits for this acadamie thingamajogr. I picked out four, with the help of my dad.
1. Cinderella skit
2. Sock skit
3. Crazy Person skit
4. Cereak skit.
1. Cinderella skit is just plain funny, it would be too long to really tell you every detail of what goes on in it. The point is, you tell the story of Cinderella a weird way. The end.
2. I've just noticed that all these skits are too long to write, so I'm just going to say that they're all funny, and that they already have people playing them.
I accidentaly lost the script for Cinderella, and that was a long and complicated prossess to get it back. First, I looked everywhich where to find it. Nowhere. Then, I remembered that there were a few people who did it for a church retreat, so I called somebody to get that persons phone number. Then he didn't have the script and told me to call another woman. She said that she couldn't get me the papers today, which I kinda needed, but she said that she could get them tomorrow. That was OK too. Then the teacher kinda of scolded me for not having them the next day, but not too much. She was just dissapointed. Then I finally got it that day, and it was two pages long, and in english. I had to rewrite the whole thing, into Czech, on a Czech keyboard.
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO TYPE ON A CZECH KEYBOARD?!?!?! I tell ya, it took me two hours just to translate TWO pages. Then it took me like twenty minutes to print it cause our printer was giving me trouble. It was a long day. Anyway, today was a Thursday, (the worst day of the week). I had Geography, Czech, History, Physics and English. Then I had to go to the dentist. I REALLY dislike going to the dentist. Lord praised though, that I didn't have any cavitys, surgery's or shots. No drilling or braces either. OR stitches. I've gone through all those things and lived to tell about it. Ay-yay-yay! I tell ya!
Anyway, that was pretty long I'd say.
Love, Peace and Blessings,
That Missionary Kid

A Little More About Moi

Hey all of you out there! I have here a article that I sent to brio magazine, but then it never got in the magazine(Big surprise;D). I would like you all to read it, because I would like you all to see me in my perspective.

How many of you feel like these listed things are a big part of your life (or something you adore): Taco Bell, Burger King, Wendy’s, Reese’s, Christian English speaking school, Cousins, Aunts, Uncles, and Oreos, maybe marshmallows too. Imagine living without all those things. Just try to imagine that.
Well I don’t have to imagine it because I live it. I live in the Czech Republic. Now a lot of you don’t know where this is, or probably know Czech Republic as Czechoslovakia. Czech Republic is actually in Europe, right next to Germany. I’m a missionary kid in a non Christian, non English speaking school. Now I know not everyone goes to a Christian school, but I’m one of those kids that doesn’t. And it’s even harder going to a school where most of the kids think that Americans sit around eating nothing but cheeseburgers (or at least some of them do). It’s also hard when during history we talk about evolution as if it were real and have to debate with one of my best friends if I’ve evolved from a monkey or not. I’m learning my third language right now. I speak English and Czech fluently and I’m learning French. My oldest brother (Benjamin) just left for college in America to attend UT. My second oldest brother (Andrew) just started going to Christian International School of Prague. We’ve all gone to a Czech school for at least six years. Next year I’m going to be going to the same school as Andrew. My two Czech friends know about it and they’re disappointed. To top it all off, we’ve got some bad news and found out we’re going to be moving to the other side of Prague (Capital of Czech Republic)! So now I feel like I’ll never really see my Czech friends as much anymore. But I don’t want to make this sound like being a MK is a horrible thing. No way! There are some many ups to being a MK! Like, you have more of an opportunity to learn another language or that whenever you go back to America, you got all different kinds of souvenirs From Prague! Or that (it depends on what grade or day it is but…) my classes go up to 1:20 the latest and I’m in 6th grade! Prague could manage as the most beautiful city in the world. It is historical and has many historical artifacts. I also have a lot of American friends too! Like my best friend Claire.
Every year my father organizes a English camp. Or at least he used to. The main point of us coming here was to form young life in the Czech Republic. That has been done. About two years ago my dad gave his job to a Czech that has been working with us for quite some time now. His name is Martin. He’s a great guy and he got married a while ago.
My dad told me that the very first English camp, there were only 9 kids! This year there was about 70 kids. We’ve been in the Czech Republic for 15 years and I’ve enjoyed it very much. If you ever want to go to Europe, come to the Czech Republic, for it is really a beautiful city! No oceans or seas or anything, but places like Charles Bridge - the most popular, Orloj - If you get to find out the story behind it, it is quite interesting! ,or Karlstejn - It’s a castle. Trust me you won’t be disappointed. Serving God has it’s ups and downs sometimes, but it’s doing the right thing, and that’s what matters! Don’t be afraid to just go for it and do the right thing!

Welll! That's it!

Love, Peace and Blessings,

That Missionary Kid