What an amazing month we've had! With little to no planning, we continue to discover more and more things in CZ - things ministry-related, culture-related and even location-related. I'd love to share a few things location-related ...
Venturing out further and further in and around Pardubice, the city, as well as Pardubice, the region, we're in awe of stuff all around us. Yesterday we took an 'unplanned' bike tour (we're becoming so European!) of some villages outside of town and discovered some awesome countryside!
For example, Kunetice is a small, quiet farming village about 6 km outside the city ... which also happens to be home to the Kunetice Mountain Castle!!
According to Wikipedia, "the castle played an important role during the Hussite Wars of the early 15th century, during which it was a fortress of Divis Borek of Miletinek"!
(The picture to the left is our 'bike tour' pic of the castle!)
(Below is an aerial view from Wikipedia.)
Being located in the heart of Europe gives us opportunity to venture out even farther and Vienna, Austria was our first European destination!
Initial long-term visa applications must be submitted from outside CZ ... and Vienna is outside CZ! It's such a beautiful city (and we didn't even have our cameras for some of the best pictures!).
Returning from Vienna, we were able to connect with an American friend whom the Lord has used in big ways to help get us to CZ. We met him and a new Czech friend in Brno which began another amazing weekend of fellowship and meeting new people!
With all this traveling around, I thought it would be a good idea to develop a map to keep better track of where the Lord has taken us:
Praise God for His provision and direction!
"By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome."
(1 John 5:2-3)
Venturing out further and further in and around Pardubice, the city, as well as Pardubice, the region, we're in awe of stuff all around us. Yesterday we took an 'unplanned' bike tour (we're becoming so European!) of some villages outside of town and discovered some awesome countryside!
For example, Kunetice is a small, quiet farming village about 6 km outside the city ... which also happens to be home to the Kunetice Mountain Castle!!
(The picture to the left is our 'bike tour' pic of the castle!)
(Below is an aerial view from Wikipedia.)
Being located in the heart of Europe gives us opportunity to venture out even farther and Vienna, Austria was our first European destination!
Initial long-term visa applications must be submitted from outside CZ ... and Vienna is outside CZ! It's such a beautiful city (and we didn't even have our cameras for some of the best pictures!).
Returning from Vienna, we were able to connect with an American friend whom the Lord has used in big ways to help get us to CZ. We met him and a new Czech friend in Brno which began another amazing weekend of fellowship and meeting new people!
With all this traveling around, I thought it would be a good idea to develop a map to keep better track of where the Lord has taken us:
"By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome."
(1 John 5:2-3)
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