Ruined for the Ordinary

We have six amazing young adults who are going to be serving as interns with us this summer, and they just arrived in Prague yesterday morning. Pictured above are, from left to right, Garrett or “G” (I couldn’t find a face on picture of him), Laura, Robby, Sarah O, Sarah B, and Jonathan. The moment they stepped off the plane yesterday morning, they were given a few minutes to get the necessary items out of their checked baggage and transfer them into their backpacks, and they were off and running in the first ever Josiah Venture Summer Intern GREAT RACE! They are competing against the other JV intern teams (serving in Poland, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and Estonia) to see who will make it through all of the check points across Czech Republic and arrive at the training center first tomorrow evening! I’ll be joining the Slovakia team this afternoon at a city in Czech Republic because I felt like I just needed a couple more days recovery before joining the craziness (and for those of you who worry about me, don’t worry…I’m recovering just great from the surgery)! My teammates, Amy, Kenric, and Gavin have been with them so far. Tomorrow evening, the race will end, as stated earlier, at the Josiah Venture training center in Malenovice, Czech Republic, and then we will have a week of training and preparing these interns for the summer ahead of them. After that, it all begins! (Read on …)

Well, I’m back home today! I want to thank all of you who have been faithfully praying for me over the past few weeks. I think this whole ordeal may be close to finishing, and that’s such an encouraging thought! An update on the Czech hospital experience: I was dissapointed when I found out that I was not going to be able to have outpatient surgery and that I would have to stay in the hospital, but that turned out to be a blessing, actually. (Read on …)

Today, I heard those exciting words, “Paige, you have a package!” It’s a wonderful thing! I tore into the box, and discovered these great books. Since I’ll be recovering from surgery next week, the timing of this package is perfect! I’m reminded, once again, that I have the best friends in the world! Thank you, Cozy, T, Gertie, Carla, Prissy, Darrell, and Donna! I love you!