Blogs from Jenerálka, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

A walk in Šárka Valley from Divoká Šárka to Jeneralka I spent the entire day on Friday proofreading doctoral dissertation chapters written by various PhD candidates. This is work I really enjoy doing but by the end of a week of Masters and PhD papers with the sun shining outside, the temperature in the low 20s Celcius (low 70s Farenheit) I find I am just about too lazy to do ONE-MORE-THING. So along about 15:00 or 15:30, I decided it was time to give up the fight to stay awake and head to the room for a nice nap. I went to the library to find Bill but he was not where the others thought he was. A student caught me and had me help him find some books he needed to work with over ... read more

I am sorry for a tragedy with my photos. My camera was set for 2X digital zoom so all of my photos are a wreck. I have only Bill's to use and he missed many of the ones I wanted SO much. If you aren't here and should be, it is because a button got pushed by error on my camera.Has there ever been such a day? Today was packed with meaningful prayer time, meals and coffee times, classes to teach, meetings to attend, the rush to put on your best clothes, the fun of getting all the students and faculty in line properly to march to the graduation ceremony, the meaningful ceremony itself, the photo opportunities for family and friends of graduates and their proud families, the festal meal, hugs and kiss and congratulations, best ... read more

In Prague Again -- Here we are at IBTS in Prague again and if all goes as we hope we will be here until May 28th, 2013. The trip went well. In fact it was as easy as any trip we have made from the States to Europe. Both of us were able to sleep on the plane as it winged its way across the Atlantic and we felt pretty good when we arrived at Heathrow in London. At Heathrow we had to change terminals, from terminal 5 to 3. On the British Air web site it said that the minimum requirement was 90 minutes. It took us only about an hour and our transit would have been faster if their magic machine had not kicked our backpack with our prescription medicines to one side for ... read more

We decide to find warmer climes In early December with Prague being continually covered by new snow and the temperature dropping to very cold levels, we sat talking one evening about the upcoming Christmas holidays. The seminary was going to be closed for several weeks and we could do whatever we wanted to do. I knew that Spain was a destination on Nancy's 'bucket' list. In fact, she was at that time reading Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving. "Why don't we visit Spain?," I asked. "It will be warmer in Spain than Prague." She readily agreed. "If we go, I want to visit Granada and the Alhambra." We like to travel by train and decided that instead of flying we would go by train if I could find good connections. It took some ... read more

Our campus seems very subdued today and quiet tonight. Our own whirlwind who blew in here last August just blew out on the wings of British Air. She is headed back to the USA much to the sorrow of every student, faculty member and visitor on campus. We had a very happy/sad party last evening to say goodbye to a most interesting young woman who came here to help teach English to our young students who are just beginning their theological education. None of us knew her before she arrived but within a day (or perhaps less) it was impossible NOT to know Jodi. With her happy smile, infectious laugh, winning personality and general joy-to-be-alive attitude plus her fantastically curly red hair it was impossible to miss this fresh breeze on campus. I don't think any ... read more