Thoughts, reports and insights connected to our life and relationships in the Slovak Republic.
Though the VBC said they would get back to us last Tuesday with an answer….they haven’t. Miro, our church planter, called them once and they affirmed that they would call us, and not the other way around. So we wait and we pray and we trust. This past Sunday we returned to the family home… Read More A Work in Progress
It’s Sunday afternoon and I am happy to say that we did not have to have church in some back alley this morning (which is good seeing as the temperature has dropped over 20 degrees in less than a week – but that’s a whole other story). The searching this past week did not offer… Read More Church a la Village
Life sometimes offers up moments that take you entirely by surprise and give you little, if any, chance to process before forcing you to move on. Yesterday was one such moment. Mozaika, the church-plant here in Nitra, meets in a student hotel (like a dorm) for our Sunday program. The managers of the facility have… Read More No Room in the…Dorm?
Time is an interesting concept that is currently under scrutiny in the lives of the Price duo. One such reason for this review on all things chronological is that Slovaks and Canadians tackle time in two distinct manners. With the strengthening of the EU, Slovaks sense of time is beginning to match those of traditional… Read More Hang Pictures or Life Chunks
Does anybody else wish the the dollar would stabilize? When we first moved to Slovakia 5 months ago, the Canadian Dollar (CAD) was getting us a lot further with the Slovak Koruna / Crown (SKK). Where 1 CAD used to bring in 22 SKK, it now fetches only 18.5. We think there is a bit… Read More Misery thy Name is Depreciation
Lumen is an outdoor event hosted by the Catholic Church of Slovakia. Last week we made our way into Trnava to catch the concerts. We saw a number of bands from Slovakia and the UK. In truth, we were really there to see the band Delirious. One line from a song grabbed us: “every soul… Read More Lumen Festival
Yesterday, Operation Mobilization (OM) brought their mobile bookstore to Nitra (pictured here parked outside of TESCO alongside a busy pedestrian walkway). Mozaika hosted OM’s day in the city. Alongside other members of our church we handed out flyers, welcomed people on to the bus and got to meet the OM crew. The bus provided people… Read More OM Comes to Town
To add to the ongoing saga of Price-neighbor relations, we humbly submit this episode: Three days ago Amber decided to try to unclog our abnormally slow drain. She fiddled with the drain and loosened it. Little did we know that our plumbing was in poor condition and the drain doubles as an anchor for the… Read More Did you Know the Slovak Word for “drain” and “oven” are the Same?
These past few weeks have been focused on short term teams. Along with the Armitage’s and Christina, we worked with three teams: one was from the Alberta District’s women’s ministry, one was from St.Catherines Ontario and the other was a prayer team sent by NLI with representatives from the UK and the USA. For us… Read More Teams x 3
While bringing the laundry in off the clothes line today, I noticed the resident Lexus pulling up. Sticking my head over the balcony I saw the lady who yelled at us re the BBQ. In a moment of international-man-of-mystery proportion I ran to get a broom and dust pan… I took off into the main… Read More In Your Face Nancy Drew!
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