a new city... #7

hello everyone,

yesterday, we started the day traveling to a large city named trencin to speak at a christian school. i did not know what to expect and i was quite tired from having given my all the day before singing in the square and preaching at the outreach.

we ended up doing a performance for three different age groups...2nd - 4th graders, 5th-7th and 8th through 13th. each group had about 50 kids. curtis took things for the first wave (the little guys)...i sand a silly children's song i wrote five years ago, but otherwise i sat in the back as the team did the dramas and curtis talked about how much jesus loves each of them.

afterward curtis asked me to take the lead for the next two groups, because he thot i'd be able to relate better. well i was so tired, but i said sure...

with the junior highers we played a game with hula hoops to get them laughing. the dramas and testimonies went well, and then i had a chance to share with them a short message about jumping in the water with jesus.

finally the high schoolers came. i knew it would take more than hula hoops to get them liking us, so i came up with an elvis dance contest. i called out three kids from the crowd and then their teacher even decided to join the volunteers. i had them put on the guitar and dance their best elvis moves while the rest of the class howled in laughter. finally when the teacher had her turn the whole class could hardly contain their laughter. it was all quite funny, and gave us a real open door to then share our testimonies and dramas. curtis came up with an impromptu sermon about an incredible man that saved a buch of people in the twin towers, but gave up his own life...like jesus.

so we left the school feeling very elated with the open doors jesus gave us...then we traveled to a town northeast of trencin called dubinca. the entire church (25 people) met us at their building. they were all very excited about us being there. we shared about our team and then each and every person in the church shared about themselves. it was a bit odd, but it many ways it felt like a family reunion with family you have not seen in a really long time.

then we went to the back room where we saw the posters that they had hung up all over town. there was a picture of a guy in a cowboy hat playing guitar and over the top it said in slovak "come see the american music band" curtis looked at me with his eyes in big shock. they were promoting us like we were a talented traveling band...when all we really are is one geeky american guy who plays his guitar like a drumset and is mostly energy with a small tad of talent.

well we talked it over in hushed tones then said "why not"...so here we go again with some more "rock and roll evangelism". in about 30 minutes i will be back in another public square singing my guts out. we will do the square today tomorrow and sat. morning...followed by the big event sunday morning in the cultural center. this will all be quite tiring but i'm excited to see how god uses us and how this will all come together.

now some of you my be wondering about tomas, the slovakian guy i led to christ two years ago. i was hoping to be able to spend some time with him on this missions trip and hopefully disciple him a bit more in what it means to follow christ. well the plan had been for me to leave the team on friday travel to bonovce and spend all day saturday and sunday with him. well with this new revalation that we are the "american music band" and i am the only one who plays guitar, everything will have to be adjusted. now i am hoping to go over late friday night and spend most of saturday with tomas. then i will invite him to come back to dobinica with me sat. night we can spend sunday together here.

i'm not sure what will happen. please pray that God will help us connect and that i will be able to impart some good thing into his life while i'm here. also please pray that he would be willing to come back here sunday we can spend sunday together as well.

thanks for all your prayers and support...

tata...scott