My year in Slovakia

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now located in Hybe, Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia
YAGM is a program from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) that gives young adults the opportunity to be in global mission. There are about 45 active missionaries from YAGM spread out all over the world - sharing experiences that foster the development of leadership, present cross-culture skill building, and ultimately bring forth young adults that are "globally formed and globally informed". I am very excited to be joining this program for a one year experience in Slovakia. I anticipate being of service but also growing in my faith and personal identity.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Fun and Games with the Youth

Just to give you an idea of some of the youth activities here in Hybe:

Here is Spevokol -children"s choir- they sang at an installation service at church this past Sunday.
Janka and Zuzka model with Luther.

At "Saturday School" I led the English version of "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" after the Slovak version. They are very similar, though not the exact melody.

Lutheridge folks will be happy to know that Capt. Nemo translates well into Slovak, too!

Children"s games at Saturday School


I am impressed that the majority of planning for children and youth activities comes from older youth and college aged students. They set up their own meetings and plan curriculum on a rotating basis. It"s a very organized and impressive system...and these are some very committed young people, too!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Sarah looks GREAT !! Who's having more fun : Sarah or the "kids" ???Love you MUCH. DAD

Milos said...

Sarah,it is great!!!
I am very happy,that you are here.
Your page is very nice.
Miloš.