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.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Some more from life in central Europe

Special music for a celebration at church yesterday...


Stephansdome in Vienna. Just too beautiful to describe!
This is the group of students for Slovak language school in Bratislava. Ben, Lucas, Rebekka, Manuel, Rasmus, Louise, Maria, and Tillman are all volunteers from Germany. Christina and I were the only two Americans.
The Muchal Family - over for dinner at my flat. Dinner was so much fun! Yes, I was quite nervous and anxious at the beginning, but Zuzka and Paja kept reminding me..."We are your family - don"t worry!" The Muchals also brought a cake and bottle of wine with them. How precious! The running family joke is I always have extra sweets on-hand in case the meal is a disaster...Paja is funny when she and I remind each other about that.

This next one is for the Cajuns...just a little fun place for you in Vienna.

Zuzka and Johnny Z. took me along with their boys Marek and Radko on a hike to "The Unknown". It was a beautiful Sunday and a wonderful way to see the sights from WAY up high

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi Sarah,

Even tho' I'm not a Cajun, I enjoyed the cafe shot (and all the other pics, too.

In a similar vein, when Martha Ann and I were in Palermo, Sicily we had dinner in a restaurant called (guess), Charleston!

Keep well,
George Galante