Prague (September 26) - Stories

September 26

Another day at the outreach.  One down side today -- after being the ONLY one on the team who hadn't been sick, Sue finally succumbed to some sort of stomach "glick".  She was terribly sick all night, and stayed home to rest for the day.  She is feeling a bit better tonight, but still exhausted and dehydrated, so you can please pray for her to have a lot better night tonight, and even be rested and recovered enough to go on the outreach tomorrow.

(Weather is still... well... weird.  We had heavy overcast and sprinkling rain in the morning, then nice sunshine and somewhat warmer in the afternoon, followed by a sudden drop in temperature and rain at the end of the day.  Needless to say, it's just plain exhausting to be out in that kind of cold, but the team is still pushing on, and we are still seeing people come by to see the art, and to talk with the team.)

Martin (Czech) and Momoe (Japan)

One story:  One of our objectives when we are on an OM Arts trip is to interact with local artists in the areas where we visit.  There was one Christian artist here who was able to take time off from his job to spend about a week worth of time with us.  Yesterday, I was able to spend some more time with him, as he showed me some of his unique drawing style with Ink and a bamboo pen.  His style is more abstract than I am used to, and his English was spotty (well, it was still a LOT better than my Czech language skills, so I'm not one to complain!) but we were able to learn a great deal from each other.  He has an amazing testimony which he was able to share with me as we painted together -- with years of addictions and trouble, and then 17 years ago, coming to a point where he gave his life to Jesus, and saw an incredible, miraculous transformation in his life.  He now does artistic design work.  Today, as this was his last day with us, the team presented him with a special sketch book which we had decorated, and each member had written or painted or drawn in with words of encouragement.  It was wonderful to be able to pray blessings over him and his work as he left to return to his home and job.

(Martin also gave me one of his bamboo pens to keep, so I may be posting some new photos of my excursions into pen-and-ink! ;-))