A few pictures from last year classes that didn't get published sorry they are so late guys!

Wow it has been a long time

I don’t know if anyone bothers to check this site but I though I would write a quick update. I really love living in Prague. I miss some things and definitely some people from Pribram but overall I think I’m happier in Prague. I have a lot of friends here and there are a lot of things to do. I’m grateful that I still get to see a few of my old students who are studying at a university in Prague. It is always fun to hang out with them. Yesterday I went to Pribram to see a few old students. I didn’t get to see too many but I was glad to see the ones that were around.

A week ago I went to Poland with a few friends. We went to Krakow and had a really good relaxed time. I went to Auschwitz which is always an eye opening experience. The part that was the hardest for me was seeing a room filled with suitcase and seeing addresses from many cities I’ve been to in the Czech Republic. I don’t really have words to express how I felt while I was there but if I had to sum it up I would choose the words sadness and shame. Sadness for the absolute horror that people had to endure in that place and shame that as a species we are capable of such things. I think there is some part of us as humans that desires to be god. To create something like God is difficult so instead we choose to rule over creation. The problem is that often we believe the best way to rule over creation is to force it into subjection. If someone or something is lower than us than we are we feel strong and we put them through all sorts of horrors to prove our control over their destinies. We imagine that we become gods to these individuals and thus we justify their subjection. I think this desire to set ourselves up as gods has always been the cause of humanities greatest evils.

Well enough of that. The rest of the weekend was great but one big problem was that I left my camera battery charging in the flat so no pictures yet I will try to get some from my friends and post them later.

simply amazing

"Only two things pierce men's heart beauty and affliction."-I don't know who said this but I think that it's true. I have recently been luck enough to have some moments in the last months of extreme beauty in which I really feel like helped me to see or experience (or whatever other word you prefer) God. The first was in my church in Prague. This came as a surprise to me as usually I feel like I can worship God and get some great teaching but usually don't have intense feelings of the beauty of God at church. Never the less a few months ago at church we were singing in both Czezh and English and in that moment I could just feel God. It's a hard feeling to describe especially to someone who has never had the experience of feeling/experiencing God but it was something like seeing the most beautiful thing you've ever seen and at that moment nothing else matters and there is no where else you would rather be and you have complete trust that everything will be ok even if it isn't now that it will be. That everything has a reason and that you are significant and that one day this amazing feeling of being loved and significant of rightness and beauty will continue forever. I don't know if you've ever had this experience or feeling but it's life changing. For me I most often experience this in nature looking at something so beautiful I can't help but know that it was created for us to have moments of beauty like the one I've describe to pierce our hearts and help us see God.

Trips

In the last few months I've had the opportunity to go to some amazing places. I want to quickly tell you about them.

Spain

My roommate and I were able to meet my sister and her boyfriend for a week long holiday in Barcelona. It took us a while to find each other because Bonnie's flight was delayed but once we did meet up the rest of the week was great. We spent a lot of time in the city admiring the amazing architecture (Gothic, Gaudi, Modern) but we were also able to go on two day trips. Our first trip was to Montserrat where we were able to visit an amazing monastery in the Pyrenees Mountains. The mountains were absolutely incredible and one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. Our other day trip was to the town of Tarragona. Tarragona was established by the Romans and still has a beautiful amphitheater over looking the sea. After spending a few hours looking at the Roman and Gothic parts of the town we spent the rest of the day on the beach. I had a really excellent time on this trip.

Cario

During Easter break I headed down to Egypt for a quick holiday. Egypt is a really interesting country. While we were there we spent two days in the White/Black desert and two days seeing some pyramids and some sights in Cario. The pyramids were amazing my favorite was probably the pyramid of Zoser the oldest pyramid in Egypt. The desert was really amazing the rock formations in the white desert are incredible.

New Blog

I don't why but I can't get access my old blog so I'm starting over.