Hello everyone! I just wanted to make you aware of our upcoming mission trip to the Czech Republic! This June, from the 8th-20th, Lonnie Brown, Laine Munzberg, Deb Sadler and I will be going on a mission trip to Olomouc, Czech Republic! We will be serving side-by-side with local missionaries to build relationships with high school and college students.

Quick Facts About the Czech Republic:
1. The Czech Republic is one of the most atheistic countries in the world, with less than 1% of the population practicing Christians.
2. The Czech Republic was under Communist rule from 1948-1989, and is now a parilamentitary representative democracy.
3. According to a 2009 census, the Czech Republic has a population of 10,489,970 people.
4. Olomouc, the town in which we are going, has a population of 641,555 people (2010 estimate)

If you're interested, Mike Young (the missionary that we are joining up with) has a video with more information that was prepared the summer of 2009: http://reachczech.org/home/partner-with-us/

How we'll be reaching out:
In most of the world, English has a huge draw to non-native speakers. The "language of commerce", English is an important tool if an individual wishes to succeed. Using this as an opportunity to draw in the people, we will be hosting English classes to not only provide an opportunity for the Czech people to practice with native Engish speakers, but also to get to know them and begin building relationships.

God thrust this onto our team extremely last-minute, with one month left to prepare and fundraise. I totally have faith that if He wants us to go, He will provide financially! Each member of the team must raise $2,500 by June 1st.

I understand that many of you are not in a place to be able to help out financially. That's totally okay! We would appreciate even more so is if you would commit to praying the team as we prepare culturally, spiritually and financially for this mission trip that God has called us to!

Thank you!
-Leslie Goyer