naSlovensko » ministry

Malí muzikanti

Todd Patterson — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:03:05 +0000

Music Together in Slovakia

If you click on the “Music Together” tag below or to the right, you’ll find a lot of posts about Jana’s Music Together preparations. She’s been hoping to use this music and movement program for preschoolers as a way of building bridges in the community. There are other things Jana [...]

Did You Know this About Europe? (video)

Todd Patterson — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:02:51 +0000

A nice movie about Europe made by Europeans. It consists of a slideshow with photos from every country in Europe, then at the 2:20 mark it has some information about Europe that you may not have known. The Video comes courtesy of Mission-Net.

All’s Well that Ends Well

Todd Patterson — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:21:34 +0000

It’s finally time to close out the chapter on our 2011 transition to Slovakia. Of all the overseas transitions that Jana and I have experienced in moving from Slovakia to the US (1995), from the US to Slovakia (2001), back from Slovakia to the US (2005), and now from the US to Slovakia again, [...]

Summer Ministry Review (and Fall Prospects)

Todd Patterson — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:44:46 +0000

We’ve had our share of transition challenges since moving to Slovakia but we’ve had our share of ministry opportunities as well.

Narnia Elementary School

The first three weeks we were in Slovakia we focused on getting the kids adjusted to school. In the process we got to know Narnia Elementary School a [...]

The 90th Day

Todd Patterson — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:40:48 +0000

9:30 am on Wednesday, September 7th at the foreign police office in Banská Bystrica, the police officer is rolling her eyes in disbelief and sighs with a sense of compassion.

Foreign Police Officer (FPO): So close. It’s too bad it didn’t come sooner.

Todd: It’ll be here tomorrow, I’ve got it set up for [...]

Der Visaprozeß Continues

Todd Patterson — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 05:26:55 +0000

cc licensed flickr photo shared by Paolo Rosa

As usual, the visa process is coming down to the wire. It never fails. There is always something about it that brings you face to face with the barbarous beast of bureaucracy. You might remember I called it Kafkaesque. It turns out that’s actually a word.

[...]

An Interview with Elisabeth and Max

Todd Patterson — Tue, 03 May 2011 04:16:52 +0000

People are all the time asking us if Elisabeth and Max are excited about the move to Slovakia and all I usually have to say is the standard, “Uhhh, yes and no.” So I thought I’d do a short interview with them so you can hear just how they would answer themselves.

Do [...]

Der Visa Prozeß Has Begun (video)

Todd Patterson — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:30:32 +0000

Yesterday I spent a good part of the day reading the Slovak law about visa requirements and searching for websites that could possibly help explain the process of applying for a visa. Today I went to the Bannockburn police department to get a fingerprint card to submit to the FBI to get an FBI [...]

Sandpiper, Sandpiper (video)

Todd Patterson — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:05:06 +0000

Here’s a video of Jana’s Music Together at Trinity class singing “Sandpiper, Sandpiper.”

Watch the kids in this video, even as they play in a seemingly random way you might notice that they begin to move with the music. Part of Music Together‘s philosophy is that, “All children can learn to sing in tune, keep [...]

Hey Ya Na (video)

Todd Patterson — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:15:12 +0000

Have you wondered what Jana’s Music Together classes are like? I suppose it’s hard to imagine how you can offer music classes to children from birth to kindergarten. What are those kids able to even do? I’m sure my descriptions don’t do it justice nor even the few videos (and here) that we’ve posted in [...]