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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 [...]

2012 Home Assignment

Todd Patterson — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:51:32 +0000

You might think it strange but we are headed back to the States this summer (end of June to early-mid August) for home assignment. Why so soon? Three reasons.

First, our mission has a mandatory European conference every other year and we need to go on home assignment in the off years. So [...]

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.

Elisabeth and Max Sing the Alefbet (video)

Todd Patterson — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:54:35 +0000

Elisabeth and Max sing the Hebrew Alefbet.

About Psalm 119

Sometime last year during our family Scripture reading we spent some time reading Psalm 119. You may know that Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible. You may also know that it focuses on the law. Throughout the chapter the psalmist [...]

Merry Christmas 2011!

Todd Patterson — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:19:59 +0000

Merry Christmas from all of us in the Patterson household. Enjoy our 2011 Christmas video greeting!

You Will be My Witnesses: To the Ends of the Earth

Todd Patterson — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:55:14 +0000

Jesus’ statement in Acts 1:8, that his disciples would be his witnesses in Jerusalem, in Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth; created reader expections that we have been following throughout the book of Acts. So far, everything has happened just as Jesus said it would happen. And now we’ve come [...]

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, [...]

It Might Be Sooner than 90 Days

Todd Patterson — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:04:58 +0000

Well, well, well. I made an inquiry into my visa situation at a non-government organization that helps foreigners in Slovakia with their visas. Specifically, I asked them how long this process usually takes.

The organization is called The International Organization for Migration. They have what’s called a Migration Information Center which helps [...]

Fortunately Unfortunate

Todd Patterson — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:24:39 +0000

I sure do appreciate everyone’s prayers.

I felt kind of sure that the foreign police would handle my case this past week but it’s the end of the day on Friday and we’ve still received no word. I can’t imagine it will take any longer than the beginning of next week.

Unfortunately, last week [...]

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 [...]