naSlovensko study . live . teach2012-01-28T19:49:55Z http://www.toddjana.com/feed/atom/ Todd Patterson <![CDATA[Malí muzikanti]]> http://www.toddjana.com/?p=3154 2012-01-28T19:49:55Z 2012-01-27T22:03:05Z

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 [...]]]>

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Todd Patterson <![CDATA[2012 Home Assignment]]> http://www.toddjana.com/?p=3148 2012-01-27T22:14:35Z 2012-01-27T18:51:32Z

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 [...]]]>

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Todd Patterson <![CDATA[Did You Know this About Europe? (video)]]> http://www.toddjana.com/?p=3107 2012-01-10T08:56:30Z 2012-01-09T21:02:51Z

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.

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Todd Patterson <![CDATA[Elisabeth and Max Sing the Alefbet (video)]]> http://www.toddjana.com/?p=3096 2012-01-27T22:15:14Z 2011-12-30T22:54:35Z

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 [...]]]>

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Todd Patterson <![CDATA[Merry Christmas 2011!]]> http://www.toddjana.com/?p=3037 2012-01-27T22:17:23Z 2011-12-22T13:19:59Z Merry Christmas from all of us in the Patterson household. Enjoy our 2011 Christmas video greeting!

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Todd Patterson <![CDATA[You Will be My Witnesses: To the Ends of the Earth]]> http://www.toddjana.com/?p=2966 2012-01-27T22:17:28Z 2011-11-27T22:55:14Z

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 [...]]]>

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Todd Patterson <![CDATA[All’s Well that Ends Well]]> http://www.toddjana.com/?p=2951 2012-01-19T14:37:04Z 2011-11-01T18:21:34Z

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, [...]]]>

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Todd Patterson <![CDATA[It Might Be Sooner than 90 Days]]> http://www.toddjana.com/?p=2941 2012-01-27T22:17:34Z 2011-09-20T14:04:58Z

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 [...]]]>

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Todd Patterson <![CDATA[Fortunately Unfortunate]]> http://www.toddjana.com/?p=2926 2012-01-27T22:17:42Z 2011-09-17T08:24:39Z

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 [...]]]>

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Todd Patterson <![CDATA[Summer Ministry Review (and Fall Prospects)]]> http://www.toddjana.com/?p=2912 2012-01-27T22:17:50Z 2011-09-10T16:44:46Z

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 [...]]]>

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