The Legacy of Viktor Poloha: My Ministry Manifesto (video)

Viktor with Jana in 1975

What follows is a three-stranded interweaving of my Ministry Manifesto, the Legacy of Viktor Poloha, and the quiet calling of the Savior on each of our lives.


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Patterson Update 2010 07 22

Our July, 2010 family and ministry update is now available. Read about

  1. Our new address!
  2. Max and Elisabeth’s summer
  3. Music Together at Trinity extended through the fall
  4. Teaching on Acts in Rockford and Naperville
  5. Our support team building status

We appreciate your prayers for us, especially now as we are raising support to return to Slovakia. Please pray that we’ll be able to go by December of this year.

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Summer School

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It’s summer time! Elisabeth and Max sure were glad when the school year ended and we sure were glad to see their report cards. We’re proud of their progress
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1,000 Years of History Hits (My) Home

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I am the only one in my family that is not a citizen of the Slovak Republic. Jana has Slovak citizenship because she was born in Slovakia and thanks to her so do Elisabeth and Max. All of them also have US citizenships. Jana became a citizen of the United States just a few weeks after Elisabeth was born and since Slovakia recognizes dual citizenship she did not lose her Slovak citizenship by becoming a citizen of the United States.

So far this has been very nice.
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Our Beautiful Ballerina

Our beautiful ballerina

Elisabeth has just finished her third year of ballet with the annual end of the year recital. After the jump you will find a video of the performance for beginner level 2. I thought it was beautifully done. We’re very proud of her progress!

If you would like to see a few photos you can find them in the galleries. Once on the gallery page, click on the “All Categories” button on the bottom left, then look for the category “ballet recital.”

Also, we haven’t said much about it, but over the past year Jana
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Unrequited Love (Ode to Jana)

You’ll find quite a few posts on this blog with updates on Jana’s Music Together endeavors and I suppose most everyone knows she keeps busy with the kids and taking on a lot of the family responsibilities we might usually share more of in normal circumstances. And of course she also serves the Trinity community or church in various ways. But you may not be aware of a certain passion Jana has developed that also absorbs a lot of her time and efforts–that is her passion for a healthy and natural lifestyle.

You can enjoy a sampling with this recipe for Baked Pasta with Lentils (courtesy of our sister-in-law, Ivana).

And hear ye now, this ode to Jana…
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Visit to the Zoo

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Check out the galleries to see some new photos from our Sunday trip to Brookfield Zoo. If you missed our Arizona trip photos you can find those in the galleries too. Just click on the button “All Categories” on the bottom left of the galleries page to find our other albums.

If you like gibbons (my favorite lesser ape ;-) ), here’s a video clip of a brachiating gibbon.

We Rattled Him, He Rattled Us

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We took our first family vacation in a long time during spring break, enjoying a week with grandma Terry in Phoenix, AZ. Perhaps the highlights of the trip included our encounters with creation.
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Hello Everybody!

Every Music Together lesson begins with the song, “Hello, Everybody!”

Sledding with Horses (video)

Someday I may create a special page for family and ministry videos but for now you can watch this clip of Jana and Max sledding in my parents’ pasture with about 30 miniature horses.


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