The History of Tabor

This week I have been able to go to school with Elaine and the kids and just experience a normal day at the Christian International School of Prague. I followed Elaine around to her different classes where she tutors non-native speaking children in learning English, and I have just made myself available to the rest of the staff to perform day-to-day duties for them! They are actually two full-time teachers short due to Visa problems so it is perfect timing for me to be here to offer a helping hand.

Yesterday though was Elaine's day to stay home with their youngest Hannah and get stuff done around the house. However, we took the blessed opportunity to travel outside of Prague and visit one of Elaine's friends, Charis and her kids. We woke up and ran to catch a train to Tabor, a smaller city about an hour and half outside the city. We passed through breath-taking countryside and breathed in fresh, clean air until we were greeted at the station by Charis. Tabor is a town saturated with history and is actually named after Mount Tabor in the Old Testament. It is the town where Jan Hus's followers in the Late Reformation period met together to pray and rally against the forces trying to deter them from their newfound religious freedom.

Charis and her husband, Keith live in the old town so when walking to their house, we strolled down cobblestone roads and used small pathways to make our way to their door. It is getting warmer here in Prague so we spent much of our day just walking around, enjoying the glorious sunshine and taking in all the history! The buildings are quaint and pleasant, filling you with a warm and captivating sensation. It is different from Prague in the sense that much of Prague was damaged by the communists, but some of Tabor had the blessing of being preserved. It is being renovated however, but still is a wonderful place to visit and get outside the city. I wonder what it would have been like to walk those streets hundreds of years ago and to have been there when all the turmoil was happening during the Reformation. Here is an exquisite church in the town square, just across from a yummy Indian restaurant that we dined at for lunch.

I hope to travel to Germany or maybe Austria while I am here as well. With the train system, one can just jump on and take a little day trip to any of the surrounding countries. What an opportunity! Europe is so different from Kenya, but beautiful in its own way. Praise God for the diversity of his Kingdom. He is needed everywhere, but He is always present. Tomorrow, I am going to take the four girls and a friend to the zoo since Marek and Elaine will be in meetings. Pray for me that I don't lose one of them :)! I am not worried. It will be an adventure, right! Thank you all for your prayers and support. I pray that you have a blessed day!