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| Bratislava, Slovakia |
We boarded the bus
after our final concert in Budapest in the afternoon to head to our next country,
Slovakia. And then we began the 4 hour trip to Kosorsko Slovakia. It had
beautiful landscape, and a lot of green fields and rolling hills in the
distance. We got closer and closer and eventually entered the beautiful hilly
landscape. It was absolutely beautiful! Lots of trees and green grass on the
hilly green mountains. There were cows and sheep on the hills like something
out of a movie. Truly beautiful with fun
mountain homes on the landscape.
The concert there was also wonderful. The Slovaks were more reserved, but we still saw how they
appreciated the concert. The church was an old historic church, built in I
believe 1879, and it was full! The mayor of the town was there, and both her
and the pastor so greatly appreciated the concert. It was really neat because
the mayor said when we came, it was like the sun shone and warmed the day,
which we had been focusing on that word "shine" in Christ shining
through us when we sing. The both of them, I could tell were just so touched by
us being there.
They were so kind!
One lady came up to us and said in broken English how she was touched in her
soul. She was a such a blessing and I was glad she told us. We left \the church and got on the warm bus
(as it was very cold up in the mountains!), and then headed to Vrbovce to meet
our host family church. I already blogged about my host family and the great
blessing they were. So feel free to check that one out! (With Dakujme in the title)
Our second day, we
woke up and had such a nice (HUGE) breakfast with our Slovak family again.
Martin was there to translate for us, which was so great. They asked us about
Michigan and we showed them how you can show Michigan on your palms and showed
them how to do it. They enjoyed that! We also told them about the beautiful
Great Lakes we have in Michigan. We also told them we really liked Slovakia so
it wasn't all about us.
We walked to the
church and met up with the bus to head into the city in Bratislava and did some
shopping and a sightseeing tour. We saw a lot of the city, and had fun in the
markets in that city. It was fun as the town is so cute! We also ran into Mike's
brother from Michigan state's choir. That was crazy!
But mostly I should
talk about the concert downtown Bratislava that night. God was truly working
there. It was amazing! It was probably the best one we have ever done.
Beforehand, we were so tired and having a hard time focusing. In our prayer
time, we prayed for strength in our weakness, and God sure came through!
"Prayer" was probably our best song, and almost everyone shared
afterward how God spoke to them during that song. We had so many wonderful
comments from the concert. We had many smiles and thanks from people at the
concert. One lady said she was so blessed to meet us and see us, and wanted to
know more about us. I saw her meeting as many of the chorale members as
possible.
So on our way back
to Vrbovce, we did share time, and so many people had moments in that song.
This share time was such a blessing, and joyful. There were many tears shed as
we could praise God for him working in us. My moment was in "Prayer"
with the words "help me spread your fragrance." I know that was
exactly what we were doing, and we needed to ask God for strength to do it.
This is what we were doing and we could not forget that it was by his strength
that we could sing. It was really a cool
moment to feel God's presence and strength in us, especially as we sang that
song.
Budapest was
amazing. Slovakia impressed upon my heart, and I was ready for Vienna!
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| The Church where our first concert in Slovakia was at! This is an old church, built in the later 1800s! |
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