amy and i have walked around pisek the last few days while the kiddos were in school. skola if you speak czech - which i don't. i have picked up "hello" in czech - but that is the extent of my language learning here. so of course i say hi to everyone i walk by since it is the only thing i know how to say. and since the czech people don't really do the whole greet people on the street thing - they prob think i'm a little crazy. they are right.
pisek is beautiful! the architecture is amazing. its one of the things i love most about europe. there is so much history here and you can even see it in their building structure. not a whole lot of modern. i love it! the bridge in the pic is the oldest stone bridge in the czech and i think in central europe. there is cobblestone everywhere. little shops in the squares and tucked away in the ally. the colors on the buildings are so fun! you can walk everywhere b/c everything is so close. i could live here - if it wasn't for the whole language thing. :)
this week matt is gone at a conference on the other side of czech. i can't say it has been uneventful - we have had some moments this week. but we made it through day three without matt. one and a half to go!
amy is my hero. a) being a mom is the hardest job on the planet - i couldn't do it on my best day. 2) being a mom of four kids on the mission field in a country where you don't speak their language well (YET!) and only understand what everyone around you is saying about 1/4 of the time - that's just plain ridiculous! it takes courage to get up every morning, not having any idea what the day is going to bring and if you will understand any of it. it takes guts to do everything it takes to set your kids up to succeed and encourage them as they face the unknown every day as well. it takes so much grace to allow your kids to breakdown and cry with them b/c you know the stress they are facing. amy is authentic about how hard it is. but she isn't lying when she says Jesus is in this with her. sometimes it may not feel like it - but she knows. this week we have celebrated little victories, processed discouragements and have laughed a lot!
truth be told - following Jesus is both good and hard. i am thankful for the example the hartmans are to me of how to live out this truth well.
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