Camp starts three weeks from now and we're buying all the Wonka candy we can find and finalizing our lessons for camp. This will be our fifth trip over to the Czech Republic to help lead a Teen English Camp and our theme this year is pictured above; we will be studying men and women of faith in Czech history. To prepare for the camp (and kill two birds with one stone for the Czech-themed exhibition I have at a local arts centre) I researched all the people we will be studying and drew them. Here're some of the pieces in the gallery that I made for camp.

06.13.14 [czech trip number čtyři]

You see that word in the blog title? It's Czech for "four" and I cannot say it. I try and I try and my American tongue is just not able to say it. Despite my struggles, I'm going back to the Czech Republic for mission trip number čtyři.

If you know me at all, you know I love the Czech Republic. I went there for the first time in 2011 with hesitance and am returning now with a backbone and an ever-increasing love for the people there.