{"id":875,"date":"2019-08-11T11:35:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T16:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/?p=875"},"modified":"2019-08-11T11:35:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T16:35:03","slug":"week-6-halfway-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/?p=875","title":{"rendered":"Week 6: Halfway through"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My week started on a bison ranch with the Hammond family. These animals are enormous! After seeing the farm and feeding them from a pick-up, I had a chance to try bison meat, which is supposedly much healthier than beef. Tasted just a bit differently, though.<a href=\"http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/rUcyjVX4QvK8y3WLb0Y2sg-e1565541150323.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-877 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/rUcyjVX4QvK8y3WLb0Y2sg-e1565541150323-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/rUcyjVX4QvK8y3WLb0Y2sg-e1565541150323-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/rUcyjVX4QvK8y3WLb0Y2sg-e1565541150323-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/rUcyjVX4QvK8y3WLb0Y2sg-e1565541150323-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/rUcyjVX4QvK8y3WLb0Y2sg-e1565541150323-1080x1440.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/lMYIKYWRjecDImvW0pvYw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-878 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/lMYIKYWRjecDImvW0pvYw-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/lMYIKYWRjecDImvW0pvYw-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/lMYIKYWRjecDImvW0pvYw-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/lMYIKYWRjecDImvW0pvYw-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/lMYIKYWRjecDImvW0pvYw-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/lMYIKYWRjecDImvW0pvYw-1080x810.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On Wednesday, I went to Vermilion (a little town on the shore of the lake Erie) with our organist. We took a boat around the lagoons and on the lake, and then had a dinner in the Old Prague restaurant. It was very interesting to taste food I usually have at home. I also played the organ a little, as learning to play the piano (and organ) was one of my goals for the summer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/AdE5zUJISG63DlG75JDlmg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-879 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/AdE5zUJISG63DlG75JDlmg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/AdE5zUJISG63DlG75JDlmg-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/AdE5zUJISG63DlG75JDlmg-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/AdE5zUJISG63DlG75JDlmg-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/AdE5zUJISG63DlG75JDlmg-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/AdE5zUJISG63DlG75JDlmg-1080x810.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I preached at the service in Hinckley on Thursday. It was nice to share my message with the people there, they were very welcoming. I really liked their church, because it\u2019s very different from the one in Brooklyn. Generally, the buildings are much more diverse than our churches back in Slovakia.<br \/>\nOur second wedding took place on Saturday, preceded by Friday\u2019s rehearsal. Although everything seemed to be going smoothly, just a hour and a half before, we received a call, saying: \u201cWe have a problem.\u201d We found out that the dresses of the bride and the bridesmaids were destroyed by a sprinkler gone off, as they had hung their dresses on it. Anyway, they managed the catastrophic situation very calmly, we just started with a little delay. This is surely a memory I\u2019ll remember for a long time.<br \/>\nToday is a bit hectic, as we have two services and a dinner at the Redeemer. I\u2019m trying to stay busy and do as much as I can to help people around me, or enjoy the rest of my time in this country of opportunity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My week started on a bison ranch with the Hammond family. These animals are enormous! After seeing the farm and feeding them from a pick-up, I had a chance to try bison meat, which is supposedly much healthier than beef. Tasted just a bit differently, though. 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