All Saints or Halloween Weekend

Well I have not written for a while because I have not had much happening. The weekend before was one of my hardest weekends here. I made a special effort to meet with some students that are only in town on the weekends; after making this effort they all canceled on me. This was very discouraging for me, but God had better plans for this last Halloween weekend. I spent the weekend in Rožňava. On the way down I stopped in another town were Maťo (the boy I was teaching guitar to) is going to school. I met with him and had a really good conversation about personal time with God and having disciplines in his life. After this I traveled on to Rožňava. While I was here I stayed with one of the guys Ivan (shown in the picture cooking). This was really a great time for me to get to know him and spend a lot of time encouraging him. During the weekend the youth group went on a mini mission trip to help repair a church in a gypsy village. This was a real bonding experience for the whole team. Saturday evening I gathered all the guys from the team that I have been encouraging and discipling and we had a small group of accountability. It was an amazing time. There were a lot of things that came out in the guys lives and I believe really allowed them to see the need to stand together against the enemy and not try to go at it alone. On Sunday I had the pleasure of having lunch with one of the elders in the church. This was a really great opportunity to share a lot about the youth in the church and to get him excited about the group. In the evening I went to the cemetery, yes the cemetery :) In Slovakia they celebrate Halloween a little different than we do. They call it All Saints Day and instead of dressing up and asking for candy they go to the graves of their family and light candles to show their respect for the saints that have died. It is a very beautiful site to behold! It was quite the experience for me! This ended my weekend in Rožňava.