October Update

Well we used to do a good job at updating more frequently, but here's what's been happening this month for the Huddlestons in Prague!

SCHOOL-RELATED:
- English Drama Club has started! We have been enjoying time once a week with these weirdos playing improv games & getting to know the new members. We've also chosen the play we will be performing in April so it's exciting to have that underway.

12 of our crazy EDC students :D

- English Movie Nights! We've met three times so far with students after school to watch some favorite English-language films & have small discussions after. So far we've watched Oceans 11, Psycho, & Hocus Pocus. Our next film will be Monty Python & the Holy Grail!

- Brittany has been meeting once a week with a manager at our local Starbucks to do English lessons. She has really enjoyed making this new friend and being paid in coffee!

CHURCH-RELATED:
- We have been attending a community group Bible study each week at one of our pastor's homes. It has been a wonderful place to meet people & get to know them better. This has been a huge blessing to us this fall especially as we've missed a lot of Sundays at church.

- We were able to attend our church's first church-wide retreat last weekend! About 80 people from Faith Community Church went to a small campground about an hour outside of Prague. We left Friday evening & came back Sunday afternoon. It was a great weekend of fellowship and spiritual rejuvenation as we talked about the power & trustworthiness of scripture.

Most of our Faith Community Church group at the retreat

- Jadon has been attending a men's group every other week. They are reading through and discussing Timothy Keller's book "Every Good Endeavor" and getting to know each other over delicious Czech pub food.

EXTRA STUFF:
- We were able to go back to the USA the weekend of the 10th for our friend Rebecca's wedding. The trip was a bit of a whirlwind as we left Prague on Friday, and then left Virginia on Sunday. But it was such a joy to spend time with our friends Laura & Kayla as well as celebrate with Rebecca & Eric.

Enjoying some time at a pumpkin patch!

With the beautiful couple!

- This weekend we had our Thanksgiving meal with our Teach Beyond team. It was early for the Americans & late for the Canadians, but it was great afternoon of good food & time together.

Our Team Beyond team (minus 3 people who couldn't be there) at our Thanksgiving meal

- Yesterday we got to go to the Rudolfinum concert hall to see a fantastic orchestra concert featuring the movie music composed by James Horner. We've been to quite a few concerts in the past year, and this was our favorite so far!

Outside the Rudolfinum after the concert

 Prayer Requests:
- Health. Brittany has been sick this past week, and many people from our church have had the flu.
- Traveling. This week we're off from school for fall break & are hitting the road again, so prayers for safe travels are appreciated.
- Rest. This fall we have been SO busy doing so many fun things, so we need to make the most of time we have to rest.

Praises:
- We get to go back to Paris this week as well as travel to Belgium for the first time! We get so much joy from these travels & are so blessed with the travel opportunities we have.
- Getting connected with church family. We've loved the community group & fall retreat and hope to continue making connections with these great people.
- Prague friends. We really feel like we are making so many great friends in Prague, and are so grateful for the people who are investing in us & those that we are able to invest in.