The Latest in Christy Czech Trip News

Well, my dears, there hasn't been a LOT of news but here's the latest:

1. Dun-duh-DONNN! I'm on the team.

2. The team initially had only 4 people and had a minimum of 8 in order to go.

3. I'm guessing those 4 were Roy, his wife, me and this guy Jonathan in the Oak Hills Youth Group that I met this Sunday.

4. After one more mention, 12 info packets were picked up in one service (they have more than one) alone several weeks ago. New 'hard deadline' is Feb. 29. (Also, they said they'd take us even if we only have 4 people, so we're a "go" either way now.)

5. Thus, some more personages will be joining us in a few days and Roy has said I'll be getting a phone call from him this week re: meeting and such for team preparation.

6. People have been very generous and I have $650 raised already (some of which was donated by The Beat Coffee Writers reading last month - thank you!). That leaves only $1550-1850 left to raise (depending on flight costs), so I should be raising about $500-$600/month in March, April & May. I haven't come up with a great idea on how to do so yet...but I'll let you know if I do! :)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS & SUPPORT! (& sorry for all those caps)

Well, that's all the news I've got for now. Oh, & the pic is of Zeb Telfer - my fabulous photographer friend who lives in Brno, and one of the ferret(-hat)s he & his wife Braca have. May I see him again/meet her soon! :)

Czech Singer-Songwriter: Market Irglova

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It's funny. I haven't downloaded any albums from Noise Trade for a very, very long time (tho' I get the emails all the time). The other day I decided to download one - Marketa Irglova's, since I liked her in the movie Once. After I did, I started to wonder about her name. I was thinking the movie was set in Ireland? And yet, that's not an Irish name. I checked, and she's Czech.

Of course she is. :)

If you'd like her album too, here's the link.