There was a big change in the Lutheran preschool in Martin a few days ago! Homework was done, not by the preschool children, but by their parents! Continue reading
“True beauty is not always found in a springy gait or youthful appearance. True beauty is shown in the wisdom that looks out of kindly eyes, and in gentle words spoken to children. It is often accompanied by wrinkles and white hair, and when people see such beauty, they know it for what it is.” Continue reading
Children and teachers alike escaped nursery duties at Lutheran Preschool in Martin and recently enjoyed five days of skiing on the massive Turiec hills. This winter’s weather was less than cooperative and we had feared the ski trip would be canceled. But God loves us and He blessed us with wonderful snowy slopes and temperatures just a few degrees below zero for the whole five days. No rain or drizzle and sunny days throughout—in short, a one hundred percent success! Continue reading
“Hearing about what people had to go through to be able to worship God and to have the freedom to be able to make their own choices was very interesting and shocking. This makes me appreciate how easy I have it so much more and makes me realize how I should try and regularly stop and think about all the good things and people I have in my life”, Rachel Lytie, student of Concordia University Wisconsin who spent one week in Martin, Slovakia. Read second part of the article about her experiences in this blog ☺ Continue reading
After taking the time to evaluate my culture before going on trip in Slovakia I got a better picture of what my values are, which I used to evaluate the culture that I experienced.
I am Rachel Lytie, student of Concordia University Wisconsin. My trip consisted of ten days mostly in Slovakia, but also seeing Austria, Czech Republic, and Poland. This trip was made up of two other Concordia students and me. I had the opportunity to stay at Martin Bible School which is located in Slovakia towards the north of the country. The instructors of the Bible School took the time to show us around the area and shared their experiences with us. Continue reading
By Rachel Lytie“I heard the differences between the foreign languages while traveling. I was not always able to tell what language each person was speaking. In the beginning Slovak sounded like German since I have never heard it before…”, Rachel Lytie, student of Concordia University Wisconsin who spent one week in Martin, Slovakia. Read more about her experiences in this blog ☺ Continue reading
Dear friends, we are looking forward to summer!!
Look at our and also yours SLOVAKIA
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Tea Adeola from Finland, student intern
We have had a dear friend Tea from Finland, visit us in Slovakia. She and her friend Elina served to our children in Lutheran elementary school in Martin during last school term. THANK YOU FOR SERVING!!
Tea´s life in Finland is pretty much settled now. She studying and working as before. Tea has waiting some time for the winter to arrive to Finland but now there´s really -20 degrees outside. „Finally we have some light too and it’s not dark all the time“, wrote Tea in her letter ☺ Continue reading
Two students, Oskar Fatul from Year VIII of our basic school and Daniel Dulla from class 1.A of our newly-established high school, recently participated in the Žilina regional round of the Olympiada competition for English. The Olympiada is a comprehensive test of students’ knowledge of grammar and vocabulary as well as their listening, speaking and reading skills. The regional round for the Žilina region was held at Gymnázium Jozefa Miloslava Hurbana in Čadca on Monday February 10th. Continue reading
An organization called “Ars_Litera” focuses on bringing authors into local high schools and school libraries to do readings from their works. Seeing the value of such a program, Lutheran Academy in Martin decided to participate in this program. The aim is to allow students to meet Slovak writers through personal visits to the schools. The first author to visit Lutheran Academy was the popular Slovak writer, Veronica Sikulova. Continue reading
