Press On...

We prayed, planned, prepared and promoted. Anticipation was high for our Evening of the Bible #4.
Two weeks before the event, we began a corporate fast. Everyone participated. During the entire two weeks there wouldn’t be a day when there wasn’t at least one member fasting. Fact is, most days there were several . One of our men retired his fork for the entire 2 weeks. Surely, it would be a great night in our new building!!

On the evening of the meeting, the sermon was ready. The testimonies were ready. Beautiful new Bibles for visitors lay ready on the back table.

We waited. Seven o’clock came but, … well, that was all that came. No visitors. Not even one…

So what did everyone do?

That morning the sermon was about the choice between praising and complaining. God gave the children of Israel a great victory at the Red Sea. They joyfully sang the Song of Moses. Not hard to do after the Red Sea was behind them. But three days later they tasted the bitter waters of Mara. They forgot God’s miracle. No more singing, just complaining. .

Well, praise God, the faithful little flock here didn’t do that. They believed God just wanted to see if we will press on despite a little disappointment. Since no one knew the tune to Moses’ Song, we sang Victory in Jesus instead! No one went home discouraged. If anything, anticipation is higher than ever.
Perhaps Evening of the Bible #4 may prove to be the prelude to our greatest year yet. After all, we serve a Lord who doesn’t let His people seek Him in vain. Our folks earnestly did that. Stay tuned for what the Lord will do now …

Greetings from Prague!

Jon and I will soon be nearing 18 years here in the Czech Republic. There have been many challenges and many blessings over those years. This past month we enjoyed one of the greatest blessings we have received, when we agreed to move our church into a new building.

We have recently finished enough work in the building that it is now ready for visitors.

Even before the signs were up and before the ad was in the yearly Hostvice paper, our Sunday was a wonderful taste of what can be done with hard work and lots of prayer. Because of a few tracts that were distributed, we saw new folk come, listen and enjoy the services.

A number of churches and many individuals have told us they pray for the work here. We do believe this is why we received this blessing. At this special time of the year, we are thankful for all of you.

Psalms 34:8 “O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”

Please Pray For Us In 2012

As we enter the year 2012, we have much to be thankful for. The Lord blessed us in so many ways this past year. Souls have been saved, lives changed, and a new church location that fits our needs as a growing congregation has been a huge blessing. Just last month you may have heard of the death of our former Czech President and play writer, Vaclav Havel. Havel died after a long illness. It was a very sad time for the Czech Republic as people placed candles, flags and flowers all over Prague in his memory.

Vaclav Havel was greatly used 22 years ago in leading his people through what is known as, The Velvet Revolution. It was this revolution that brought freedom to the Czech and Slovak countries and opened the door for us to be able to minister in Prague today. We came to Prague 18 years ago and the open door is still open and wider than ever.

We are grateful to be serving our Lord in this needy country. We covet your prayers.

Our New Sanctuary!

We are now ready for services in our new place!  Much work has been done and we are so thankful for what the Lord has provided.  Pray for us as we press on for the Lord!