Grandpa again

Getting information about the birth of our grand-daughter was priority for the ladies who attend services. They have been so excited waiting for the news from the states. Debra arrived in Houghton, MI after a very long flight. A few were missing from service today, but the Lord continues to give wisdom in reaching the hearts of the Czech people.

Father's Day services

Our Czech services were low in attendance this week with illness and out-of-town visitors. Please continue to pray for the Czech people - their need for the savior. The Lord continues to bless even when the devil tries to discourage. We presented the Czech fathers with a small notepad and pen for Father's Day. We had a special dinner for Jeff and the boys made cards for him. The village that Jon and Anicka live in was having one of their many celebrations and their son Mickey was in a play called "The Donut Man, a Czech version of "The Gingerbread Man". He was the main star "the donut man". We were invited by Jon and Anicka to join them. We had a great visit and a relaxing afternoon.

Hearing the Word of the Lord

Today we hold our services in Lenka's and Jacob's new apartment. Mirek and Jacob were both able to be with us today. We had hoped for visitors, but we continue to praise the Lord for those who have been coming to hear the Word of God. Continue to pray for their salvation. Our baptism service is scheduled for July. The temperatures have been in the mid 90's, which are very hot for this time of the year. Praise the Lord the temperature was lower today.

The Lord's day

We had a great service this Sunday. Unfortunately Jacob and Mirek were not able to be with us. Jacob is trying to get his family moved into a new apartment and Mirek was not able to get the day off from work. Please pray for these men. The devil knows which lesson they should miss. All the children are back in Sunday school. Mickey did fine during the operation and Matyash has only a few spots remaining from chicken pox. The sun is finally shining here putting smiles upon our faces, especially James and David.

It is good to be in the house of the Lord.

May 22, 2010 We had a great day. It was good to see Anichka and Matyash back in our services. They have been out for two week after Matyash was infected with chicken pox. Also Jan was back today. His job had him in South Czech for the week. Jacob was unable to attended services today. He has been coming faithfully since the middle of April. We received the joy of meeting Alena's granddaughter,Suzanne, who lives in Praha. We are still having rain and parts of the country are flooding. We are praying for Mickey, he will be going into surgery on Tuesday to remove his tonsils and adenoids.

God's great blessings

The Lord continues to richly bless our puny efforts. The couple standing to the left of Debra
has begun to faithfully attend our services. I have mentioned the young lady for prayer. Her
name is Lenka and her husband, who is standing behind her is Jakub. Lenka is the daughter of
Alena, who is standing behind David. As we sat with Lenka and walked through the gospel
message she stopped me to say. “I think it will be a long road to salvation for me.” When I
asked her why she told me that she didn’t understand how God could love her so much that
He would die for her. She doubted whether or not she would be willing to die for her own
child. She admitted that it would take time to be willing to accept that kind of love. I used that
as a launching point for a series of messages about love. Remember when the Lord asked
Peter if he loved him? (Jn 21:15-17) Similar to Greek, the Czech language also has two verbs
translated as “love” in English. One “to be fond of” and the second to describe “a deep
abiding love”. This second and stronger form is simply not used. One spouse will say to the
other “I’m fond of you”. Because there is not an understanding of what love is, it is very
difficult for them to accept the love the Lord has for them. We have been doing what we can
to express the love of the Lord for them (Rom 5:5) Not only have Lenka and Jakub began
attending but Mirek, Milada’s husband, has also become faithful in his attendance, though yet
unsaved. Pray for these precious people to receive God’s unspeakable gift of salvation.

A new name written in Glory

A new name written down in glory!!
Praise the Lord that on Saturday evening Janko, pronounced (yawnko) got saved. We began working with him 18 months ago
Before we came back to the states for our furlough. He was seen to be under conviction many times during the preaching. Janko
Came from being an atheist to believing in the existence of God to being a child of the King! It took me over ten years from the time
I first heard the gospel to the day I accepted Him as my Lord and Savior. Pray for him to grow in the Lord as I teach on the
Subject of baptism and church membership. He is like a sponge soaking up the truths of the Word of God. I had not yet spoken about the
Subject of alcohol but Janko and his wife had already quit drinking. Pray for his wife Anna as well as the others who have been attending
services. We pray that through his testimony others will also come to trust Christ.

For souls still waiting,
Jeff