The past two days have been busy. Each morning has started with a Bible study in 2 Corinthians in our hotel before we left to work with Czech students at a local high school.
The work this week has been wonderful and busy – full of seed planting through casual conversations, and several deeper relationships that took team members around Prague to meet both new and old friends and share the gospel on another level.
One young man named Patrik, showed particular excitement to meet up after school to discuss business. He met with Sam and Anna Thursday evening for 2.5 hours. Patrik is a senior in school and an entrepreneur. Currently he owns a shoe cleaning business and runs it out of a small office where he has his friends work on commission to clean and polish shoes. His mission is to create time for his clients by removing the burden of shoe cleaning from their plates. The entire first hour of the meeting Sam and Anna shared the gospel with Patrik and discussed how it impacts every area of life – including business.
What makes this story so amazing is Sam and Anna where just part of a long line of Christians investing into Patrik’s life. Patrik’s English teacher is a born again believer and invites as many English speakers into her classroom to share about America, and also Jesus as the opportunity presents itself. One of these interactions was just a month ago Robbie Bader came and connected with Patrik while the Baders were visiting Samantha. No doubt these consistent gospel interactions have made an impact on Patrik’s life. We are continuing to pray for his soul and that he would make the final decision to make Jesus Lord of his life. But for now, we are encouraged and will continue to build a relationship with Patrik.
Another story was one of Ryan Troglin’s former students (from 9 years ago) and this student’s girlfriend worked his schedule to spend three evenings with Ryan and the team. Tobias and Wanda clearly enjoyed a rekindled relationship with Ryan but also where asking deeper questions about the purpose of life and when it was too late to make a decision to follow Christ.
These stories and many others are a small sample of how God is at work in Prauge and the Czech Republic.
In the afternoons, as a team, we prayer-walked the neighborhood and worked to plant seeds in the local community. Friday evening we hosted students and friends for a movie night with short films and discussion questions for students we had met earlier in the week.
It was encouraging to spend time, share the gospel, pray together, share the gospel, talk to students and see so much fruit.
Please be praying for seeds that we planted into the lives of: Anna, Paula, Vosta, Teresa, Marie, Multinda, Christian, Jonny, David, Marek, Tobias, Wanda, Patrik, Mathew, Laura, Anna, Michelle, Petra, Zena, John, Samuel, Clara, Linda, Martin, and Denak
By the grace of God we were an encouragement to Samantha and help her advance the work of Christ in Prague.
By the grace of God,
The Prauge Missions Team