Czech Republic Day Ten

Sunday, April 13- Today was our final full day as a team. We woke up this morning and headed to church in Prague via the metro subway where Matt and his wife Patty worship. The name of the church is Cirkev Bez Hranic (CBH) which stands for Church Without Borders. Matt and Patty have attended this church since their time in Prague beginning in 2017. CBH has a smaller church plant in Sedlecany which is where we spent the most of our week. This is where the connection began for English week in the public schools and where we served for the past week . CBH also hosts a summer english camp week in the Czech mountains every July and both the Prague & Sedlecany Churches come together. The church meets in a few quaint coffee shop, The Crowd Cafe and you can purchase coffee while you worship. Speaking of Worship, what a joy it is to worship the Lord in a different language. It gives us just a small glimpse of what heaven will be like! 

Here's part of our Texas team: Makenzie, Jaime, Sherry, Karen, Kelly, Jennifer, Jefferson & Jennifer

Today's Scripture was on 2 Corinthians 5:17-21. We were reminded to change our mind about Christ. As I've shared before in this blog, Czech's might acknowledge God but do not acknowledge His Son, Jesus. To a Czech, Jesus is the baby at Christmas time that brings presents. The Pastor reminded us that Yeshua is God and so metanoia- repent & come to Christ for the forgiveness of sins. Our team was grateful for Petra, who translated the message via WhatsApp, isn't technology amazing! Our team went to the first service as the church as been growing. That is so great to see God moving and His Spirit allowing many Czech to metanoia about Jesus.
After church we headed over to lunch and had a delicious Czech dish, Snitzel. Have I told you already how amazing the food is? And you can drink the water, it's delicious! There is no need to avoid the food and drink here.

During lunch, Sherry did the last devotional time with our team. She reminded everyone that "everyday that goes by, we get a little closer to Jesus". Our team has really seen God work, from bringing together twelve individuals into ONE UNITED team with a purpose. It's so amazing to think that we will all worship the amazing Yeshua and our prayer is that our students would also come to personally know Yeshua themselves.

Here's one of our team members, Jefferson. Cheers to Jefferson! Everyone needs a Jefferson! He's been contemplating God's calling to join Matt & Patty in the Czech. This trip was an exploratory trip for him. Would you pray alongside Jefferson? We can't wait to see where the Lord places him.
After lunch we had some time as a team to go into old town Prague to see the Astronomical clock. It's a famous clock that moves and chimes each hour. Then we had a chance to do some last minute shopping in Wenceslas Square. It was so beautiful with all of the Easter markets out.

Our team enjoyed this last full day in Prague soaking it all in and basking in all that the Lord did this week. Some fun reminders from our trip- Czech's love their dogs and they don't place them on leashes. As you walk along the streets be careful of "dog bombs"... Yep! that's right.  Chimney cakes (like a cinnamon roll minus the frosting) were a lovely dessert while shopping or just people watching on this beautiful spring day.

Overall, this mission trip has been amazing. Sherry and I both have a great love for the people of the Czech Republic. Will you continue to pray for our students in Sedlecany and for the country of Czech that they will come to know the Savior Jesus and to understand "No Greater Love (John 15:13)". Thank you to all of our readers who have read to the end of this page and our blogs over the past ten days. Our team is currently preparing to travel back to Texas. We look forward to taking everything that we have learned and pondered into our hearts. We pray that we also will live out "No Greater Love" in our lives as well.  All Praise be to God. He gets all the Glory!
This concludes our blog- Czech Mission Trip Out...