Salvation is Here!

Praise God that we have a new sister in Christ! Gabi, one of the teens, accepted Christ last week! Some of you may have already heard the news from the SWU team, and I feel terrible that I have taken so long to post this. I wanted to let all of you praying for me and the ministry in the Czech Republic know that God does answer prayer and that he is working in peoples' lives here. I am so thankful for the SWU team and all that they did here. They were instrumental in Gabi coming to Christ. I remember praying with the teens on Sunday night with the team. I looked around the circle to see the reaction of the teens and Gabi was weeping. She wasn't crying but literally weeping. It was more than I am going to miss these new friends I've made. She had made a deeper connection with them this week, and I knew that something more was going on inside her heart and mind. The Holy Spirit was definitely tugging on her heart. I got so excited and began to wonder then how much longer it would be until she accepted Christ as Lord and Savior. She made that decision even sooner than I expected. Wednesday night she met with David Ospaly, the youth pastor, and Petra one of the teens who has been a Christian for four or five years now. They talked together about God and his love, Christ's sacrifice for us, and what it means to be a Christian, and Gabi told them that she believed and wanted to be a Christian. Her comment was, "I want to be a Christian like Petra!" What an encouraging statement for Petra. For a long time she was the only Christian teen here at Majak. She has been ridiculed for her faith even by her family and yet she is about the most joyful, funloving person I have ever met. It must be a huge testimony and encouragement to her own faith to have one of her friends say that! We have all been rejoycing in our new found sister. It has been so exciting and encouraging for everyone here at Majak. I encourage you to keep praying, God is doing increadable things here!