The Czech Republic has an abundance of leafy trees, wide, green fields, and the streets and houses feature many colorful flowers - roses, geraniums, sun flowers - produce of enthusiastic gardeners. However, the gardeners in this blog entry are planters of churches - bringers of good news to a country still bearing the marks of communism along with the trappings of the new economy - materialism. It's a hard slog to plant here. Years of prepation in prayer, hard work in contacting, outreaching and finally pastoring those who respond. For many people, any church other than Orthodox is viewed with suspicion as a cult. We feel privileged to have met and ministered with several great "gardeners". In Prague, in Hradec Kralove and other towns around the country children, youth and adults are being born into the kingdom of God, and planted in local churches. The majority of churches are small - but there is an atmosphere of hope and determination to take the message wider. For us, the workshops, meetings and family services have been a small input into a wider picture. Please remember to pray for the Czech Church to continue to grow, flourish and reproduce a fantastic crop of fruit in its season. Note: Photos - Sue looking towards Wencelas' Square and Stanislav and Eva - two fantastic planters!
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