This afternoon, after I did a lot of work, I came to computer and read statistics about visiting this blog. I can tell you, I was surprised how this blog turns international.
I found visitors from:
Holland (I don`t know the city)
Atlanta (I know bunch of people there)
Prague (Oh, I know many people there)
Dubai (I know one guy from there, but I would be suprised if it were him)
Buenos Aires (I don`t know anyone from there yet)
and one location based upon IP address, but it couldn`t locate that anywhere on earth. Who could that be?
Anyway, nice to see that you all read it. Thank you for the faithfullness.
May God bless you all.
pondělí, srpna 14, 2006
neděle, srpna 13, 2006
summer has a huge impact
Hello you all,
today worship was somewhat special. We had a "huge" number of people in the church. We met at the number of 7 people. It was nice tough, but singing was little bit poor. Anyway I liked it.
All people that didn`t come were out of the room/ surprise :)
Darina went to Kosovo, Mirek, and Horsi didn`t come at all. I have no clue what happen, if they went out for a trip out of city or what, but they didn`t show up.
Anyway it is nice to know that we are all together, knowing that you are with us in the Spirit.
May God bless you, for we feel blessed. But we need prayers, Vitalij has a hard time at his work and he needs your prayer. We pray for Him.
In His name and service,
Honza
today worship was somewhat special. We had a "huge" number of people in the church. We met at the number of 7 people. It was nice tough, but singing was little bit poor. Anyway I liked it.
All people that didn`t come were out of the room/ surprise :)
Darina went to Kosovo, Mirek, and Horsi didn`t come at all. I have no clue what happen, if they went out for a trip out of city or what, but they didn`t show up.
Anyway it is nice to know that we are all together, knowing that you are with us in the Spirit.
May God bless you, for we feel blessed. But we need prayers, Vitalij has a hard time at his work and he needs your prayer. We pray for Him.
In His name and service,
Honza
neděle, srpna 06, 2006
Darina for Kosovo.
Darina went down to south to see her friends, and siblings in Christ in Kosovo. Pray for her trip.
We miss Darina, she is a good example to the church, and is active part in Brno church. She prepares Ladies breakfasts on regular basis, help to prepare the Lord supper, etc.
When she is not here, the body of Christ in Brno is feeling crypled.
Pray for Kosovo, and pray for Brno church. We need your prayers.
Thank you in the name of the Lord Jesus.
We miss Darina, she is a good example to the church, and is active part in Brno church. She prepares Ladies breakfasts on regular basis, help to prepare the Lord supper, etc.
When she is not here, the body of Christ in Brno is feeling crypled.
Pray for Kosovo, and pray for Brno church. We need your prayers.
Thank you in the name of the Lord Jesus.
neděle, července 30, 2006
Slow July
Hello guys,
July was kind of slow in Brno. All the month it is so hot here that we are glad to be alive. It is nice to see that people stay healthy, and keep coming. The only exception to attendance is vacation time.
Today`s worship service was the one I was in charge of the preaching for the third time. Unfortunately I didn`t preach today, I prepared a prayer service. We prayed for the peace in our life, and in the world.
We prayed for:
czech scene political parties to be able to come to a conclusion after June`s election.
Israeli and Lebanon situation.
Kosova situation and negotiations over Kosova independence
I will be happy to hear from anyone.
Have an ice summer.
July was kind of slow in Brno. All the month it is so hot here that we are glad to be alive. It is nice to see that people stay healthy, and keep coming. The only exception to attendance is vacation time.
Today`s worship service was the one I was in charge of the preaching for the third time. Unfortunately I didn`t preach today, I prepared a prayer service. We prayed for the peace in our life, and in the world.
We prayed for:
czech scene political parties to be able to come to a conclusion after June`s election.
Israeli and Lebanon situation.
Kosova situation and negotiations over Kosova independence
I will be happy to hear from anyone.
Have an ice summer.
sobota, července 01, 2006
Iva Strapcova`s wedding
Iva(bride) and her father are in this picture waiting the crowd to get ready for the walk down the road to the final ceremony.
Iva Strapcova married Paul Ramgabs on June 24th, 2006. Lovely day, lovely couple. Owesome. A reason to praise God.
Halelujah.
čtvrtek, června 15, 2006
these words are awesome to me
Missions is not the ultimate goal o the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this age is over, and the countless millions of the redeemed fall on their faces before the throne of God, missions will be no more. It is a temporary necessity. But worship abides forever.
Let the Nations Be Glad, John Piper
I`ve got this from Jon Owen blog, and he got it from I think it was Amazon.
Let the Nations Be Glad, John Piper
I`ve got this from Jon Owen blog, and he got it from I think it was Amazon.
pátek, května 19, 2006
Finaly
I tried to post this picture five days ago, but Picasa didn`t work properly, so I cold post it. Hope this time it will be better.
This this is Randy, and behind him there is Darina. We toured the city.
pátek, května 12, 2006
Sorry for delay
To all of you faithful readers of the blog sorry for not updating this blog last week or so. It was for a simple reason- I were out of city and therefore I could write reports how is the church doing. So.
Why I wasn`t at the church you can read here
This weekend we host a visitor- US missionary in Latvia. It might be interesting to meet him and share, encourage,etc. I will keep you updated.
And I`ll write more about the Sunday church- on Sunday.
May God bless you.
In His name,
Honza
Why I wasn`t at the church you can read here
This weekend we host a visitor- US missionary in Latvia. It might be interesting to meet him and share, encourage,etc. I will keep you updated.
And I`ll write more about the Sunday church- on Sunday.
May God bless you.
In His name,
Honza
pátek, dubna 28, 2006
Sunday lesson for last day of April
On the last day of April I volunteered to preach. There is a bunch of thoughts I need to go through but just in case you wonder what will be a theme here is a link to get inspired.
LESSON
LESSON
středa, dubna 26, 2006
Life is change
Wow, time goes so fast. Its already a Wednesday. I can`t believe time goes so fast.
I wanted to post a new article here on Sunday afternoon, but then I realized that whatever I write, it wouldn`t make much since, so I gave up. And here I am, half week later being surprised.
Last worship service was really nice, especially for the fact I could be there at the worship service too. You may know I work on some weekends. I am about to change it. My work contract is to expire at the and of the week, and I am glad for that. I would love to find a job where I don`t have to work on Sundays at all. I would like to do my best to start a Sunday school again. It would be cool.
As of looking for a new job- I have few options already:
Work as a freelance for T-Mobile as a sales manager, that might give me a lot of room in the timeframe of the day so I could accomplish what I hope for the church.
The other would be to work for one import-export company at a tax refunds office.
It might be well paid too. I`ll go to an interview tomorrow afternoon. Pray for me.
And finally I would love to focus as much as possible on teaching English and interpreting. It would be so cool.
As you see there is a lot things that change now. I hope God will bless the church so that all the change in my life can be for benefit of all the church.
I wanted to post a new article here on Sunday afternoon, but then I realized that whatever I write, it wouldn`t make much since, so I gave up. And here I am, half week later being surprised.
Last worship service was really nice, especially for the fact I could be there at the worship service too. You may know I work on some weekends. I am about to change it. My work contract is to expire at the and of the week, and I am glad for that. I would love to find a job where I don`t have to work on Sundays at all. I would like to do my best to start a Sunday school again. It would be cool.
As of looking for a new job- I have few options already:
Work as a freelance for T-Mobile as a sales manager, that might give me a lot of room in the timeframe of the day so I could accomplish what I hope for the church.
The other would be to work for one import-export company at a tax refunds office.
It might be well paid too. I`ll go to an interview tomorrow afternoon. Pray for me.
And finally I would love to focus as much as possible on teaching English and interpreting. It would be so cool.
As you see there is a lot things that change now. I hope God will bless the church so that all the change in my life can be for benefit of all the church.
pondělí, dubna 17, 2006
Easter traditions in CZ
You may be familiar with that, but for those of you who don`t, here is a story.
In the CZ we do not do an Easter egg hunt as in the USA, instead we do what is called whipping girls. It came from an old pagan custom that believed that with an upcoming spring each girl should be whipped with a fresh offspring of a willow tree. This was supposed to be a blessing to each girl as believed. Nowadays we don`t believe it, but we still stick to an old tradition.
So today my brother and I went out to whip girls. And what a blessing it was to go out in the building where the church gathers. It was a wonderfull chance to meet neighbours in the building and chat a bit. I feel very blessed as we did so.
Lets pray this will bring some more fruits then just fun at the Easter.
In the CZ we do not do an Easter egg hunt as in the USA, instead we do what is called whipping girls. It came from an old pagan custom that believed that with an upcoming spring each girl should be whipped with a fresh offspring of a willow tree. This was supposed to be a blessing to each girl as believed. Nowadays we don`t believe it, but we still stick to an old tradition.
So today my brother and I went out to whip girls. And what a blessing it was to go out in the building where the church gathers. It was a wonderfull chance to meet neighbours in the building and chat a bit. I feel very blessed as we did so.
Lets pray this will bring some more fruits then just fun at the Easter.
neděle, dubna 16, 2006
Easter fire
Light the fire
in my soul,
fan the flame
make me whole
these are the lyrics of one song that desribes the desire to serve and to be closer to God the Father.
Yesterday I had a chance to go to a worhip service where this fire was lit as a reminder of the light in soul of every individual. It was something special, so easter like. I like it.
I had a chance to meet few friends and to talk to them for a bit, and it was a worship service where I didn`t have a duty.
May God bless your easter time as He blessed mine.
pátek, dubna 07, 2006
Six new galleries
Hey you all,
after one week filled with various activities with children from Dagmar, and high school at Videnska, we are back to our daily duties. We are filled with nice experience how to serve God, and loaded with pictures as sweet reminder to our nice time together.
Here is a link that leads to six new galleries that I shot last week.
I hope you`ll enjoy it.
In Him,
Honza
after one week filled with various activities with children from Dagmar, and high school at Videnska, we are back to our daily duties. We are filled with nice experience how to serve God, and loaded with pictures as sweet reminder to our nice time together.
Here is a link that leads to six new galleries that I shot last week.
I hope you`ll enjoy it.
In Him,
Honza
neděle, dubna 02, 2006
Saturday trip to LEdnice
It was awesome time. It was nice weather, bus came on time, we`ve got there on time. and everybody was happy. We were blessed with discount at the castle, we paid half price for a visit. The easter hunt was successfull, all eggs were found too. Kids from childrens home were happy. Lets hope they will come to todays worship service.
sobota, února 11, 2006
Prague Church
We went there on January 15th. It is a lovely place in the middle of the city. And the church there is lovely too. It is small in number, as as as our church, but it has a strong will to worship, serve a praise God. Pray for them as we do. And come to worship.
neděle, prosince 11, 2005
Church board is working again
After some time of trying to meet in a full number of five members of the board we have succeeded to meet at the number of two people after all. I am glad that we were able to meet anyway.
- We spoke of a role of the board and about a role of each individual in it.
- About the way how to encourage those who neglect their talents
- About Rostislav and how we love him, we want to see him but he needs to respect other people in the church, so if he wants to come must take more care of himself. If he can`t do it on his own, we are open to help him, but his approach to the church and to God should change.
So good news is that the church board works again.
Thanks to God for Vitaliy and Honza`s service.
To him we serve.
For more details on this article visit my blog
- We spoke of a role of the board and about a role of each individual in it.
- About the way how to encourage those who neglect their talents
- About Rostislav and how we love him, we want to see him but he needs to respect other people in the church, so if he wants to come must take more care of himself. If he can`t do it on his own, we are open to help him, but his approach to the church and to God should change.
So good news is that the church board works again.
Thanks to God for Vitaliy and Honza`s service.
To him we serve.
For more details on this article visit my blog
neděle, prosince 04, 2005
Sunday, December 4th, 2005
On Sunday it was really cool Bible study, based upon verses from Luke 12:49-59.
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58 When thouguestt with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
"But I have a baptism to be baptized with"
are the words of Jesus. It refers to his death and it surprised us that it really talks about baptism in connection to a death old andresurrectionn of new.
We also talked about division of family, and disturbing effect that Jesus` teaching has in the world.
Finally, worship service was sort of lead by the Holy Spirit, because two peopleresponsiblee for service didn`t show up. So the rest of leaders had to take care of it. It was fine, we just need to pray for those who neglect the service.
Pray for us, and for Jirka and Cindy, and also for me. I have my exams on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. CET. Actually math is hard for me.
In his Glory, mercy, and love,
Honza
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58 When thouguestt with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
"But I have a baptism to be baptized with"
are the words of Jesus. It refers to his death and it surprised us that it really talks about baptism in connection to a death old andresurrectionn of new.
We also talked about division of family, and disturbing effect that Jesus` teaching has in the world.
Finally, worship service was sort of lead by the Holy Spirit, because two peopleresponsiblee for service didn`t show up. So the rest of leaders had to take care of it. It was fine, we just need to pray for those who neglect the service.
Pray for us, and for Jirka and Cindy, and also for me. I have my exams on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. CET. Actually math is hard for me.
In his Glory, mercy, and love,
Honza
pátek, prosince 02, 2005
Christmas is coming
Here we are again at the Christmas advent and it is coming. Can you believe it? It is almost here. Are you ready for Christmas this year?
Give me some feedback what will you do, how you spent this precious time?
Honza D.
neděle, listopadu 20, 2005
An Idea
This is an idea about spreading Good news.
We meet on regular basis, we sing, we pray, we do church activities, but to be honest I feel too much like we spend so much time on self preservation of the church, and too little on speading good news.
I know that there is a chance to get into a student programs trough various christian colleges and universities such as AIM, Go-Net, etc. I would like to participate in such plans and to create an environment for students to come to city of Brno and to help spreading good news in this city.
We have a good location in the downtown of the city for church meeting that we use during the weeks also. There is a room for students to meet their teachers, and prepare lectures on various Biblical topics. We just do not have people to be part of it.
I personaly do not like such a situation, so I would love to change it.
Would you help us, please?
For further information about the idea mail me at my email address coffeelover@volny.cz
or go to see pictures of the city of Brno and surrounding area.
We meet on regular basis, we sing, we pray, we do church activities, but to be honest I feel too much like we spend so much time on self preservation of the church, and too little on speading good news.
I know that there is a chance to get into a student programs trough various christian colleges and universities such as AIM, Go-Net, etc. I would like to participate in such plans and to create an environment for students to come to city of Brno and to help spreading good news in this city.
We have a good location in the downtown of the city for church meeting that we use during the weeks also. There is a room for students to meet their teachers, and prepare lectures on various Biblical topics. We just do not have people to be part of it.
I personaly do not like such a situation, so I would love to change it.
Would you help us, please?
For further information about the idea mail me at my email address coffeelover@volny.cz
or go to see pictures of the city of Brno and surrounding area.
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