April 2025

Deputation

In April, we were in six churches in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, and South Carolina. The Lord blessed and we gained seven new partners to bring the Gospel to the Czech Republic. This brings our total support to 93%, with an additional 7% promised. So, if all who have promised support come through we will be fully funded! Thank all of you who have been praying for us. We have been greatly blessed not only with churches that will allow us to come in and present and supporting churches, but with good health and safety on the road. Despite the fact that we have had a few issues on the road, God has always supplied us with what we need to get moving. In April we got COVID and had to cancel a church for the first time. Realizing the fact that in a year and half and 173 churches we only ever missed one service, we are very grateful that God has never before let us miss a service. Despite all of the travel and changing climates, we have been able to stay pretty healthy. I am sure that your prayers have a lot to do with it. Thank you.

Family

The visit to Nathan’s Dad over Easter was much like the previous visit. His health is improving, but his spiritual state is the same. Thank you for praying, and please continue to pray for him.

Steele’s medical situation has declined again. He is dealing with a very painful rash that comes up any time that he exerts himself and has caused him to be trapped at home and extremely discouraged. He has seen multiple doctors and they all have different theories about what it could be. Please pray that this can be resolved. At this point his life is on pause and he does not even feel that he can have goals and dreams because there is always something new to deal with. Please pray for his health and encouragement.

Collins

A quick update on Azariah’s surgery. He is back at home and eating soft foods until July and the surgery was successful. Thank you for your prayers.

Moving to the Czech Republic

We are waiting on paperwork to come from the Czech Republic for proof of a place to stay. Once we get that, we then have to send off all of our documents to our lawyer in the Czech Republic for them to review and translate. Then, we will send it back to the consulate in Washington DC and wait to receive our visas.

We received $1962 for our visa and setup costs. Thank you to everyone that helped with this. That leaves $22,538 left for the visa costs, language school, socialized medicine, and set-up costs. If you would like to give to these expenses, please designate the amount as Visa/Startup.

Prayer Requests

* Steele’s medical treatment

* Gain partnering churches

* Safety/reliability on the road

* Souls saved (esp. Nathan’s Dad)

* Visa/Set up costs and logistics