“The Original” Blog Post Archive

“That night Paul had a vision: A man from Macedonia in northern Greece was standing there, pleading with him, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us!'” Acts 16:9 (NLT Version)

During Paul’s second missionary journey, he had some definite plans of what he would do.  When he set out, his plan was simply to revisit the cities that he and Barnabas had preached at in their previous journey together.  But Paul was also motivated by a heart to preach the good news of Jesus where it had not yet been heard.  Eventually , he found himself at the seaport of Troas, where he had a vision of a man from Macedonia pleading to hear the Gospel.

“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations”  Matthew 28:18-19a

This week we celebrate the send-off of Aidan Carson and Andrew Mickey.  They will be serving all summer long as interns for Josiah Venture.  We are excited for them as they go and are looking forward to seeing them soon when the rest of the Family Bible Church team arrives for training in the Czech Republic in just over one month (wow!). 

“Then he [Jesus] said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”  Matthew 9:37-38 (ESV) 

I am constantly amazed at how God has been growing our relationship and ministry within the Czech Republic.  It has only been about two years since our first short-term mission trip as a church…