Czech Republic Prague

■Marek & Sally Jaxa-Rozen (TELA Prague Church)

Ahoj! We really appreciate your intercessory prayers and precious offerings for us!

In late January, during the coldest time of the year, our mission team was sent from Japan to Europe. First, Pastor Paul and the rest of the team came to Prague. That very night after their arrival, there was a joint Catholic and Protestant worship meeting, so we were worried about their demanding schedule. But we were relieved to see that Pastor Paul and everyone else were doing well.

The first day’s joint worship meeting for both churches was held at the same venue as last time, once again graciously hosted by Father Jacob at the Franciscan monastery. However, this time I felt a heavy spiritual track from the start of the meeting. Then, something incredible happened during the service! During a meeting with Father Jacob, we learned that a close aide to the Pope from the Vatican happened to be visiting this venue that very day and had come to our meeting to greet us! He will surely speak of us to the Pope when he returns to the Vatican! I never imagined things would unfold like this. After that, through each team’s praise, the heaviness gradually lifted. I felt the Holy Spirit’s powerful presence, and before I knew it, my heart was filled with joy! During the final song, “God is Love,” brothers and sisters came forward to dance and praise together, and everyone was filled with joy! The next day, the first overseas Kokoro Gospel in Prague, hosted by TLEA Prague Church, took place.
This time, preparations for various events overlapped, and we couldn’t promote the concert sufficiently beforehand. So, I was worried until the very last moment whether people would actually come. However, many people attended on the day, the concert program flowed perfectly, and we were able to captivate the congregation until the very end! These miracles can only be attributed to everyone’s intercessory prayers! I truly thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your fervent prayers! The next day was a worship meeting in Stuttgart, Germany.
As soon as everyone saw our sisters in the team dressed in beautiful kimonos, they cheered, and right from the start, we could feel the warm welcome from the brothers and sisters of this church! It was so wonderful to see Pastor Karin’s ministry advancing powerfully! I was also given the opportunity to share my testimony in English here. It had been a long time since I’d served in testimony during a mission trip. I felt anxious because I hadn’t spoken English in a while, but I felt the Lord’s strong prompting to speak in English, so I stepped onto the stage.
The moment I did, I was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke freely! Hallelujah! I didn’t realize my testimony had gone on so long, and it ended just before the final closing, which was a bit of a regret. Afterwards, Pastor Paul’s message – the gratitude flowing from his words and his message of obedience – was spoken slowly, yet I felt an incredibly strong power of the Holy Spirit. It felt like the perfect conclusion to my own testimony, and tears welled up!

After that, we received a warm welcome at the church in Uppsala, Sweden. Pastor Paul Mori’s team’s worship service was also a great blessing. The team safely completed all their services and returned to Japan.

This mission trip made us feel anew the wonder of us, brothers and sisters in Christ, crossing oceans, crossing countries, and crossing races to worship together and become one! I give All glory to the Lord! Now, ahoj!

For listening to and obeying God’s voice
For the opportunity and the action for the evangelization to the right person of God’s will
3.For increased attendants for our Sunday service and bringing up the workers and players
For the spiritual growth correctly about my friends who have accepted Jesus and for their firmed relationship with our church and for the protection from the spirits of slander and criticism
For God open the door of mission with Marek to other cities in Poland and also to other countries.
For the relationship of God’s will with Pastor L and his church of Russian messianic Jew.
For God bless our worship team
For Czech goverment (for the protection from the pressure of Russian government)
For the solution by God about the problem of immigrant in Europe.
For the salvation of my family in Japan.
For we, all family can go to Israel near future
For we, all family can join Hakuba camp in future
For the Russian-Ukrainian conflict will soon come to an end
For my mother’s diabetes be healed promptly.