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The bar has been set for packages to the Czech Republic! Packages will arrive if you send them;)

Thank you.

Malfunction Corrected

It was snowing on the night that Grace and I set out for Bible study across town on the school bus as Grace likes to say. Really though, we were looking for number 14 I think. This was our first opportunity to go to another area of the city on a bus that was up until now unknown.

The timing was right. It would take approximately 30 minutes to navigate our way in and through the city until we reached our destination. I knew the name of the stop as well. We left the house together headed for Náměstí Hrdinů where the bus has often taken us for shopping or sightseeing. I also expected to see my friend Steve on the bus to help us once our destination was reached.

Grace and I were excited to go! We crossed the street and waited patiently for our transport. Grace exclaimed, "a school bus!", as the object came to the stop across the street. I explained that we were waiting for a bus going the other way as I noticed that the number on the front sounded familiar....

The bus pulled away as I thought to look at the schedule posted at the stop where we waited. This investigation proved that Grace had in fact spotted the correct bus and I had us waiting on the wrong side of the street. I don't know about Steve but I have a feeling he waved to us from inside the bus as it left. This was February 22nd.

Grace was so disappointed by my suggestion we go home that I decided we would board a tram and ride to Tesco for a look around. After all, the snow was nice and she had waited patiently as her father let our ride come and go. We bought a wooden puzzle that night but more importantly, I felt impressed that we should have a backup for the computer at home. I bought a 500gb hard drive convinced that the trouble I had experienced on the PC was soon to end in disaster.

That night, we returned home and worked a puzzle together. Grace likes it;) I also got the data from our machine onto the hard drive. February 23rd, the Dell died.




The Title of the post: Malfunction Corrected indicates what we so often have experienced in the Czech republic. Like Joseph recognized of his brothers in the Old Testament, "What was meant for evil, the Lord meant for good." We continually cling to the promise as well that "All things work together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose."

It has been some time since the last post. You know this if you are following;)
But, with all that said, the post date below has been set to the fateful night when God provided a way to protect years of email and phone numbers for the day when we return stateside and need lodging. We are grateful!

Libby Baptist Church Missions Sunday

The video shows a few highlights of our time from September to January. More info from Olomouc will be made available soon! We want you all to know that we miss the family in Libby and pray for you. Thank you for taking the time to post our information on the buletin board and lift us up.

We are excited to continue our partnership as you reach out to the Ukraine! Praise the Lord. We now have internet access at home and would love to hear from you.

Here is our post address:

Bennetts
trida spojencu 25B
772 00 Olomouc
Czech Republic

Restaurant Story

Natasha took the picture for us. She has really done well to pick up the Czech language so we were blessed to have her along. She interpreted the menu well enough for everyone to get something delious to eat with few surprises. There were some questions because she read one dish included "necks" and one "knees". I questioned this accuracy but steared clear to be on the safe side.

We ate so well that another request for menus was made to look over the dessert menu. The assistant smiled an brought the angliky menu: IN ENGLISH!

Not only were we able to get great dessert but confirmed that there were in fact chicken necks and pig knuckles on the menu. We will be back!

Hortz Restaurant

Celebrate good times!

It has only been a couple days since being on my own site but the change is remarkable. I am seeing the cluster map for the first time. Tell me if you recognize your dot.

There are also a number of new followers. Welcome! Thank you for investing your time to take a look at what the Lord is doing through you and us together in the Czech Republic. Take the opportunity to write a comment any time you have a prayer request that can be shared with the group or let me know if it is private and be confident that the need will be lifted up.

Tonight, we celebrate in Moravia that the internet connection is up at home. We have a telephone and the ability to get an update out to the family. This is just in time of for mission conferences comming up. You know who you are. I look forward to seeing some more family on Skype soon.

I have some great stories to share that we have experienced over the last few days and week but have to get in some Czech homework for class tomorrow. Snow continues to fall all over the Czech Republic and we are loving it. Our contact information has been updated on our profile if you have opportunity to write. Thank you to the group at Bellevue Baptist who sent our first post card.

Visa applications submitted!

Philip made it to Berlin and back in a day - wow! He had an appointment at the Czech embassy there to sign a form, then had about 3 hours to sightsee. Thankfully, they allowed me to have a form notarized here in town that Philip took for me. This meant we didn't have to haul the girls on a very long, all day trip! Thank you to everyone who prayed for Philip's travels yesterday. We appreciate you all greatly!

Suffering

I got online but had to order a delicious espresso to do it.

Thanks for your patience as we get setup here.