World Mission News: Czech Spring Conference Report

Praise and thank God, who blessed our Spring Conference with 35 attendants. We held our conference from May 29-31. All together, there were 17 missionaries from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Austria and Croatia, 14 second-generation missionaries, 3 Czech students, and 1 leader from German. We decided to begin preparing for the European SBC by praying and preparing a dance representing seven nations in Central Europe where UBF has chapters. Dr. Peter Chang came from Germany even though he was very busy, to help us prepare for the upcoming summer conference. Because Elijah Park from Poland recently received special recognition from his work, he could come to our entire conference and serve us with the word of God. Joseph Bae from Croatia got days off by faith even though he just got a new job at Samsung, and he and his wife Maria had to drive ten hours to get there. James Han from Austria came with his six children and served group Bible studies. Esther Chang from Slovakia served sing-along programs and every other need that came up during the conference. Ezra Yoon from Austrawa served this conference wholeheartedly. Alesh Macha, an Abraham of faith from the Czech Republic, spoke on John 3 for the opening message. Stephen Elshoz of Bonn, Germany gave the main message on John 19. Msn. Hannah Shin delivered John 2 as the Sunday message, and also gave the closing message. Through this conference, I learned how God is pleased by our co-working. God accepted our togetherness and sent Christina, who is a Ballet major at the Czech National Opera House, as our dance teacher. She taught us wholeheartedly. She and Michael registered for our European SBC and made a decision of faith to attend our Sunday Worship Service. All of the missionaries there were very encouraged through this conference, as we practiced the Central Europe dance for the European Summer Bible Conference with one heart and spirit.