Well the Czech Conference is officially done. These last two days we say much activity and moving of the Holy Ghost. Last night I ministered on God's Army and the people were fired up. Although most of them have never served in the military, there is definitely a militancy here. After the morning sessions yesterday we went to the Czech version of Walmart called Globus. After that we went and saw to authentic Czech castles. Check out the photos in the album. This afternoon, we went to Pastor Pavel's house for lunch. They showed us great kindness and there was great fellowship with all of Oscar's pastors!!! Tonight, I sang two songs before the preaching. Pastor Oscar preached on knowing God. Afterwards, Pastor Bland said a few words and we prayed for Oscar and Helena. I just want to saw that I am so proud to be in the ministry with such a great couple like Oscar and Helena. Over the past week I have gotten to see them in all types of situations and they are truly great servants of the Lord. They are pretty funny too!!! Pastor Oscar did not plant any church tonight but I believe they may have one or more planted before their next conference. They have quite a few men who want to go and several who are ready. Pastor Bland shared a word with one of the men and the power of God came over him in the office and he just broke down crying. His heart was so tender. After service we took a lot of pictures that you will see and then we went to McDonald's!!! This was Kim (Oscar's daughter) first time there and it was fun to watch how she acted. Overall, this has been a great week. Tomorrow, off to Slovakia!!! Spisska Sunday morning and Poprad Sunday night!!!! Looking forward to a great time,

Until Next time,

Pastor Chris

Until next time,

Pastor Chris

Ahoj!!! (Hello),

Today was a good day. I was up this morning and started with a time of prayer and reading. Afterwards, I had breakfast with Pastor Bland. You can see the photo of breakfast in the photo album. Afterwards we had a nice 45 minutes walk and talk with Pastor Bland. After this Pastor Oscar picked us up and we went to do a little shopping. Things are much more expensive than in 1993!!! I was able to pick up a few things and then we went to lunch at a nice little Czech restaurant that looked like a hole in the wall but was very nice. Afterward, we went back to the hotel and I was able to get a little studying done and a short nap before service tonight. The evening service started at 5:00 pm and it was another packed house. The devil was busy right away as the microphone kept cutting out. As soon as the praise and worship was done, the cutting out went away. Pastor Bland ministered on dominon and there were about 10 who came to the altar for salvation. He then prayed for the men. The Gypsy people are an excited people and it is amazing to see their faith and their desire for more of God. Afterwards, we had dinner at a place called Poseidon. I had a very good Czech dinner of pork, bread dumplings, and saurkraut. Another great day in Ostrava. I am looking forward to tomorrow.

dobrou noc

Pastor Chris Gregory

Hello Everybody!!!! I slept like a rock last night, and today was a great day!!! The morning started at 6:00 am for me. I was able to pray and read before having to rush off. I had a 9:00 am breakfast with Pastor Bland. We were the only ones there and they had a great Espresso, ham slices, cheese, cucumber, tomatoes and fresh bread, followed by some kind of streusel. After that Pastor Bland and I went for a walk in a prak behind the hotel. I got back to the hotel just in time for my ride to Hranice Czech Republic which is about 40 miles away. When I got to the church there was a man out front smoking so I knew it was going to be a good day :) . When I got in the church, there was a group of about 45 people who greeted me and made me feel so welcome. There was a tremendous liberty to preach in that place. We had one person saved at this location and she was so happy. There was a man who could not hear out of his right ear that we prayed for and I whispered in his ear and he could hear me!!! There was a lady who could not bend over and I pulled the chair out and watched her legs grow out. She could the bend over completely. I prayed for many people in that place and especially for marriages. I have a testimony from one of the ladies on video that I will try to post. We left there and went back over to Pastor Oscar's house for some of Helena's good cooking and then we went to Pastor Oscar's church in Ostrava. That placed was packed out and there was such a great expectancy. I ministered from Galatians 6 and encouraged the people to continue in good works and God would reward their labors. There were about 10 people who responded for salvation. What a great blessing. Then I called for people who had been contending for something for a long time that had not seen the results. I was going to do a general prayer, but when about 15 people came to the altar I decided to pray for each one. Before I knoew it there was about 200 people in the altars. Those people were so precious and I saw mothers and fathers contending, wives for their husbands, children touched by the power of God; it was amazing. I prayed for each of them and they were so precious and grateful. After a good day of preaching I went with Pastor and his family to a Pizzaria. The pizza was the biggest I have ever seen in my life and it was 13 dollars. Check out the photos album for some great pictures of the day. Tomorrow should be a morning of breakfast and shopping and the first service of conference at 5:00 pm tomorrow night!!!

Until Then!!!

Pastor Chris Gregory

Greetings all!!! I am now safely in my room from a long trip of 6000 miles. My day started the morning of 28 October at 3:30 am. We all loaded up and got to the airport at about 5:15 am. I was through the Delta line in literally less than 3 minutes (My sure you check in online the day before. It is so much easier). Security was a flash and I was at my gate by 5:45. I left Phoenix at about 7:15 and arrived in JFK New York at about 2:30 pm local time. The walk to my next flight was about 20 minutes, but once I got to the gate, I was busy with calendars for next month, task list for the guys, answering emails, etc. At about 5:15 pm, I went to Chili's where I had Salmon and brocolli, and got back to the gate about 6:00 pm. The Prague flight left about 7:30 pm and I literally went to sleep before we left New York airspace. I was awaken just a couple times briefly (to eat of course) but the next thing I remember is we are making our initial descent into Prague. Once on the ground there, (9:30 am local), I am as lost as a bat. I turn on my phone to try to find the next gate and it says I am in Terminal 2, but nothing says how to get to Terminal 2. I ask a young Czech man where is Terminal 2 and he points the way. Once I get close there is this glass wall with two guys sitting on the other side with no sign but something about passports. I ask them if I this is how to get to 2 and they say yes, so I go around to what I thought were the doors and those are exit doors not entrance. I go back to the men and they THEN tell me if I want to go through I need a boarding pass for a flight in that terminal. At this time I am still not sure iof my flight is over there but I take a chance, go through what I then find out was a customs window and proceed into Terminal 2. Pastor Blands plane is really late out of Frankfurt, but he makes it because our flight to Ostrava is delayed. We finally land in Ostrava and I get my bag, but Pastor Bland's bags are lost. We finally meet with Pastor Oscar and Helena and they take us to their home. They have a fixer upper that is nearly a hundred years old but they are doing an amazing job. He has built his son a really cool playhouse that the boy invites us to climb up in (which both pastor and I do :) ). They have several types of apple trees a pear tree and I believe a cherry tree. Those apples tasted AMAZING right off the tree!!! We go in and Helena proceeds to roll out the proverbial red carpet. The first course was a soup with vegetables in it. Then we had this mixture of potatoes, bacon, chicken and saurkraut. I cannot explain to you how good that kraut was. She gave us this coffee that was outstanding, an apple cinnamon tea that was very good and this Pie that she handmade that was kinda like Tiamissua (I know I am spelling that wrong :) ). We had such a good time talking to them and playing with their children. I learned so much about them that I never knew all these years I have been seeing them at conference. They are an amazing couple and both of them are "laughers" like me so it was a ton of fun. We then left their house and went to a "Shopping Park" A.K.A. mall, where Pastor Bland got a new SIM for his phone. We then got checked into the DK-AKORD hotel here in Ostrava. Its 9:15 pm here and I am beat. I am gonna spend a little time with God and hit the bed. Tomorrow I will be preaching in Hranice at Pastor Pavel's church and tomorrow night I will be back in Ostrava at Pastor Oscar's. I know this first one was a little long but I will try to condense future post. I thank you all for following it and praying and believing God for missions.

Budu s vami mluvit pozdejl (I will talk to you later)

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Sincerely,

Pastor Chris Gregory