Tuesday, July 24, 2007

"A Sermon on Every Page"...

Sometimes the hardest part about moving is leaving good friends and family behind. Wouldn't it be great if you could take them with you? And even better if they could help you with the ministry God had called you to at your new home!

When Cara arrived back from Ukraine last week with all her boxes and bags it was obvious that she had done just that! Some of Cara's "best friends and family" are her books, and now CC Prague has a fledgling church library thanks to Cara's move to Prague last April after 8 years serving with CC Kyiv. (With almost 5oo books in the library it took more than one trip to get them all here, and there are still more on the way! It's going to take awhile to get them all organized...but we'll keep you posted with photos of the library once everything is in place!)

Of course, the Bible is the only book that is truly God's Word. But good biblical books like these can help teach, encourage and correct just like the faithful servants that wrote them. It's been said that "a good Christian book is like a sermon on every page". Imagine having names like Graham, Tozer, Courson, Smith, Yancey, Meuller, Bunyan, Lewis, Elliot, Vine and Wuest on your ministry team?! With all these books, they are!

With so many English-speakers in Prague we are sure that these books will get a lot of use. In addition there are Russian and Ukrainian books that we pray will find their way into the hands of people from those countries that are here in abundance, too. And already there are a few titles in Czech and that number will be growing regularly...along with more bookcases!

1 comment:

Conor and Koren said...

Cara, Thank you for the chandelier! I love it. We wish we could have seen you while in UA. I understand it's hard to see everyone when you're so popular, just know you are missed and loved!
Koren