Victors Baptist Church

Well we had our first service at the Victors Baptist Church on Sunday morning and God was very good to allow us to have 20 in attendance. It was about 90 degrees inside our little building but that didn't hinder us from having a good first service.

We had 9 people come from Cakovec and 11 from Varazdin so we were really glad about it. We won't have our official opening day until the middle of September because we are waiting on a shipment of chairs from the states. At the moment we are having to borrow chairs from the church in Cakovec twice a week so we will have some place to sit. It's a bit of a hassle to have to do this but it's what we have and we're thankful.

Our storefront isn't the most lovely but with the new sign in place it feels much more like home. We still have quite a bit of work inside and doing it as our finances allow. The building itself only fits about 32 people so hopefully we'll be outgrowing it soon. We have paid a full year in advance (actually our homechurch in Arlington, TX paid most of it and two dear brothers there paid another $1000) so we are paid up for a year and after that we're hoping we'll have to more for lack of space.
Please pray for Victors Baptist Church in Croatia and that Jesus will be lifted up, men and women would be saved, and Varazdin would be turned to Christ.

We are also in desperate need of some sort of heating for this building since winter will be coming soon and the building doesn't have gas. We'll need to purchase some type of heater for this 50 sq. meter building before our winter hits. Winter in Croatia is long and very cold, often dropping down to -15.

One more thing; pray for our missionary partners the Holcomb family who are currently on deputation. Pray that they will raise their support quickly, be safe while traveling and win folks to Jesus Christ along the way.

Thanks in advance for your prayers.