New York City Student Mission Team Pray with us as our student team travels to NYC today. This week they will be serving in the Bushwick neighborhood at Swerve Church. Pray for the local people to be open to speaking and hearing the gospel this week. Check back for daily updates!!...  Read More

We have come to the last day of camp! Pavel Jr. - on the right (who is the son of one of the Elders of Runway - Pavel Sr., who led us in the Lord's Supper at the church plant) shared about a time when he had an emergency on the side of a mountain and had to call for a helicopter to rescue his friend. He shared with the kids that the helicopter came and the rope was too short, so they called a...  Read More

Today we are back to our normal camp schedule with crafts, games, English, and daily talk with discussion groups.  Judit, one of our Czech team leaders, spoke today.  There are many important people in our life - doctors, teachers, etc.  Who do we need the most?  It is impossible to choose.  She shared that Jesus fulfills everything that we need in life. We can turn to him for help with anything. ...  Read More

Today was day 3 of our English camp and we are halfway through this year's camp.  One day during the week a cypher (like a scavenger hunt, except with clues and some story) is organized.  The kids with their teams went around Bystrc solving different activities in order to find pieces of a radio in order to contact the outside world and resume their journey to the Olympics.  They also earned more ...  Read More

Bara is leading the camp with her husband Daniel.  She is Marek's daughter.  Marek is one of the Elders of Runway and shared yesterday.  Bara spoke about a time in her life when she was lost and could not find her way.  She had no phone or map.  She was scared, but asked the kids had they ever experienced something like getting lost.  Bara talked about how in life we can feel lost or not know the ...  Read More

This week we have the opportunity to build relationships with 36 children, who have come to English camp, the most we have ever had.  The theme of this year's challenge camp is going to the Olympics.  I have included more pictures of today on my Facebook page.  To summarize the kids are divided into 4 teams, each team representing a country.  These 4 teams will compete through out the week to earn...  Read More

Worship in Brno and at Runway plus final camp prep  Read More

We arrived safely to Vienna and Brno.  Read More

On Friday, Pastor Daniel and Bitrus conducted Day 2 of the Ministers Conference in Narok. Right at 100 ministers attended the conference today. Bitrus spoke about the need for pastors to sharpen their skills in preaching the Word and Pastor Daniel taught a seminar on sermon preparation. We pray that all of the pastors and ministers were encouraged and strengthened as they go back to their churches...  Read More

Today was an early (6:00am) departure for a three-hour drive to the city of Narok. Our drive took us through the Rift Valley. We began our two-day Pastors & Ministers Conference. Over 120 pastors and ministers registered for this conference. Heavy rains made roads difficult to pass and one group—that traveled over three hours to participate—arrived after the final session. We were so heartbroken f...  Read More

Today (Wednesday) was the vision casting part of our trip to Nairobi, Kenya. Pastor Daniel and Bitrus Cobongs visited two Christian schools in Nairobi that our group ministered at in 2022. The purpose of the visit today was to meet with school leaders and explore future ministry opportunities between the schools and Taylor Road. Many of the children who attend these schools are impoverished and se...  Read More

NYC ‘24: Day 62020 was a difficult season for everyone, including churches. Swerve Church in Bushwick, Brooklyn suffered as a result of Covid. Their church which had grown by God’s Grace completely dissipated. The majority of the people moved out of NYC to other areas of the country. Pastor Danny had to start from scratch. By God’s Grace the church had grown bit by bit over the last 4 years. There...  Read More