I am very thankful that we are not alone in this process. God proves every single day that He is in control. We realize every day that it is not a coincidence that we are in Slovakia right now and that our Creator has everything perfectly planned.

In the beginning of July when we decided not to fight the visa battle any longer, we had no idea what was going to happen to us. Actually, I have to correct that, otherwise I would be lying. I can’t say we didn’t know what was going to happen to us. We knew exactly what was going to happen to us. We knew that God would take care of all our need in the right time. Our brains had a hard time understanding God’s logic. We know our calling to be missionaries though. And long time ago we told God we would go wherever He would send us. The word “wherever” did not include Slovakia. Today, however, even our brains can clearly see why we are here. God really knows everything and he knew the right timing for us to be in Slovakia and spread the awareness about mission so that more people could go and fulfill the great commission that God has called us to through His son Jesus.

In the upcoming year we would like to invest into Slovakia what has been invested into us the last ten years. Ten years ago we attended a Bible college in Denmark where our practical preparations for the mission field started.

Some things just need the fulness of time. When we left into the mission field for the first time, we expressed a genuine desire for more Slovaks to be sent out into the mission. It was, however, a bit difficult to help with it from Lower Brule. Jozef and Bohunka Brenkus had the same desire many years before us. I have now met people, who had been arranging conferences about mission since in the 90’s. They have been praying for others and equipping them in order to fulfill the great commission. I believe that there were many people who prayed back in the deep totalitarian regime asking God to call missionaries out of Slovakia. There is no way we can ignore all the great work which missionaries from abroad have done in Slovakia the last twenty-nine years. Men and women who have been sharing their experience with God. I remember that as a kid I was in awe dreaming about the possibility to be one of those that experience the presence of God and brings the gospel of God into the world. Now we realize in all seriousness and humbleness that we are the fruit of their work and prayers. God broke the heart of Maťo and Sisa Mrva several years ago and told them that they would first need to help others leave and then their time to leave would come, too. I believe therefor that it is not by accident that I am sitting in their studio right now and have the opportunity, together with Jozef and Bohunka, to prepare the way for others who would be willing to step out of their comfort zone and carry the gospel of God to the ends of the earth. 

In this first phase, we would like to answer the question WHY? Not why we do it. That we all have answered very clearly long time ago. We want to know, why it is important that Slovakia would send out more missionaries. I am currently meeting different kinds of people who work in Slovakia within the abroad-related missionary work. I have yet to meet many of them and I believe that I will be able to meet many more and will be able to start using the current resources so that missionaries from Slovakia could be sent out.

During the second phase we would like to look at the question HOW? We have already touched that question and started to talk about it. After that we will enter another phase with the question WHAT? That will be something particular which we have been dreaming of and God knows exactly what it is. It will be the work of God.