It's All Grace

a journey with the Thomason family

Category: Our Year In Czech

  • Our First Date Night

    Thanks to the help and kindness of Lindsey and Kailey (our house guests!), we were able to have our first date night here in Czech! As we walked away from our apartment tonight to head to the restaurant Bethany said something to the effect of, “walking to the restaurant on date night is a first.”…

  • Visitors From Slovakifornia

    Slovakifornia is not a real place, but it’s the best way to describe where our wonderful visitors came from today. Kailey and Lindsey Richardson are two young ladies that we have known for a long time from our home church in California. They have been serving in an English camp ministry in Slovakia for the…

  • Rain, the Sandbox, and How to Dad

    Lightning struck, thunder rolled, and it rained a lot. They say that in July is the wettest month in this region. I believe it. Today’s storm packed a punch and when the lightning started it didn’t stop for a while. I shot the below video today while at the JV offices. We have those ceiling…

  • Parenting and Doing Church in Czech

    Today we enjoyed our fifth Sunday at our new church here in Czech. For the most part the services are very similar to a church service in the States with music, announcements, preaching, prayer and sometimes a testimony or two. Today they did a baby dedication for a little baby named Matthew. It’s the second…

  • Our First House Guest

    Tonight we’re hosting our first overnight visitor, Chris Wick! Chris, Ashley, and their four kids live in the country of Slovenia and are also missionaries with JV. The fun part about our relationship with the Wick’s is that there was a short time that we served with them at Placerita Baptist Church (our sending church)…