It's All Grace

a journey with the Thomason family

Category: Czech Republic

  • 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)…

  • Hanging With Zach and Kara

    We had a pretty full morning today complete with Czech lessons and a trip over to the bank to sign what must have been at least a dozen documents. Our lessons went really well, but it’s a constant reminder that we need to study our notes daily and just keep up on our Czech vocabulary.…

  • Another First: Dinner in a Czech Home

    This is what I saw when I walked in to the Creative Communications office this morning. Water…and lots of it. All over the desks, on the keyboard of one of the computers, and on the floor. How did this happen you ask? Our office is on the third floor and the ceiling slopes. There are…