Almost home...

 Hello all!

Well, it's Monday December 7th. Officially one week till we head home for the States. So much has happened during the past couple months I hardly know where to begin. I don't think that you can go on one of these trips and NOT grow in your faith and in knowing and learning more about the God we serve and how wonderful and FULL of love HE is!! Jehovah Jireh: The Lord will provide. Leaning on this more than ever!! LOL, He will provide! He is a God who knows our needs!!

A couple of prayer requests for you all to be praying about...please : )
First, continued prayer for the needed finances to come in!! I am still a little over $100 dollars short!! Which, praise God isn't a big amount!! Still, I need to meet the full amount ASAP. All your prayers are coveted!!! : )

Second, I am looking for work when I get home. It's a very hard and "interesting" time right now because we are transitioning back and forth from the States to over here. And trying to find work when we're home is proving....very difficult. So, if you could all be praying for that and if anyone knows of anywhere that is looking to hire someone please give them my information or give me theirs!! Also, I am starting to raise support as a full time missionary RIGHT NOW. If you are interested in supporting me full time or just want some more information about it PLEASE let me know. Again, I can not say thank you enough for all your prayers and support! Please keep them coming!

I look forward to getting in touch when I am home with you all!! PEACE AND BLESSINGS!!

-Sam O.

Prayer request!

     Well, we have only 2 weeks left on tour! Where has all of the time gone?!?!? Time has both flown by and crawled by!! Unbelievable!!

Real quick family...with only two weeks left I am roughly about $100 dollars short of my goal for this tour. I am again asking for your prayers and also for your help financially if you feel led to give. Or if you know of anyone interested in giving please send them my way!! I can not begin to thank all of you enough for your support!! I hope to talk to you soon!! PEACE AND BLESSINGS!!

-Sam O.

It's been awhile...

   First, I need to ask for your forgivness! I have not been near consistent enough with this blog!! Forgive me....??

Ok, now that we've got that out of the way. Life over in the Czech Republic continues to be wonderful. But please, don't misunderstand wonderful. When I say "wonderful", it also comes along with *sickness,  being over tired, frustrations, and many more challenges along the way*. BUT-it is wonderful in the sense that we are where our GREAT Lord wants us!! And the AMAZING fruit that we are seeing and hearing about has the fingerprints of God all over it! Indeed, the Lord uses the foolish and the weak things of this world. I am speaking mostly on my own behalf on this...but, I am as weak and foolish as they come and still the Lord is using me in ways I never dreamed of. Yes....wonderful.

-SOME PRAYER REQUESTS-
With only 3 1/2 weeks left time has both flown but also crawled by.-HEALTH- If you could please be praying for our continued health! We had a rough week a couple weeks ago in this arena but God is faithful and pulled us through, as He always does. Prayer that we would also STAY healthy would be fantastic!! -FUND RAISING- We are still overall pretty short on funds. If you could first, be praying that all the needed funds would come in. But also, if you feel led to give or know of anyone that would be interested in giving please have them contact me or send them to my blog! Also, for diligence to finish out the trip WELL as unto the Lord and UNITY among our team!! I can't thank you all enough for your prayers and support!!! I will write again soon!!
PEACE AND BLESSINGS FAMILY!!

-Sam O.

Prayer request!!

  Hello there! A quick prayer request for you all....5 out of the 7 of us are REALLY SICK!! If you guys could send some prayers our way for health that would be AMAZING!!!!! We have today(Sunday)and tomorrow off to try and rest up before we head out to our next city!! Pray it will be enough rest!! Thank you all for your prayers and support!! PEACE AND BLESSINGS!!!

-Sam O.

Hello again my friends

    Hello from Czech Republic yet again!! This is going to be a quick blog but a much needed one! As many of you know we(dizmas)are still very short on finances and are doing everything we can to try and raise support in between traveling and playing concerts!! I am asking for your PRAYERS that the Lord will provide all that we need but also, if you feel led or know anyone that would be interested in supporting us PLEASE encourage them to get into contact with me!! Again, we value/need your prayers more than I would ever be able to communicate!! Thank you all so so much!!! PEACE AND BLESSINGS to you ALL!!

-Sam O.

An interesting week....

        It's not that this week wasn't really good....I think it was that it wasn't what I was expecting. Which, I should really come to the realization that it is NEVER what I expect! It was a much "easier" week compared to last week simply because we played in three schools instead of five, but harder because it was the 2nd week of tour and we were all struggling with being sick. BUT by much prayer and the grace of God we made it through!!
      We never really know what to expect when we go into schools...it's kind of a hit and miss.....sometimes the kids are awesome and they love it! OR, they think we're crazy and don't want to really talk to us. And on very special occasions you get rebuked by the teachers for being in their schools and manipulating/brain-washing the students....I know right?? Comes with the territory though ya...?? I'm still praying for said teacher....
BUT-no matter what, we push through and try to connect with the kids (and whoever else wanders into our paths for that matter!) and try and get them to come to the afternoon activities we put on throughout the week, and finally to the big concert at the end of the week where the Gospel is shared. **THIS** is the goal! To share the LOVE of Jesus with the lost! Nothing else! The music is just a platform to present it. And praise the Lord for the platform! But it's nothing compared to Jesus being accepted by these kids!
        So, this last week in schools, for me, was ok. I was very sick so it was not the easiest week. The "weirdest" day by far for me had to be the day of the concert, Saturday. We got to sleep in which was FANTASTIC, but I woke up just kinda....lol, grumpy. Do you ever have those mornings...?? I wake up kind of grumpy, and then one of THE FIRST things I see really just ticks me off! I know, juvenille...but it's what happened. So the day's off and running and I am already in a bad mood...great. We head to the venue, get set up, sound check, and we have plenty of time to spare before the show starts. I am still in a grumpy mood because of what I had seen earlier that day so.......I sat down with my Bible...and just read and prayed...A LOT. Praise the Lord that He uses us despite of our failures and shortcomings!! I am so selfish sometimes it makes me sick....and have such a jealous heart. The Lord is teaching me much. BUT-I am forgiven and free through the blood that was shed for me!!! Clinging to promises like that today!!
            Despite all of my "mood-swings" it came time to play a concert. I don't think I have had more things go "technically" wrong EVER in a single show. First song of the set, I brake 2 strings. 3rd song, I slice my hand open and start bleeding. And other "bad" things just started happening all over the stage at that point. LOL, BUT-we still rocked hard and the bottom line is.....the Gospel was shared and kids heard about the love that Jesus Christ has for them! No matter how many things go wrong musically, that is all that matters!!! Had some great conversations with some kids after the show...a couple girls came all the way from Opava to see us! They said they had been reading the Bibles that they received at the last concert!! That is HUGE, FYI!! Signed way too many autographs and took way too many pictures, loaded up the white van, headed back to the CB church, grabbed our luggage and started the 4 hour drive back to Cesky Tesin.
           Looking back, a good week. We got to share our lives with many students and more importantly we had the privilege of sharing Jesus with these kids. What else is there??? Praise the Lord.
Thank you all more than you know for the prayers!! Keep them coming!! PEACE AND BLESSINGS!!

-Sam O.

A section of the crowd on Friday night...