Roman & Monika Testimonies

Roman was an atheist. Roman
knew almost nothing about the
Bible, yet here he was staring at my
personal testimony brochure
(Všechno se změnilo - Everything
had Changed) and asking, not as a
scorner, but in total sincerity, "So,
just exactly who is Jesus Christ?".
That was January, 2005 and it was
the beginning of a journey from
dead atheism to living faith. Over 50
hours of one on one, personal Bible
study saw this inquiring atheist
slowly change; first to accepting
the existence of God, then

to grappling with conviction of sin, then to believing that Jesus Christ is not
only the Son of Man, but truly the Son of God - and finally, to calling upon the
Lord to be saved. The "Romans' Road", for an atheist like Roman, requires
more than a skeleton summary of the basics of salvation, but rather a
thorough contemplation of the gospel. We start at Romans 1:1 and work our
way, step by step, to the grand, liberating conlusion of Romans 8:1. "There is
therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, ..."

On May 3rd, 2005, that verse became a reality for Roman. Prior to this, my
wife led Monika to Christ. In September 2006, I had the privilege of performing
their wedding. They are both a living testimony of the grace of God and
transforming power of the Gospel.

“If all this is true, WHY didn’t they teach us this in school?!”, asked Monika.
Monika was one of over 50 people attending the second night of a Creation
conference with speaker, Dr. Pat Briney. Her question was not sarcastic, but
very sincere. Dr. Briney spent the next 20 minutes answering that question by
relating his own experience with academic bias in the American university
system. For Monika, that was a turning point, at which she decided to check
the little box on her visitors card next to the statement: “I would like to talk to
someone about the Bible”. She and her boyfriend Roman came to meet us on a
Wednesday night after our midweek service. Two hours of questions and
answers followed. That meeting led to a series of Bible studies, based on the
book of Romans. Several weeks later, after the Sunday service, Monika went
into a side room, very troubled. Emilie went in to talk to her.“Is there anything
I can do to help?”, she said, to which Monika cried, “NOBODY can help me - I
am so dirty!” Emilie responded, “but I know someone who can." They reviewed
the gospel and it wasn’t long before Monika was asking the Lord to forgive her
and save her. And He did :) Monika has been a witness for the Lord from the
start. The change in her life was dramatic, as she and Roman had lived the
total “party” life style before getting saved. She works as a head secretary for
an international firm in Prague and has taken a stand for the Lord in her
company. In September 2006, I had the privilege of performing the wedding of
Monika and Roman and they now serve the Lord together in our church.