Vladimir's Testimony

“...ten years of intense searching and wandering on many blind spiritual roads.
I didn’t know that God’s word had clearly written the answer for my life.”

Riding a train in the summer of 2000, Vladimír ended up sitting across from
Emilie and another lady. Vladimír had by this time, come to a belief in God and
an acceptance of Christian religion. But Vladimír was not saved. During that

train ride, Emilie gave Vladimír her testimony and left him with an invitation
brochure to our services in Prague. It would be another year and a half before his
journey would bring him to repentance and true faith in Jesus Christ. But that
train ride proved a key connection.

Vladimír kept that brochure, and it led him several months later, to a Sunday night
service in which only Emilie, Vladimír and I were present. No matter, Vladimír sat
on one side, Emilie on the other and I preached the gospel :) Vladimír began
attending regularly after that service. He had come a long way from being a
materialistic atheist, but despite his belief in God, acceptance of Christian religion
and interest in the Bible, Vladimír was still a lost man. Slowly the word of God cut
to the heart of his still lost condition.

In April, 2002 we conducted a special evangelistic meeting in another city.
Vladimír traveled with us, and later that night came under deep conviction.
Awakened by his troubled conscience, he felt compelled to kneel beside the bed
and call upon the Lord. As Vladimír very simply describes it; “When I prayed - he
saved me! And when he did it felt as if he took my old stony heart and replaced
it with a new one. much softer and full of life. Unbelievable. So here am I :)” And
we are very grateful to have him!

Vladimír has worked for most of his adult life as a
research chemist. Raised and educated under the
former Communist regime he never heard any
other explanation to life than their materialistic,
evolutionary dogma. That philosophy blinded him
to the evidence staring back at him through his
microscope everyday in the laboratory - that
such intricate and complex design had to have
an even more intricate and complex Designer.

But depression and guilt set Vladimír on a spiritual
search. The realities of his troubled emotions
demanded more than a philosophy that reduced
life to nothing more that mere chemical
reactions. Vladimír describes this time as;