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Wednesday, 15 June 2011 20:25

Greetings in the precious name of our Lord Jesus! I pray that He will fill you with His power so that His glory will be known all over the earth! I am honored to have had the grace to serve Him and His church this month again. It is a privilege that God honors me with.

God helped us to sow the seed of the gospel once again. Considering the season we're in, it is not the best time of the year because people are now busier with the field work rather than being concerned about their soul. But even so, I do my best to be a model for them when it comes to my attitude in the ministry.

I would like to share with you a little about each church in my mission area.

Sadly, the situation from Molodia I told you about last month is pretty much the same. Nothing has changed so far in this church. I talked to the leaders on several occasions and they promised they would make some changes, but nothing has happened. I cannot really make rules here because the church members from the village requested that they organize and lead the ministry. We can only help now and then.

Praise the Lord for the ministry in Grusevca! We finally were able to see people saved after so many years when nothing happened. For a long while, the villagers would not even enter the church.
God heard our prayers and had mercy on us. This is the second month when we have had visitors to our church.  First, Saveta came to church and then her sister. Saveta is the woman I told you about in my previous report. I asked you to pray her and her family. When Saveta got to know the Lord as her Savior, she went home and shared with her family about the things happening in her life. As a result, one of her sisters came to church. God had mercy on her too. Please continue to pray for Saveta, her family and for her sister, Dorica.

Things have changed in Pasat too, praise the Lord!  I was pretty discouraged these past months, but something has happened here recently. It is a little early to say what it is, but God is definitely doing something extraordinary. One of the women that used to be very fierce against us has been actually come to church for two weeks. I will give you more details so that you can understand the situation better.

The Orthodox priest comes to this village on Saturday in order to lead the service at the Orthodox Church. He usually spends the night at her place.  He was very much against us and together with other people made plans how to harm us. They did that in the house of that woman who has shared that with us. One of her sons who is a journalist once wrote an article for the local newspaper in which he slandered us and the church. I could share with you other things too but I only wanted to make you understand that God was great. He also reveals His plans to His people. We still cannot really understand what is going with this woman. She was very impressed to see how clearly the Word was being explained in our church. My co-minister, Misa, prayed for her and her family once. That really made an impression on her. She told us she had never experienced anything like it before. If she ever asked the priest to pray for her, she had to pay him. She was very surprised that we did that for free. May God bless her and save her!

 
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