Hello Everyone,
To bring you up to date with the latest going on here at Calvary Chapel Prishtina; winter seems to be quickly passing with mostly mild weather these days. We are counting the weeks till spring arrives. And finally we have gotten past the flu season that really hit us hard this time. For a usually quiet time of the year as far as ministry activities are concerned we have been quite busy. Since December we have had two new families begin attending church. One family is here almost every meeting both Sunday and Thursday and the other is coming more and more consistently it seems as the Lord works in their hearts which seems very apparent. They are the Curri family and the Berisha family. They are families that our brother Joseph from Norway has been reaching out to.
As I mentioned in a previous news letter one of the families; the Berisha family is still recovering from some traumatic experiences they suffered during the war in 1999. The Berisha family consists of two sisters; Fikrie and Florie. One of them; Fikrie has four children the oldest is 18 and the youngest 6 years old. Her husband who is an alcoholic left her several years ago. Fikrie and Florie had come to our church for the first time on Christmas Eve. While Fikrie and the kids have been coming periodically, Florie hadn’t until she came again on a recent Thursday evening with her sister. It is awesome to see how the Lord is reaching into their hearts and lives and stirring up fresh new hope that can only be found in Christ. The biggest challenge they face is the fear of man. This fear factor has affected them for many years; the fear of what others will think, say, or do about anything. Please pray that God will set them free from the bondage of fear. This fear problem is very common in the Kosovar Albanian culture.
The Curri family is the other family that is present at almost every meeting. They had been refugees in Norway during the war and came into contact with Joseph when he did a book presentation. Fadil, the father, is also a writer. He and his wife Makja have five children, (two daughters and three sons) the oldest (a daughter) is married and lives close to the church. She actually came to church for the first time also on Thursday. Please pray that the Lord will reveal himself to their hearts and that they will come to a saving faith in Christ.
So we feel blessed and privileged to have the addition of the two new families attending the church and we are praying that they will truly become born again. Another young man; Ilir, who is a law student has been coming to our church periodically for a year now. He now considers himself a believer in Christ. He lives out in western Kosova but attends whenever he is in town. Pray for Ilir that he would be able to find a job in Prishtina and be able to get more involved with the fellowship. Pray that a good foundation in Christ will be laid in his life.
Celeste has been keeping quite busy with her mom’s group that meets on Wednesday mornings. They have a number of new ladies that are coming and our house is being filled to capacity with women and children. Celeste is forming a steering committee with a couple of the ladies. Pray that they will be of one mind and be led of the Lord in planning activities for the future etc.
For this coming Spring we are preparing for 2 outreaches; one in late March with a team from the Bible College in York, England and the other with the soccer team from Vienna. Pray that we will have fruitful outreach with the two teams that will be here with us.We will also be planning a special celebration of the 10th year anniversary of Calvary Chapel Prishtina.
That is all for now… Thanks again for your prayers and support. We greatly appreciate your partnership with us in the work that the Lord is doing here in Kosovo.
By His Grace,
Mark, Celeste, and Isabella.
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