This was an all squad month! Which I really liked. I love seeing everyone.
We arrived in Kosovo just in time for the Impact week! Impact Kosovo is an event where roughly 300 people from all over Europe and a few Americans came to make an impact for God’s Kingdom all over Kosovo. We were based in Prishtine the capital city and bussed to many other cities throughout Kosovo. This was probable one of the most beautiful weeks on my Journey so far. Most of this week was evangelism which is typically not my strength, but God’s hand was on this country and the people were so open to hearing about Jesus and his love. It was truly in credible.
I have so many stories from this week it is unbelievable on how God is working. I will share a few with you all. Day two of evangelism I met a Man that owns a shop and he invited us in to speak with him. He told us all about his family and the hardships of the government and how corrupt their country is. I got to just listen and hear his story, we talked a little bit about God and what we were doing. We had to get going but before we left I asked if I could pray for him and he said yes. I prayed for blessing upon his business and blessing for his family, I also prayed for health and healing for him because I felt like the Holy Spirit was saying pray for that. Once the prayer was over the man had tears in his eyes and he was just so thankful for us and for the pray. We said good buy and left. The next day we came back to just say hi and this man said “Today was the first day that he had woken up happy in a long time and the first day he did not have to take his medication.” He was so happy and thankful for the prayer yesterday! His wife was in the shop with him that day and they were both thankful for the pray and to us and we just said God is good and we praised God for what he had done. We asked if we could pray for him and his wife again and their family and they said yes. Again, at the end of the prayer his wife was crying, and he had moisture in his eyes. They were both so moved by the prayers. Holy Spirit is working on their hearts that was so apparent. This was so beautiful. We said our good byes and they just kept saying thank you and shook our hands. God is good. Please pray for this family.
So many prayers that week ended with hopeful tears! Truly beautiful. A lot of healing took place that week and a lot of souls were saved.
The last day of evangelism was amazing. I met a young man that had spent a lot of time in the U.S. He had been around a lot of Christians during that time and knew a lot about the Bible and who Jesus was. I could feel the Holy Spirit nudging me to ask this young man if he wanted to follow Jesus and to be honest I was kind of scared because I had never been apart of leading someone in the pray of salvation, but I knew I needed to ask him and this young man said yes he wanted to become a believer. The young man is now our brother in Christ! Please pray for him and his walk with Jesus. This was so amazing to be a part of. He had a Bible and we walked briefly through the New Testament. He asked what books to read and I said read the Gospel’s. His heart was just so ready!
That very same day I met a young girl around 9 years old. The two women I was with were talking to her Grandmother and so I was able to talk with the young girl. I asked to bread her hair and she said, “Yes I would love that.” I braded her hair and got to pray for her the whole time then I started asking her questions about the summer and school and what she liked to do then I asked her if she went to church she said no. I told her there is a man named Jesus there and that he loved her. She said, “How can this man love me when he does not even know me?” I said, “Jesus created you and loves you so much” Her eyes lit up. It was so beautiful so see her hear about Jesus for the first time. This girl was so precious my prayers are with her.
This day was amazing I was able to be a part of someone committing their life to Jesus and seeing this beautiful girl hear about Jesus for the first time. What an incredible day!
I loved Impact week. It was very challenging emotionally, physically, and spiritually. It took me out of my comfort zone completely but was so remarkable. I loved every minute of it.
I have so many more stories from this week. Please reach out to me if you want to hear more. God was working and moving in so many ways!
-V
Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth? Says the Lord. Jeremiah 23:24
