It's Saturday, so we've been to the nearby town of Klina again. Jeton and I picked up the family with the daughter who had bad dreams (which have not repeated since we prayed for her two weeks ago) for the service at the church plant in the middle of the town. This is the entrance, at the back of commercial premises whose frontage is the main square.
Jeton spoke on the importance of worship, giving various biblical examples of wholehearted commitment in this vital area of church life. Then we had a time of... worship - and prayer - led by Helen and Ilir. That was when we ran out of chairs. 22 people for 20 chairs!
While Ilir and Helen continued to lead the worship, Jeton, Jan and I prayed for people in the congregation. It was such a powerful time with a number of people moved to tears as the presence of God became real to them, their prayers coming from deep in their heart. We concluded our time with refreshments, just like any other church!
I am constantly impressed by my sisters and brothers here. Their spirituality and worship include being practical and addressing the needs of local people. After the service we met a lady who heads up a local charity for disabled people. Here is their regular poster, though we liked the one at the start of this blog more, which included the phrase 'This is Kosova too', ie we have disabled people here in Kosova as well.
Ironically, in order to get to the room the charity is using you need to descend these stairs, which were difficult to use for the lady we met because she is disabled herself.
The room they use is an old disused shop in the lower level of a shopping centre. They can't afford any electricity or water but it does provide a point of contact for otherwise isolated disabled people, of whom there are at least 400 in their vicinity.
This is their stock of equipment in one corner of the room:
Yes, that's right, two zimmer frames and not a wheelchair in sight, in spite of their logo. We were there to deliver 2 wheelchairs (with two more to come) and six wheely walkers/chairs. They were donated by a Christian Dutch NGO, and the wheelchairs were in far better condition than those we saw in the hospital yesterday.
Job done. A wheely encouraging and worthwhile time.
PS Deda (from yesterday's blog) is 'a little bit tired but not bad', according to his brother today.
I have the privilege of preaching again tomorrow morning. I've been given an easy subject: The Trinity (thanks Jeton).
