Friday, July 27, 2012

A Remarkable Man

Hey everyone!! So we are back in Prokuplje after having traveled to Beograd yesterday. We had a really awesome time there meeting new people and we are all do glad we went!!
Yesterday we woke up at 5 am and got on a double decker bus to ride to Beograd. I was super excited to be on a bus like this and the view was awesome! The drive was about four hours and we met Jelena at the bus stop around 10:30. We then said goodbye to Kristina our translator who live in Novi Sad, two more hours north. Jelena is the assistant of a Christian ministry for university students. It is an inter varsity group called EUS and the director is Samuilo. This group meets every week and have things like church services, bible studies, and other events. We were all do excited to hear what God is doing through this group! They will be having a huge conference where Nick Vujicic will be speaking!! The proceeds go to the disabled children's hospital and many many other organizations are getting involved. Since EUS is controlling the group, they will be able to share the gospel freely and this is a huge Huge opportunity for people to come to know Christ! They will hold the conference in Beograd and Novi Sad. Keep this in your prayers because it is a huge opportunity for others to know Christ! Also prayer the group can sell the small room the meet in for bible studies so try can buy a place much closer to campus!

Jelena showed us around "New" Beograd and the Fortress. She is so awesome to have taken her time to do this!

This post is called "A Remarkable Man" because Jelena kept telling us Samuilo is a remarkable man before we met him. So when we met him, we knew exactly what she meant! He truly truly has a heart for people and most of all, people coming to know Christ. He is following Gods will to the best of his abilities and then some!! It was such and encouragement to meet this man of God. He is the busiest and most energetic person, and he is constantly meeting with people to disciple or share Christ. We met three university students, two who know Jesus and one who is agnostic.

The first was David, a student studying medicine and is from Kenya! The group of Africans he came with we're each promised a scholarship that none of them have received yet. Samuilo is trying to help him sort this out and to stay in Serbia. Samuilo knows God has a purpose for David here and is doing his best to keep him here! Pray for this please!

Then we went to our hostel, which was a dormitory on the campus that they rent as hostels while students are away. It was pretty cool being "back at school" for two days!

Then we met Jelena for some very VERY delicious fish soup!! (one of our favorites) Jelena is a really awesome woman too! She had a very hard childhood and she lived through the bombings in Serbia. She came to know Jesus when she was around 17-10. And has been serving God with the many talents he has given her!

Then we went to another cafe to meet another university student named Nina. She came to know Jesus this past January and her faith is so strong and mature it is truly amazing! She is the only Christian in her family so pray her sister, mother, and father come to know Jesus too! Nina was super sweet an seemed like someone we would hang out with back home!! Also pray for her witness when she is at school because she said she doesn't have many friends ( I don't know why! She's awesome!) and she can be an amazing witness when she is at school!

Then we met Lisa and her two sons who live in Hawaii and Samuillo randomly met them in an elevator at some prayer conference, I think in the US. She also wants to get involved with our missions in Serbia!

Then we met Marija ( this was abut midnight haha) and she is an agnostic but is good friends with Samuilo. Their families are good friends but none of them are believers. Pray that they can really see a difference in the way Samiulo lives and they will come to Jesus through his witness!!

We then went to bed and woke around 8:30 to meet Jelena, Nina, and Lisa's two sons. They showed us around"Old" Beograd and then we left to meet the team at the Airport!

Then we all at a great lunch together and traveled back to Prokuplje and here we are now! Soon we will go over the plan for the week and then get some rest! Keep us in your prayers!! Thanks!

Bethany

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