ALBANIA MINISTRY UPDATE: March & April 2010

 
EMANUEL CHURCH TIRANA
These last two months were marked by several joyous events for our church.

We were greatly encouraged during the Easter season and on Easter Sunday as we taught, meditated, and celebrated together the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Pray that the hope of Easter will accompany us in our daily life especially in difficulties.  

We then celebrated two weddings: Oliana and Enkeleid, and Albana and Olsi. Their respective wedding ceremonies were a powerful witness of the Gospel and the love of Christ in their lives to their families and friends.

Pray that their love for each other will grow and they will glorify God in their marriage.

            We finished teaching through 1 Corinthians on our Sunday services and are now preaching from 2 Corinthians.

Pray for God’s Spirit to speak into the hearts and minds of our people so that as a church we become doerers and not simply hearers of God’s Word.

STUDENT MINISTRY & THE INTERCONFESSIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY

The biggest event for student ministry was the annual national evangelistic conference which brought together BSKSH groups from several university cities for a weekend of worship, teaching, and fellowship.

Praise God for the encouragement that students received in this conference, and pray for the start of a new student group among dental students in cooperation with the Shalom Clinic that is established in Tirana by South Korean missionaries.

            The Old Testament translation project of the Interconfessional Bible Society is well under way. This will be the first modern translation of the Old Testament in Albanian from the Hebrew.

Pray for the translators (Oldi, Marjan, and Joan), and for Altin as he oversees the project and seeks to raise the funds needed for this work.     

         
OTHER

            Several members of our church already completed the course on Systematic Theology and have now begun work on the second course on Missions. This is part of an Internet based class that is offered by the Reformed Dutch Church.  

Pray for those participating in the class to get the most out of it, and to persevere and finish the course well.

            The last book we discussed in our Book Club was “Amazing Grace” the life story of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce. His story is very inspiring and people were greatly encouraged by the way God worked through him to bring freedom to slaves.

Pray that the meetings of the Book Club will attract more unbelievers who will hear the Gospel as a result of the relationships they will develop with believers.

            Finally, we want to say thank you for your prayers and support. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you sometime soon.     
      

Blessings,
Zefjan (on behalf of the Emanuel Church team)