At about 5:30 we went to a village outside Luchnia. A group of Albanian Christians gathered in a dirt covered car park. Just as they began to set up a small sound system the local mosque on the hill above us began the call to prayer.
The Albanian Christians played some upbeat Christian songs through the sound system as some of our team went with Albanian guys to invite men from the numerous bars and cafés to come to a "presentation of English culture"!!!
A crowd gathered and we introduced ourselves. Then, finally, after all our practicing, we got to perform our drama. The two Petes, Owen, Ben and Don performed fantastically! They had the crowd laughing and received a hearty round of applause at the end. (Be at church on Sunday 7th to see a repeat performance!)
After the drama Simon sang Shackles and then Don gave a short testimony that was really, really good - about what he loves and how God is strong and powerful and helps us to have self-control.
We then sang a song all together and I did a little gospel preach.
It went really well. We were interrupted by a drunk guy and several lorries that needed to get through, but the people from the Albanian church thought it was a success.
I asked the pastor about what we'd done. She said this is their 5th village. There are 100 villages around Lushnia and they have a sense of responsibility to reach all of them.
They start with a few of these street meetings and get to know people. Then they do fun kids activities and somehow this becomes a church!
I was really struck by their get up and go to see something happen for these people in the villages. What would that sort of passion look like in Exeter, I wonder?
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What an amazing experience and what would that sort of passion look like? it would be fantastic!! with love from Canada The Osmond Clan xx :-)
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