Ben in Croatia
Hello followers and viewers of Letters from Croatia. It has been a while since I have blogged and in the last month a lot of adjustment and things of that sort has occured. I have been busy with football training, language learning and finding ways to get around the city of Zagreb. It takes a lot longer to get places when you don't have a car and your bike gets stolen :)
Recently I have been thinking on how this year in missions is so great. It is unbeleivable to be able to be in a foreign country and to explore and experience a different culture. I have recently also found that the region of Europe is especially difficult for a missionary. I have a Croatian roommate now named Igman. He has been a Christian for 2 years now and has just started Bible school. I have talked with him about how hard it is to get people here to understand and want a personal relationship with God. They know Christian concepts like the cross and Jesus and stories about God but they dont realize that there is freedom in Christ and that there is love that Christ has for us. It is hard to figure out how to reach these people, especially because I do not speak Croatian. The good news of Christ is something that I need to preach to people at all times and in many ways. I am trying to invite people into being a Christian with everything that I do. This is hard.
Stephanie and I have been able to spend a lot of time with people from our Croatian class who are from all over the world. Continue to pray for them, that God would do his will in the relationships that we have with them.
I have been going to a Bible study with some guys here on Wednesday afternoons. Today we read Colossians. Soon I will go with these guys to visit a roma/gypsy community. The roma people are the last remaining roamers on earth. They live in very poor conditions and they have been a people that has been made fun of and rejected for a very long time in Europe. Pray for these people as we go visit them next week.
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In case I dont see ya....good afternoon, good evening and goodnight
