Dear family and friends:
Those of you that live in the area, are invited once again to our annual fundraiser “Tips for Change”. This wonderful couple, the Bartolettis, generously open their restaurant Gianni’s for one night, and donate all the tips plus 10% to The Macedonian Outreach. Please come join us if you can. Those out of the area, please pray for a successful event.
Thank you.
Vula
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On September 10-11, we visited our sponsored children in Skopje, N. Macedonia. We made these kids so happy on one hand but on the other they filled our hearts with a very special joy. It was so good to see the children come back from school with backpacks laughing, running, joking like any children around the world. I, especially was very happy to see these children in school, something that some years back was only a dream. Thank you sponsors for making such a difference in the lives of these precious children. Not only they are going to school but at the same time beautiful Christians are teaching them about the love of Jesus and how He loves them the same like every other child in the world. Blessings to you all. You know who you are!
“Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.”
1 Thessalonians 3:11-12 NIV
We thank God for clearing the way and for giving us the privilege to serve Him for yet another year. It is so beautiful to find the ones we left behind last year, growing in faith and encouraging and loving one another in the Lord.
It is just as wonderful to have friends and relatives from the US who join us in serving Him. With sadness we said goodbye to Theresa who was here and working very hard for over a month. Thank you, Theresa!!!
Our partners in Ministry from N. Macedonia, visited us on June 3rd at the Ministry Center in Litohoro, Greece. We are particularly proud of their son Alexander, who just finished his doctorate in Scotland, on Old Testament studies with emphasis on the book of Jeremiah!
On June 4th, we visited the Refugee Center in Thessaloniki bringing food and clothing
Clothing for our dear refugees in Thessaloniki
On June 7-9th, we went to Saranda, Albania where our Ministry partner Pantelis did a Couples’ Conference. On Sunday morning I woke up to the beautiful sound of church bells; a sound that was “mute” for over 40 years during the very dangerous years of extreme communism.
Pantelis, teaching on Sunday morning. The church in Saranda is right in front of people coming off the boat so when they see the cross some come in to worship with us. This particular Sunday, a Christian father and daughter from Australia came in to worship with us. It was amazing! Pantelis preached in Greek, our Albanian/Greek pastor Sotir translated Greek to Albanian and I had the privilege to translate from Greek to English for our Australian guests!
“I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.”
John 10:16 NIV
Dear Family and Friends:
I praise God that He, in His mercy, allowed me to come once more to serve Him in the Balkans.
I am so thankful to Him that once again Tory Rath traveled with me to make sure that I made it here safely and helped me every step of the way. So far Theresa Po, Mike Cooper and Teri Flynn have come and joined me as well. They have been of great help and brought much joy to everyone and especially to the children!
We made two trips to Bulgaria already where we distributed food, saw some of our kids and saw all of our partners in the work there! Our hearts overflow with joy in seeing all the wonderful things God continues to do in all of their lives and the lives of those they serve.
Within Greece we have visited many and rejoiced in seeing each other again. Visited the Refugee Center in Thessaloniki and fellowshipped in our local Evangelical church of Katerini and the village of Mylotopos.
Please continue to pray for the work of The Macedonian Outreach. Lots of work but our Lord is bigger still and loves His people here just the same as He does at home.
I continue to pray for all of you.
In His love, Vula
Distribution of food in Pammuchi!
Some of our precious children in Yastrebovo!
In the church of Mylotopos with some new Syrian refugees!
Teri praying at the site of a future new church!
Theresa with some of the children in Yastrebovo!