A Pictures Worth a Thousand Words

The team at a 10th century castle we visited in Guimaraes

Kirsty still smiling distributing tracts in the market despite the cold response!

Last Stop... Portugal

Greetings from Portugal our last stop!! Apologies for the lack of updates we have been serving in Portugal since the 30^th of November but have not had internet access. Last week we spent in a small town called Fafe working with a church plant there. English language schools are used widely here as a means of outreach and we have had the great privilege of sharing in many of them. We also had the privilege of doing some practical ministry painting the churche, we enjoyed many laughs during this time! My teammates especially enjoyed the spotted look that I was styling after I painted the ceiling with a water based paint.  This past week we have been in the small community of Mondim De Basto working with a church plant here. We enjoyed sharing in language schools, doing open air evangelism, and encouraging the local church here. We will travel to Porto on Friday where we will debrief for three days and then depart for our home countries. Thanks to all for your prayers and support during these past months. 

With some of the church members and worship band after the service last Thursday night in Fafe

The Harvest is Great, But The Workers Are Few

Greetings from Italy!, The team has been serving in Florence and several other small towns for the past week. We did not have internet access as we partnered with a ministry called Christ Is The Answer. The  team has also been joined by a young woman from Sicily who works for OM Italy as well as two girls from the U.S. who are serving in Italy for 9 months. It has been a great pleasure to have them be part of the team. We have been doing street evangelism passing out tracts, doing dramas, and sharing testimonies on the streets for the past week,

Friday evening we had the opportunity to visit a Roma community nearby. It was encouraging to hear the faith that is present in many in the community, but heartbreaking to have several of the youth share the hatred and discrimination that the Roma people face from the native Italians here. Many of these people have grown up being treated as less worthy people, and called many names simply because of the skin color and heritage.

Saturday we traveled to a small town in the mountains and shared on the streets in the evening there. We were able to attract many people with the music and others in the group were then able to talk and share with the people. We had a group of young boys who stopped to watch us sing and after watching and listening, Mpumi shared the gospel with them and 7 boys gave their lives to Christ. What an amazing experience it was to be a part of! 

Light amongst the Darkness

The drive to Kosovo was an adventure. After being rejected to Transit the Serbian border we ventured through the mountains of Bosnia and Montenegro. Our GPS had no signal and the dashboard meters didn't work, but God blessed us with many good conversations and stunning views. Miraculously, we entered Kosovo with ease and no need of visas. 

So far, in Kosovo, we have been assisting the local missionaries, Chris and Loraine, on their outreaches into the community. We spent some time with teens and children, including drug education and puppet shows. Helping out at Chris and Loraine's project, The Lighthouse (next to a Mosque) , has seen us build some relationships with local Muslim children - whether that be playing connect four, picking up rubbish or just trying to communicate with our few words of Albanian. 

Mpumi's back...back again

Yay!!! Our Leader, Mpumi, has returned from England with the blessing of a new visa. Praise God!! After 2 weeks gone, we all longed to see our missing family member. Thank you everyone for your prayers and support - it is greatly appreciated.

The last few days have been spent preparing and attending an Austrian Prayer Congress (APC). This event, which happens every 2 years, gathers hundreds of young adults in prayer. Our roles included cleaning (specifically showers and toilets), organising prayer posters and leading evangelical & practical outreaches into the city of Linz, Austria. We of course met some people along the way.
Enjoy the orange brightness of our exciting ministry...

A Busy Week

What a wonderfully busy week it has been. 

The Schloss Klaus Bible School (left) invited us to their historic building to share with some Bible students. We challenged and encouraged them to embrace the mission world more and enjoyed fellowshipping over dinner.  

We were blessed to lead an English Bible study with some international students on Wednesday. Yay!! It felt so lovely to speak to people in our own tongue - first hand. 

We also reached out to youth immigrants at the i-punkt centre. We used our limited German to do activities with the Children and build relationships with people from various religious backgrounds. 

Come Back Mpumi!!!

A major prayer request these past few months has been the renewal of Mpumi's visa. We said a temporary farewell to him yesterday as he returned to England (his place of residency) to re-apply for his visa. PLEASE WILL YOU PRAY that this will happen so that we can continue on the planned track of ministry. Please also pray for the us back in Austria, Coxy will be the only man, we will see how that goes..... :)