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.