Still keeping on...keeping on

Chris writes....life is still hard in Lighthouse and is getting us down..so hard to see all this investment not being used....!!
........we found out that owing to concerns from our neighbours in the Mosque....the parents have been telling the children not to come to the cafe....we know that we are in a battle but the victory belongs to Him!!...we know that when we are under attack it is often because we are doing something right...!! :)

..............reading from 2 Chronicles 20 and we are applying these verses to our situation...

Really appreciate your prayers and support!!

God Bless

Chris

Sounds of Silence!

Chris writes: thanks for all you prayers and support...we did get a break and got away to Albania for a few days...winter has been very mild so far this year...owing to the design of these buildings sadly it has still been pretty cold inside...something we need to invest in before next winter.

Our biggest struggle has not been with the weather but that Lighthouse has just been so quiet...this is so hard especially when we know all the time and money which has been invested..

Would appreciate prayers for a breakthrough!!

Blessings

Ah.....winter is here!!

Chris writes: Hope you are all well and had a restful and peaceful Christmas and New Year break.....would appreciate your prayers at the moment...we had a great time in UK really encouraging and received lots of blessings and gifts...it was so good to see family and friends and enjoy Christmas in UK...we even saw the lights in London!!....to be loved, hugged, blessed and encouraged...it was so good just to be able to walk on the beach and breathe it all in and just savour the moment......now we are back to Kosova.....in the thick of things.....even as I write I am working on the battery as we have no mains power at the moment...something the people here have had to put up with for far to long since the end of the conflict.....especially during the winter....

Winter is setting in and it is starting to get colder and harder to keep the cafe warm...with the New Year brings a time of pause and reflection  so we are praying about our future and that of Lighthouse.........we are hoping for a few days break in the next few weeks... :)

We want to give thanks for all we have received and all that has happened over 2012.....and ask for your prayers as we moved forward into 2013...Pray that we will know His Will...please do share anything you may have from Father with us.

We want to give thanks for your faithfulness over 2012 and that of all our supporters.

Good day!!!

Chris writes: on the face of it not a good day business wise...very slow and not so many paying customers so could be a cause for some depression but..............

..................just as I was getting sad about our lack of customers...and even very few children.....and we were thinking about closing up..........

.........one little boy came in on his own...despite his friends encouraging him to join them he stayed and asked me to help him build something...and then helped me as we went round to deliver some cakes to our neighbours....... I knew this was very important and meant a lot to him as this was the same little boy who once before had said to one of the team to not break a promise to him as that is what his father did.......wow!!....

......I am reminded of what Jesus said: 'Whatever you did to one of the least of these you did to Me'.

What an honour!! Who said today was a waste of time......!!!!


Tomorrow we travel to UK for three weeks....so hopefully will see some of you!!

Thanks so much for your support and prayers for this ministry...without you we could not do what we do!!

Yeh for the Transit...ers!!

Chris writes: really busy at the moment...we have a team of five young people who are travelling over Europe  with OM...they are the Transit team...they come from Australia (2); from South Korea; from USA; and from South Africa.
Was really nervous about them coming...were we prepared?..were we ready for them? both of us pretty tired and just had two lovely ladies from UK visiting who left in the morning... so wanted to leave it in God's hands...(good idea!!) (at the last minute I realized they would probably not be able to get in as they did not have the paperwork we needed for our other visitor this summer...over to you God!!)

.......they got in that evening!!

Wow!!....what a time we have had and so many people they have witnessed to and encouraged!!..so many stories I could share!

Sometimes we just have to step out and trust God!!

They leave on Monday for Italy.....but we still have:

• Night of Prayer at Lighthouse tonight....7pm 

• Evangelistic meeting tomorrow night @ 7pm

Please do keep praying for for us; Lighthouse and for these guys as they continue their trail of blessing and encouragement!!

Our Labour is (still) NOT in vain

Chris writes....sorry for the repetition of the above Scripture...why apologize ...for repeating God's word!!...but I really have nothing else that God has laid on my heart at the moment....we are now open four days/week Tuesday until Friday from 8.30 until 6pm so we opened today at 8.30am and we have had........one sale and that was from our worker!!

So it is hard not to get discouraged...but we must not.......

....but seven boys just left who all played puzzles...showed me their coloring and enjoyed being the Lighthouse in a safe environment and listened to worship songs...they did not spend any money but................

.......my encouragement is that maybe I will never know the impact the hour they spent with us had on them and maybe will have eternal significance.......

Why am I discouraged!!!

Trials!!!!

Chris writes: we have now been open for around one month though only still for three days/week......and business has been steadily growing with more and more new customers coming in. Our two volunteers from UK returned home on Friday and we have now almost finished the work we were doing in the prayer room and around 2/3rds completed making the basement into a kitchen.....thanks Allan + Lynne!

................now we seem to have hit a wall...on Friday the coffee co called to say they had to take our machine away as we have not been selling enough coffee...not a surprise but we told them we were starting small.and this is the Kosovan way...step by step.......now today our young volunteer working as his work experience with us has been recalled by the school and told he must go to another placement as we are not giving him enough hours....now I am not one to see demons on every street corner but I know we are in a spiritual battle and I thought of the Scripture in Ephesians 6:12: "...our struggle is not against flesh and blood...."......please do pray for us as we know this is a work of God and He will not allow us to stumble.

Can't wait for tomorrow!!!

Thanks for your prayers and support, In Him