Work in Progress

I am still in Albania and have been in Albania for 5 weeks already. I am enjoying myself and the culture. As time goes on it all seems less unusual and more beautiful. The people have been very kind to me. The Wakeleys are very hospitable, and several of the Albanians from the church have been great with me, taking me under their wing, and showing me around town etc.

The weather here has been very good. Even though it's now November, the weather is still very warm. Last Wednesday it was 21C at 4:30 last Wednesday!

I have been really enjoying the church. The teaching has been great and I feel that I am being spiritually fed. I have also had quite a bit of time to read and study the Bible for myself which has been great. I wanted to learn about healing, especially because I have been around people who have been in need of that. So I prayed and set myself to study this topic. I have found out so much about it that I didn't realise before. For example, Jesus was commisioned to proclaim healing, and a consequence of that was that people were healed of all sorts of things. While I have been here I have seen at least 4 occurrences of instantaneous healing. On one occasion I was with the Wakeleys on a picnic. I had been having a very bad headache for a few hours and it was getting worse, like a migraine, and I was feeling a bit sick and dizzy too. They prayed for me but no apparent improvement at the time. Later I said I was starting to feel better, mainly because I wanted to make a statement of faith. And then I thought, well let's just trust God and I said I am better, and immediately the pressure at the back of my head went.

Another visitor from England is here as well now - Annie from Fareham, who I'd been to Albania with the first time I came. It's good having her around. She was also instantly healed - she'd been feeling quite carsick, but after praying for her and then thanking God for the healing, she immediately felt well again.

I have continued helping with various things in Elbasan. Nick wanted something done on the computer so I have been doing programming for him - it's great being able to use my skills to help out. I have continued with the School of Light. In fact we were on TV the other week, on the news! A local school had donated money and the TV company came to record it. The cameraman was someone I know, so he decided to get some footage of me, clapping my hands to some music!

Some other brief bits of news: Ramadan is going on at the moment, but there are not many signs of islam really. I went to a first birthday party the other week for Jonathan Wakeley. I'm currently at a conference in Tirane from Wednesday to Sunday. And I have finally found a country where there doesn't seem to be any McDonalds!

I've said I will finish things off for Nick, them I will be moving on. Maybe Macedonia next?