Update from Christina Melton
March 2, 2010
Hello All!
I have been here in Montenegro for 4 months now! (Time for an update, right?!) Some days it feels like I have lived here for years, and some days I feel as though I had just arrived.
Ministry has not been “easy,” but it is an honor to be a part of the work here.
My teenagers now do not have parents who are believers or who attend church.
These teens all began coming to children’s programming at church and have now graduated beyond kids’ meetings.
It is a miracle that they are here, and we pray that God will continue to draw even more.
It is a challenge to show up as a foreigner and to try to minister to these teens. I am slowly learning their language and their culture, but I often feel like I will never catch up.
Fortunately, we serve a God who does not change with trends or cultures. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, never changing no matter how many borders we cross.
Lately, we have been partnering a bit with the teenage ministry in Niksic, a smaller city about an hour from Podgorica.
Because there are so few believers in Montenegro, we all have to work together if we want to see the Kingdom of God in this country.
We recently held a joint teenage meeting with teens from Podgorica and Niksic which went pretty well, and I believe that partnership will continue.
Plans are also underway for camp this summer, where we hope to see teens from Podgorica and Niksic, as well as some new faces who need to hear the gospel!
Thank you for your prayers and financial support, and please check out my blog, CMinMNE.blogspot.com
For more detailed information and pictures, and feel free to email me for any reason.
Related posts:
- Working Together
- Christina’s new blog
- Montenegro — Get Away from Facebook
- Is that the Bible???
- Montenegro — Deepening Relationships
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