For the second winter we could proclaim the Gospel to the poor Roma in the parish. We drew lots to decide who would go where, and God guided it so that we reached every area.
- Klenovec Roma settlement (Dolinka) - everyone
- Klenovec town (Marťa and Darek)
- Hnúšťa (Míša and Pája)
- Mútník skalie (Darek and Štepán)
- Hačava skalie (Martin and Štepán)
- Maša (Marťa and Pája)
Proclaiming the Gospel
On the first day we were with the brothers and sisters from the Baptist congregation, who also fed us. The next day we set out to the people in the different areas, and we spent our free time at home or in Dolinka. Sadly, I was sick for the first 2 days of the mission, but I was very glad that after a year the Gospel finally reached the edge of our parish again.
What I would like to thank God for very much
- for the love he gave me when I was in the Roma settlement of Hačava skiale, where I really did not want to go
- that he guided our drawing of lots
- that on the first day he encouraged us, together with Michalka, to pray for the whole event and the area
- that he sent us willing helpers who loved Christ, and we shared good fellowship together.
- also for the partial answer to our prayers for the healing of Ján Radič from Hnúšťa
- God's guidance through the Bible
“Peter then began to speak and said: "I truly see that God shows no partiality, but in every nation the one who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.”
Acts 10:34-35
The passages we read together guided us through the individual days ... On the first day we read how Peter went to the Gentiles, whom the Jews considered "unclean", and how he proclaimed Christ to them. On the second day the Lord gave us readings, which we wrote into songbooks and handed out during the evangelization. The first part was about the Sermon on the Mount. We read the same again on Friday at the Bible Reading for the Roma.
Ever since I came to Klenovec, the Lord has put this word from the Bible before me several times and used it to show me my hypocrisy.
Once more, thank you very much, Pavla, Martina, Štepán and Darek, for coming from Bohemia to help us. May the Lord reward you.
Štěpán posted photos from the event on Facebook.