Since the fall, we have had a team sent out to North Macedonia. Nenny Lazarova, who is part of the team, shares here about the past few months.
It’s so good to be back together on the mission field!
During the fall, we focused on teaching our Bible Training Course in different churches, serving at youth meetings, and building relationships. But now it’s a new season. The foundations are there, and it’s time for more! Now that we know and trust each other more, it’s so much easier to work together and cover bigger ground.
We came back at the beginning of April, and since then we’ve experienced the move of the Holy Spirit in so many ways! Our first conference, “RUAH,” took place on April 25th. Not one, but two teams from LOBC came to help us, and together we saw how much God longs for Macedonia to turn back to Him and how much the Holy Spirit wants to pour Himself out on these people. Worship, prayer, and preaching flowed together in such a beautiful harmony!
One of the highlights from the conference was seeing a leader from a large ministry in Macedonia respond to the altar call, hungry to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit. As we prayed for her, she went from quietly mumbling words to praying boldly like a lioness! It was so powerful to witness, especially after the Holy Spirit teaching we did in her church in the fall, where people were hungry but hesitant to take the step. God is so faithful!
This spring we also shifted our focus more toward evangelism and personal discipleship. Together with the LOBC teams, and through everyday opportunities—in stores, gyms, restaurants, and parks—we’ve seen God open doors. One man we met in the park became very interested in Jesus, so two of us invited him for coffee. What we expected to be a short conversation turned into almost four hours! He took a New Testament, and the following week, while visiting Sweden, he came all the way to Uppsala for Sunday meeting at LO. God is amazing! We’re still in contact with him and excited to see every step of the process.
We also had the privilege of hosting the first-year team, who were such a blessing to the Kingdom and to us! While they were here, we finally launched one of our main goals for this season: Holy Spirit Nights. We want to bring these gatherings to as many churches as possible, and God is opening doors in both familiar and completely new places.
During the first Holy Spirit Night, we saw people deeply touched by the presence of God. He spoke into lives, moved hearts, and we even witnessed two healings on the spot.
One young girl, around 7 or 8 years old, had very poor vision in one eye. After the first prayer she noticed no difference, after the second it improved, and after the third she said it was completely healed! Her mom handed her a worship song sheet, asked her to cover the good eye, and she could suddenly read everything. In Sweden we say: TACK JESUS!
We also prayed for an older man with pain in his legs. After prayer he started jumping around and praising God for his healing. God is so good!
We continue with these Holy Spirit Nights with great expectation, and we keep seeing God move, speak into people’s lives, and touch hearts. He speaks to us and through us in such unity, constantly confirming what He is doing. It’s such a joy to serve the Lord together!
At the same time, we are preparing for the Bible school we will launch this fall here in Skopje, inviting every person we meet. It’s more work than we expected, but God is faithful, and we are believing for great things for Macedonia and the Balkans.
The harvest is ready. The workers will be ready soon as well. Revival is knocking on the door, and we are running to open it!
Nenny Lazarova
Missionary, North Macedonia
