{"id":2247,"date":"2023-10-27T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionsreport.webbplats.dev\/index.php\/2023\/10\/27\/jesus-to-north-macedonia\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T12:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:17:15","slug":"jesus-to-north-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionsreport.se\/en\/jesus-to-north-macedonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus to North Macedonia!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week, we were visited by several teams from Sweden, Poland, and the Czech Republic here in Skopje, North Macedonia\u2014to evangelize together and reach out with the gospel to the young people in the city.It was an absolutely fantastic week! Many people got to hear the gospel, and young believers were encouraged to live boldly for Jesus. <\/p>\n\n

On Saturday, we held an evangelistic event with a soccer tournament. We invited many people so we could share God\u2019s word with them, but unfortunately, very few showed up. When the day was over, everything felt a bit like a failure, and Ruben, one of the team leaders, suggested that we go back to the same place where we had evangelized the day before. <\/p>\n\n

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I was very tired after a long day and was close to saying no and going home to sleep, but since everyone else was going out to evangelize, I chose to go along anyway.When we arrived at the place, several guys from yesterday\u2019s evangelism recognized me. We immediately started talking and joking together. One of the guys borrowed my guitar\u2014he didn\u2019t know anything about guitars\u2014and everyone around found his attempts to play amusing and entertaining. Suddenly, more and more people started gathering around us. After he finished playing, he gave me the guitar and I began to play a worship song. <\/p>\n\n

Pretty soon I realized that there was a relatively large crowd around us. \u201cThis is it! I have to preach now\u2026\u201d was my first thought. <\/p>\n\n

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I shouted \u201cPrevaduvach,\u201d which means translator. A guy I didn\u2019t know at all offered to help. As soon as I started preaching, a police patrol arrived wanting to disperse the crowd. \u201cWe can\u2019t go against the police, but what choice do we have?\u201d I thought. Suddenly, one of our Macedonian friends stepped out of the crowd. \u201cYou can just keep going, I talked to the police and they have the whole situation under control, everything\u2019s okay!\u201dSo, I continued. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re probably familiar with all the crosses you carry,\u201d and even the one that stands up on the mountain above the city. But I\u2019m here to tell you that Jesus is alive!\u201dI honestly didn\u2019t know what to say, so I just shouted out the first thing that came to mind. Some just stood there laughing, while others listened quietly and reverently. <\/p>\n\n

After the sermon, we started singing some worship songs, and the crowd slowly began to disperse. At the end, some stayed behind, and we had the privilege to pray for them, share our testimonies, and give them Bibles. <\/p>\n\n

The final blessing that evening was that one of our Macedonian friends managed to arrange a minibus for us and drove us all home. What a day! I still can\u2019t fully grasp what happened that night. This was definitely orchestrated by God. We can never plan for something like that, but God can! <\/p>\n\n

\/Jan Marek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, we had the joy of hosting several teams from Sweden, Poland, and the Czech Republic here in Skopje, North Macedonia\u2014to evangelize together and reach the youth of the city with the gospel.
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