Prayer Requests

Hi everyone! As you probably know now I am finally in Macedonia. I don't have a lot to write about or a lot of motivation to come up with something, I can't figure which, but I wanted to request special prayer for some things.

1) The Muslim fast of Ramadan starts tomorrow and will go for 28 days. Please be praying for this area because a good percentage of its population is Albanian Muslim or Roma (gypsy) which are nominal Muslims. I am working with a guy that works with Albanians so we'll be in the middle of it. Pray for the people that God would reveal himself to them.

2) I still don't have a place to live and am currently living in a small apartment at one of the churches. It's nice and everything but it'd be nice to be able to have my own place. Unfortunately the US dollar has weakened since we made my budget and it seems I'll be cutting it very close, especially in the winter to have an apartment. Pray that God will provide!

3) My body is getting used to everything here. My physical body is adjusting to the time still (naps are a very splendid thing!) and my stomache is adjusting as well, to put it lightly. It's not that the food is bad or anything, it's amazing. It's not even that different or spicy or anything like that. I can't tell you the exact cause but I think it's just recovering from the travels that I went through a few days ago. Pray that my body gets to a more normal state soon!

4) I long to understand what people are saying so I can communicate with them as well. There's been plenty of interaction with English speakers so that's been a blessing, but I really want to learn the languages. Yes, I did say languages. It is imperative that I speak Macedonian, but I'd also like to learn at least some Albanian. Pray that God opens my ears to hear and understand these languages and that he touches my tongue to be able to speak it as well.

That's it for now! I'll try to take more pictures so it will be worthwhile to post them soon! In the meantime, keep me in prayer and feel free to contact me if you have questions. I'm doing my best to keep up with emails and comments etc.