Inauguration Dear brothers and sisters, In this missionary letter we want to inform you about the recent events happened in Albania. The most encouraging one is that of the inauguration of a meeting room in Pogradec. Our president, Elia Landi, together with the secretary of the national center, Giuditta Angeletti, decided to come and visit us on the first weekend of December. Knowing that, we hurried up to conclude the last works in this room, so that we could have the inauguration with their presence and encouragement. Actually with the walls still humid and the last small things done by the president himself, on Sunday December 2, every thing was ready to welcome about thirty people. But they were in fact more that sixty brothers and sisters, missionaries and brothers and sisters of the Apostolic church, who came on the occasion from the villages, and we celebrated together. We praised and worshiped the Lord for this new open door in one spirit of unity, joy and victory and in a wonderful presence of God, even though almost half of these people could not find a place to sit on. There were several words of encouragement, from the missionaries and from Elia Landi in his preaching. Another very beautiful news is that there is already a nice group of children, evangelised from the bible school (Christ for the Nations), that would be glad to have meetings where they can get to know Jesus better. So, we are about to start a work with them in this new meeting room. Of course, our first thanks go to the Lord that can do every thing, but we want also to thank Nehemia Foundation who financed our expenses of construction and accessories with a contribution of 2000 DM; also the bible school and the believers in our church, especially Ardi for their practical work. Our prayer is that this room can become small very soon and we would like you also to be part of this new challenge. The meetings in Cerrava are going very well, as matter of fact since we have rented a small flat, there are many young people, but mostly children that are coming to hear the word of God. But the problem that we have found again in this reality is that the families live in poverty. We would like to help them so much and I believe that even you readers would also. There are many hearts ready to give in all parts of Europe, but this cannot come through, because there are no volunteers to bring these aids to Albania. This is an appeal in all the churches, so that once or twice a year we could receive these materials. Of course, there are official practices to be followed for the customs houses, but we will give you all the information and the support on that. Now, we are concluding wishing you a serene Christmas time together with your families and brothers and sisters and a New Year full of joy and abundant blessings. Lord bless you Sandro, Luciana, Carlo and Ester Ps. We want to remind you on our address and a new mobile number Sandro e Luciana Sardella Qendra Nehemia Pogradec Albania e-mail apostolike@aep.org.al tel. 00355.38.23.20.155 tel. 00355.38.23.57.667

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