I spent some time at the church’s House of Hope community centre in Kacanik, gardening and painting exterior walls. Most of my time was spent working in Pristina in the church basement, moving boxes and bags of clothing before they were sent on to the church’s local Mozaik charity shops in Pristina, and the surrounding villages. There, I met Nana and Hakki.
Nana (this name is Albanian for ‘mother’) takes any clothes which are unsuitable for the charity shops and sells them at the local market to raise money for her family back in Albania. Her life has been difficult, and she has various medical issues but continues to work at the age of 76 because like many other people, she has no other choice. There is no free health care in Kosovo or Albania.
Hakki is a driver for Mozaik who delivers the clothes to the various shops. He has some problems and is illiterate, yet he is precious in the sight of the Lord. It is to people like Nana and Hakki that we are called to go and show something of God’s love in both word and deed. This is my calling. Maybe God is challenging you to go somewhere to show his love to others.
TEN organises trips throughout the year, take a look here.
