Who among you knows what a Discovery Bible Study is?  It is a simple way to allow the Holy Spirit to teach not-yet-believers and young believers alike the truths of the Gospel and the truth of His word.  Missionaries that we support (like Dana Ostby, Jim Yost and others) have been using this method of transmitting Biblical truth for awhile now where they are working. 

Recall that we have worked with two wonderful women, Ida and Migena, to reach a group of widows here in Tirana.  Their church has planted a church in that area and so has "adopted" this wonderful group of ladies and also seeks to reach youth and others.  They have weekly services there along with food and clothing distribution to those in need and so on. 

First DBS - about Mary Magdalene

While working with Ida and Migena, we have discussed the spiritual maturity of those who profess to be Christ-followers among the widows.  Rarely have they had a dialogue about spiritual truths, and so the idea of a Bible study, one that would be simple, replicate-able and that would allow the opportunity to develop leaders, sounded interesting.  So, we decided to try it out!

Pray we can "open" the center!

Last Tuesday we had our first DBS!  Ida was impressed by the willingness of the ladies to actually discuss the Biblical passage that they read (John 7:53-8:11).  It was really exciting to me... they read the passage out of the Bible twice, then we tried to tell the same story in their own words, then talked about what it told us about God, about humanity and about what we should do in response.  When asked if they would like to meet again, all of them said, "Yes!"  We are meeting again next Tuesday. l Please keep us in prayer as you go about your day on Monday and Tuesday (or Sunday and Monday... due to the time difference)... we have a larger meeting on Monday and then a repeat DBS on Tuesday.

In addition, we just had news this am that the papers have come through for the KidzClub... so perhaps we will be able to have the kids together next week, too!  It is always an adventure to come to Albania... it never goes as planned!

Bekime (blessings)!