Dear brothers and sisters,
He has risen. Let us on this month remember the true meaning of easter and what Christ did on the cross for us, but that he also conquered death on the third day, and only through Him and because of Him we can have eternal life. That our hearts never forget what happened on this day. I would like to encourage you to read Isaiah 53 and reflect on this passage.
Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter. It is a great honor to share with you what God is doing in Serbia. Please leave some comments and prayer requests in the comments section, we would be glad to read them and pray for you!
Ministry Updates
We are thankful to be able to serve the church of Christ here in Serbia, Stefan had the privilege to preach in Erdevik Church, where they had an evangelism service going through the verses of Ephesians 2:1-10. He preached about why humanity needs salvation, who can save us, and how He does that. People from that church said that there were many new people in the church that heard about Christ and it was a blessing. He also preached in Titel Church where his parents serve and had an opportunity to encourage people to trust Christ in their dark times because Christ is the one that takes care of us.
On April 13th, Stefan is invited to preach to youth about the Assurance of Salvation we have in Christ Jesus. How those that God saves, he will sanctify, and those that he sanctifies he will Glorify. Please pray for that youth meeting because we are expecting around 50-80 young people coming and this topic is very famous among them.
We have been serving our church leading the worship. Stefan has been coordinating the multimedia area in the church and in Duhovna Biblioteka (Spiritual library). Mari is creating the website for Duhovna Biblioteka and for another movement that is connected to Spiritual Library, called Propovedi.rs, where we want to have sermons of all the books of the bible available there from different sound preachers and use this platform to share the gospel and equip more the church in theological aspects. We are slowly adding new sermons, but you can check the progress here https://propovedi.rs/ .
Podcast
We are so happy to see that every time we post a new video of the podcast we see new people watching and commenting. People say that it is encouraging to them and they want to know more, We are advertising books through the podcast and are very happy when people order new books.
Keep praying that God can save and reach new people here in Serbia through the podcast.
If you wish to help financially, we would be more than grateful for that. We are currently in need of some new armchairs and a table that will give a better look to the scene and also be more convenient space-wise. Please reach out for more.
Family Update
We are thankful to the Lord for all the blessings in our lives, Sofia is growing well, she is already standing by herself and crawling everywhere. Stefan`s chronicle disease is under control and he is doing well. Mari continues in the journey of learning serbian, but she can already have basic conversations.
prayer requests
We are grateful for your prayers and for partnering with us in our ministry. Here are our prayer requests:
Thankful:
- Sofia is growing well.
- For our ministry partners.
- For the podcast.
- For our ministry.
Requests:
- For the people that heard the gospel in the evangelism service.
- For the youth meeting that Stefan will be preaching.
- Podcast to reach new people.
- For little Relia (6 years old boy) from our church, that is battling cancer.
- Raising support, that God opens the door so we can be in full-time ministry.
- Stefan’s disease can continue under control.
Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter. We are very thankful for all of you amazing people who encourage us and pray for us!
Please let us know how we can pray for you!
God bless,
Stefan and Mariana Vika.