Michael Waskosky
Sarajevo, BiH
December 2006
Hi everyone,
Well, hello again. I hope and pray that you are growing closer to God, as I am. If you have any prayer requests please let me know; I would love to be able to pray for you, because I am finding out that God loves prayer and He answers prayer in His own way. It might not be the answer we want, but He does answer.
I had to leave the country because of my visa, so Cory and I went to Dubrovnik (on the coast of Croatia). It was nice, but I would suggest visiting there during the summer. There was not much going on when we were there; a lot of things were shut down for the winter. We couldn’t do much except look and wander around the walled city, which was very beautiful.
I also went to Banja Luka, which is about five and a half hours away from Sarajevo by bus. I visited Nick and Nada and their son Srdjan. My supporters Steve and Diane Wilson know Ogy, another son who lives in the US right now and is studying there. I left home at around 2:30 in the afternoon and got to see a little bit of the road by day. I always like that better than not being able to see God’s beauty. I got to their home Friday night at around eight o’clock, so that was nice. The next day I spent some time touring the city. Nick also showed me what he does for his work; it was fun to see. First he took me to where his construction company is building the second tallest building in BiH; it will be a government office. Then he took me to where they are building a highway to Croatia so that Banja Luka will be connected to Europe; that will be good for them. Also he showed me the tunnels where they are putting the highway through hills so as not to make the highway go around the hills. Last but not least, Nick took me to see the swimming pool that his company is building. As a couple they were very open and asked lots of questions. I shared with them about Christ and what He has done for me in my life. I hope to visit them again before I leave Eastern Europe at the end of April.
Please keep praying that we move forward effectively with starting a church in Dobrina and starting another church in our own homes. This last Sunday we were sent out by the local Pentecostal Church. They prayed for us and blessed us. That is exiting. Now we are not expected to go to church there on Sundays, so we can begin to have our own church and just get together and give the glory to God. Please keep praying against the evil one who is trying to bring us down. Pray in the power of Jesus and in the name of Jesus, who has already won the battle. Satan is trying to get at all of us here, so please lift us up in prayer often.
Lindy travels to Ecuador this month! Please pray for safe flights on Dec 26th. My parents say David talks about her almost every day; he must be very excited. While David is having Christmas vacation, Lindy will spend 2-3 days with my family at the beach and then 1-2 days with them in Quito, where I stayed in the dorm while I went to high school. She’ll be there for one of my favorite Ecuadorian holidays – Año Viejo (New Year’s Eve). People make life-sized dolls out of old clothes stuffed with straw or crumpled paper to represent the old year. At midnight they burn the viejos. Some people dress up as women and ask for money, because they are a “widow.” Their husband is going to be burned (their husband being the viejo). They get a little money from the passersby; it is all fun and games. Burning the old year is a good illustration of forgetting what lies behind us and going into the future with new vision.
I want to say one last thing about politics and voting. I do not think one side is right and the other side wrong. I do believe we are supposed to vote. Both political parties have their problems; the Democrat, Republican, and Independent Party’s are going to do some things that are wrong on some issues and are against what we believe. I want to encourage you to seek after God and to look to Him, because he will show you who to vote for. I just wish there was a politician who I could vote for who is firmly founded on Christ and His word. But since there is not, I must live with love, grace, and forgiveness now in this imperfect world and wait until Christ comes back to claim His perfect kingdom. As it says in Matthew 6:9-13, “This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’� So we should be preaching Him, and we should be shining as His lights, so that He will come back and be the Government which we are supposed to have, a Great and Loving dictator.
Thank you for keeping Cory and me in your prayers.
· You can still pray that I would seek God more and love God first in my life, and love my neighbor as myself, because that is one of the ways that we show God to people is by our actions and what we say in situations.
· You can also pray for us as we get more involved in Dobrina, that the Lord would guide the OM Team and that He would show us who to talk to and who to share the Light of God with. May He give us the exact words to say and may the listeners receive the words as truth.
In Him,
Michael
PS. Please visit my website:
I should be getting pictures of my two trips up soon, so you can go see those at:
Skype User Name: michaelwaskoskymkmk
MSN Messenger: michaelwaskoskymkmk(at)hotmail(dot)com
Yahoo Messenger: waskoskymichael(at)yahoo(dot)com
Aol Messenger: mikewaskosky(at)aol(dot)com
Hi – I don’t comment on many blogs but had to on yours. It’s really nice! I really like how you write – very to the point, unlike a lot of other blogs. Thanks for having this site. I’ll bookmark it and visit regularly. Keep up the outstanding work!