Getting Busier...

At the end of September I seemed to have got into a good routine but I was a little bit concerned that I didn't have much work to fill my time. That concern has now gone! My time is very much getting filled up and that is a good thing.

Over the last couple of weeks my work with ECM has started to pick up with meetings with different groups and for different purposes. These have included, and will include, meetings for the Advisory Group, Biennial 2025 planning and Member Care Facilitator training. To top it all off, I also somehow survived a meeting with other ECM workers in Slovenia which lasted for an hour and a half totally in Slovene.

Please be praying for me and for the church especially this week. I have more ECM meetings but we are also hosting a team from Australia. As many of you will know, we are expecting 3 Australians to move to Ljubljana next year. As part of this process, one of them is coming to visit but is bringing a group of 4 students. They will be more focussed on student work and the work of IFES in Slovenia but they will also be coming to youth group next Friday and I am hosting one of the girls. Please pray for this team as they start their travels, that they will have energy and that their visit will be glorifying to God.

I obviously have all my regular church work each week, I still meet one to one with two girls and we have the regular youth group on a Friday night. Apart from this, I am in the process of trying to start a new monthly group with some of the older teenagers where we can talk more about their questions, go deeper into the Bible and try to help them to be able to read it and understand it for themselves. I am very aware that we have an ageing youth population (the youngest is 14) and so the aim is to try and help them transistion well to adulthood and student life. Please be praying for this group as we aim to start in November, that these young people would grow in their relationships with God and that God would be working in their hearts and minds.

Thank you all for your continued prayers and support. It is always very much appreciated!

Starting the School Year...

 

Visiting Ptuj

Once again I have to apologise for taking so long to write a new blog. Life has just about settled into a new routine. I'm still meeting with two girls one to one every week and of course we have the weekly youth group. 

Today we've taken the youth on a trip to a town called Ptuj in the north of the country. We're meeting with some of the teenagers who came to our camp in the summer. We've visited the town, had lunch together and just had a time of singing and reminiscing about camp. 

It's such an encouragement to see these young people spend time together and encourage each other with their friendship. 

My time has also started to fill up with ECM work. As you may remember, I was voted onto the Advisory Group for ECM. This is where we review documents on policies and procedures ready for publication to the rest of the organisation. Another new role I have is to help organise the next ECM Biennial in 2025. Although this event is still over a year away, the planning starts now. Finally, I have been asked to be the member care facilitator for three new Australian missionaries who are moving to Slovenia next year. It will be strange to no longer be the only non national in the country but I'm excited to see how God will be working with all these new changes. 

So as you can see, I'm being kept busy. I have some other plans for the youth in the church which I'm just starting to organise. Please be praying for the young people as we're into the new school year. Please also be praying for my plans and all the work I have to do, that I would be trusting God to lead and guide all that I do.