This weekend, our staff will be in Serbia
This weekend, myself and six other Oasis staff members will be travelling by car through Hungary and into Serbia, to visit and help Tibor in his refugee ministry at the border there. I think it will be an intense weekend. We will get to help with his soup kitchen on Saturday, and then we will reach out to some of the homeless refugees in abandoned buildings. Where he lives, near Subotica, the Serbian government provides housing for the women and children, but not for the men. So, about 100 men are homeless, even through the winter. It is their hope to get past that border and into the EU, but the borders are very difficult to cross. Tibor is reaching out to them very often, in a humanitarian way and equally as much with the Gospel, and we very much look forward to joining him this weekend. It is sure to be very eye-opening for us all, as for most of us this will be the first time that we get to connect with refugees along the way of their difficult journey.
Then, on Monday, we will be driving to Sarajevo, in Bosnia, for the 5-day "Refugee Round Table" Conference, where about 200 ministry workers in refugee work around Europe will be gathered. There will be teachings and many chances to interact with each other.
Please pray for our weekend outreach and then the conference! Also pray for Michi, as she will be at home with the kids all week while I am gone.
Thank you so much for your support in prayer and in every way, Ken
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