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The Liddell Family | Preparing to Serve in The Balkans<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\u201cLet us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He Who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works.\u201d<\/em> Hebrew 10:23-24<\/p>\n

In June, we moved out of our house and left for Idaho, visiting several churches there in July and enjoying sweet fellowship with individuals. Then we headed east and were encouraged by our time at the yearly meeting sessions for Evangelical Friends Church-Eastern Region. As we were driving east for those sessions, our house went on the market, we accepted an offer, and we are now under contract. The next few weeks will be spent visiting seven churches and several loved ones around the East Coast. It is easy to get caught up in the busy, but we opened with this passage and close our presentations with it for a reason.<\/p>\n

First, we pray this for each church and person we visit; that you would both hold fast and hold out your confession of hope without wavering, holding to and introducing your neighbors to the faithful one who promised. Known locally for the way you love and the way you live out that love.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Second, we need that prayer. As we visit churches and as we go to the Balkans, we want to live this. Local pastors and missionaries reported that many workers come into this region and leave within two years due to discouragement, but that doors of opportunity open if you stay past that point. We need prayer to hold fast to our confession of hope, holding out the faithful one, living love.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>But most of all, we pray this for the people in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro, that they will gain a confession of hope and will hold it fast, that they will know the faithful one who promised. That a place known for bloodshed and deep ethnic hatred will be known for the way its people love one another.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd they\u2019ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, yes, they\u2019ll know we are Christians by our love.\u201d<\/em> May this be true in our churches, here and around the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Alabado sea el Se\u00f1or<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n