Like a warm breeze
Irida: One evening I received a text message in my cell phone. When I read it I wanted to read and reread it again for joy. It was from two girls I had met two years ago, named Genta and Esa. They wrote: “How are you? How has Daniel been? We know we haven’t showed up for some time now, but we want to make up for it. Can we meet tomorrow?” I could hardly wait to see them.I had met Genta and Esa during an evangelistic project “The American Week” in March 2007. I made good friends with them during this time. I was pregnant and they made my life beautiful by their joy and enthusiasm for the baby that was growing inside me. At the beginning I was embarrassed to meet teenagers in the state that I was, but Genta and Esa as soon as they would see me, they would come running to me and just encouraged me so. During our project, Esa accepted Christ and joined a Bible study group. At that time Genta heard about faith, but never made a decision to accept Jesus.
What delighted me about these two girls was that besides their being very good students, they were also very companionable and with their openness they created a very good atmosphere.
After the birth of Daniel, I wasn’t able to get a hold of them anymore. They had changed their cell numbers, and were focused more on their studies preparing for University. I remembered them and their friends very often in my prayers, until the text message came and warmed my heart.
I met them the next day. They were now University students of Law. Here in Albanian studying law is a success that shows a lot of work during high school. So, two successful girls. I was wondering what brought them back. Sometimes failure brings people to God, but they were successful and optimistic.
They told me they missed us as staff and remembered our meetings with longing and emotion. I encouraged them to join our university students’ ministry. I introduced them to a staff of Student Life and told them, “I want you to join the Student Life meetings, because you have great potential and will surely make an impact for good, besides learning more about God.” They said, “We will try to go there and be what you say.” They also went to the student weekend in fall organized by Student Life. They have been going regularly in the weekly meetings and Genta says she trusts Jesus now.
I (Irida) thank God for the joy they gave me and for the reassurance about the work with high school students.
God bless you,
Irida, Genci and Daniel
