The well that supplied the team's two apartments dried up, and all water now has to be carried in buckets up flights of stairs. Electricity is off more than it is on, and there is no long distance phone service or postal service. Despite the hardships, team members see God at work. They remain excited to work and witness in a Muslim country that had only 75 born-again Christians before the conflict. Bible study groups are meeting several nights a week in different homes.
Women gather in a rented meeting room for crafts, tea and Bible study.
Teen girls gather for sewing, English lessons and Bible study. Computer classes will be offered using five computers donated by Food for the Hungry. For the first time, the beleaguered people of Kosovo are hearing and seeing that Jesus cares about their hurts, losses and grief. Bob Prescott, administrative director of Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, has requested prayer for the safety of the team members and for their ministry. In addition, more skilled workers who can give three to four weeks in Kosovo are needed during the summer and fall of 2000.