FROM BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 12:13:45 -0700
Dear brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, Blessings from Belgrade!!!
After long time you didn’t heard from me, because I was on trip and another reason is that we didn’t have electricity because of NATO bombing.
NATO is still bombing Yugoslavia and many civil people died and many sufering. Nato bombed 3 civil buses on Kosovo. First was complete destroyed -60 people dead, second 10 people, third 25 people dead. Teriblle! Belgrade, Nis, Pristina and Novi Sad were targets this days. Down town of Belgrade was bombed with 4 missals(one was mistake and destroyed 3 houses). Radio-TV house of Novi Sad and factory of gas were targets, also. One brother is 150 meter from that TV house. His house is destroyed from the part of the bomb. Some Christian from Novi Sad told us that was very hard for breathing and people are rairly go outside. One sister (Snezana) from Novi Sad told me today that people are going with tissue on their mouths in the city. I was in Eastern Serbia visited two main cities , Majdanpek and Bor. There are living some of our student leaders and one profesor. In Majdanpek and Bor on church services in private homes I shared message of Rejoice in hard circumstances(Philip 1:12-30). I was also encouraged by this trip. One brother (Rade) from Bor is working in Main during the night. He said if NATO will bombed Main he will go 1 km under the earth. He asked for your prayers.
Praise God that he protected me on this trip.
During my trip I heard many bad stories of what is going on Kosovo. Many Serbain young people, solders are killed by Muslims terorist from Iraq and Iran and by NATO bombs. Some elders,pastors and belivers from South are mobilized on Kosovo. Please pray for them. We can not find contact with preacher from Pec(west Kosovo)-Simo Ralevic-because phone lines are dead. Pray for him too. One of our former student leader from Nis(Vlada) is also at Kosovo serving the army and he got doughter 3 days ago in England where is his wife now. Pray That God will protect him that he can see his wife and small baby.
Like I mention before , this days we were and maybe will be without electricity and water. That was and still is condition of 80% of Serbia. It is very hard to find bread and other things for food. My father couldn’t receive insulin 3 days because elevator didn’t work. . . . In that time my father and mother were without electricity, water, and elevator to go down. This morning we have eletricity. I hope that we will have electricity if NATO will not bombed again main places for distribution.
Jelena aunt died last Sunday. I was with her and her family after this tragic situation.
I know that your prayers are very important for me and us here in this situation. Keep praying for me, my family and people here. Everyday we are sharing good news with people and passing them New testaments. It seems to me that we , believers are closer to God and to one another now more than before . . . That is good thing!!! I am praying that this situation will be finish and peace will come soon . . .
May God bless your life’s, families,churches and your shining for Jesus whether you live or work. 1 COR 15:58
Your Faithful brother from Belgrade, Yugoslavia!!!
Samuel
P. S. I am sending today way how you can sent your support for us in Yugoslavia!
Praise God for:
My safety trip
God’s protection in this time
people who are praying for us
Pray God for:
Peace to come soon and killings to stop
Wisdom to Serbian and NATO authorities
Christians(Vlada, Sima. . . ) who are on Kosovo
Christian from Bor(Rade), Majdanpek
Albanians and Serbians families who lose their members
me and others who are telling good news to people
Food,electricity,water. . . ,new testaments-Bibles
My mother and father
Albanian refugees to come back soon
NATO will stop killings and destroying Yugoslavia