Dubravka’s story…

The students of the sixteenth generation of the Bible School continue to share their stories.  This is Dubravka.

 
I am from Veles in Macedonia.  I used to pray and read the Bible but I didn’t understand it.   I even wrote some verses and stuck them in my bedroom.  As I searched for Him, I always felt I hadn’t done enough… My heart said, “There must be more”.

Then, last year I heard about an evangelical church in our town – one of the things that drew me there was that they met in the evening.  When I went there for the first time, they were teaching about the Holy Spirit.  Some used gifts, others sang – it was strange for me.  It was their love for me that drew me to their message…

During the three years before my visit to the church, I couldn’t sleep.  I was afraid of the dark.  I always felt like something was watching me.  I never allowed the light to be turned out at night.  On the evening after hearing about Jesus at the church, the fear was so strong that I expected something to attack me.  In this fear, I began to call Jesus and as I called Him, I repented from my sins and I prayed.  I knew that I needed life, I needed something that was different from the world that would fill me: I needed Jesus in my life.  After my prayer, I fell into a sleep that was deeper and more peaceful than I had ever experienced.

Since then I have been growing in my walk with Jesus…

So many people are in the dark around me and I am still learning to forgive those who have wronged me.  I don’t know the details about what God wants from me when I go home after the Bible School but He has been encouraging me that He has a plan that is good and cannot be stopped!