Driving down the main highway between Belgrade and Nis, we suddenly see a figure standing in the hard shoulder. He’s waving his arms as though trying to land a helicopter. As the bus flies pass, we catch a glimpse of the face of Jovica – graduate of the Bible School.
Moments later, his car is beside us and he signals through the window. We agree to pull over at the next service station…
Standing on the verge beside the coach, all of us listen as he is translated through the coach microphone. Kaca – his wife – stands beside him along with their children. We are amazed to hear that this is the day his family, after a lifetime of living in the relative comfort of the North, are taking the massive step of moving to the spiritually barren South to help to plant a church.
Jovica and Kaca – several years earlier – studied for a year at the Bible College. The course takes students through the whole of the Bible in a year and is very practical – our prayer is that through it, men and women will grow in their knowledge of God and be prepared by Him to reach their communities. (Read more about it at www.OakHall.org.uk on the links at the top of the pages…)
With deep emotion, Jovica and his family listen to our prayers for them all. Jovica, Kaca and the children seem deeply encouraged that God should arrange for this meeting. It is the one day that an Oak Hall coach is travelling down this road – it coincides with the one most momentous day that this family ventures to take this massive step of faith…
“God arranged this!”
As we drive on, we acknowledge God’s hand on this meeting – and our responsibility to pray for them…
