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!