Note to Self

Thank you for keeping up with my blog. I now realise that writing about my everyday work in the last post means that I've sort of shot myself in the foot, when it comes to creativity. Today I've found another slot for some blogging and I am tempted to say this past week can be most easily described by re-reading the last post. Except, if I look a little closer I can say that's not totally true... 

The (Extra)Ordinary Everyday

Looking back over the past week I'm trying to think of something noteworthy to share. It occurs to me that you may be interested in knowing what a workday looks like when you're full-time support raising. I'm drawing inspiration from (& stealing the title of) a friend's old blog- he's away on honeymoon right now so will never notice ; )

Albanian Stories: Post 4 - Berti & many others

Last night on the train I finally finished God's Secret Listener. I'd started this 200 page, very readable book just before I headed to Albania- it's spent far too much time in the bottom of my bag since then. It tells the story of  how the church has emerged in the last two decades out of the former communist state, once heralded as the first atheistic country in the world.  The author uses the life of Berti Dosti to illustrate some of the truly amazing things that have happened in this country during and after Communism. To give you an incredibly oversimplified version of Berti's story:  As an army captain during the days of Communism, he came across a TWR programme in Albanian. It was Berti's job as a communications expert to block out any kind of foreign or religious content being broadcast into the country. Yet his curiosity led him to keep listening... And so began the journey which led Berti to faith. After the fall of Communism he became Pastor Berti and I got to meet him at the church and education centre he continues to lead today.