April 27, 2003
On April 21, Arjon Zhusti was baptized into Christ. Arjon, a student of Ellen Walker, lives in Tirana and works as an engineer.
April 27 was “Friends’ Day” in Tirana. Bill Wilson of Köln, Germany was the guest speaker. Two hundred and twenty people met for worship in the Historical Museum.
At 1:15, the youth group, directed by Ellen Walker, staged a drama production written by Brian Simmons, titled “Forgive Our Sins.”
Ellen comments, “The theme of this play is important and is something that has been looked down on in Albanian culture. The ‘honorable’ thing to do was, in earlier years, to revenge the wrongs done to you and your loved ones. The roots of these customs run deep, and years of tradition can’t be uprooted in a day, a month, or a year, or maybe even in a decade. We have seen that drama can touch hearts in a way that preaching never can.”
Lloyd Campbell writes, “Five young men of the Tirana congregation meet with me on Saturday morning for a class on Biblical preaching. The congregation encourages these young men to preach on Sunday evenings where they can make practical application of what they have learned.
