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A MONTH OF VICTORY
#September 2021
Freedom is waiting, just take a step of faith! 
CROATIAN RADIO AND TELEVISION

“Dobar si svaki dan, svaki dan dobar si!” (“You are good all the time, all the time you are good! “)

The lyrics of this well-known worship song by Israel Houghton rang out in thousands of homes all across Croatia as our church had the honor of broadcasting its worship service live at 10 am last Sunday on Croatian national television. We had the opportunity of broadcasting not only Mario's sermon but the entire service: Worship, a testimony of salvation and Mario's sermon on being born again.

The producer and director from HRT (Croatian Radio and Television) were very pleased with the outcome and the cameramen actually commented on how much they had. Sunday afternoon our congregation was flooded with comment after comment from friends, family and co-workers that had watched the service and were touched by its message:

„The woman that gave her testimony brought me to tears. “
„Your priest interprets the Bible very well. He is inspiring. “
„Your entire church is different. It’s better than our regular mass. My church is so boring I fall asleep, but I wanted to listen to this service “.

We are praying that those who heard the Word and were moved or gave their hearts to the Lord would begin to attend and that our auditorium would be filled with new believers and those seeking a relationship with Christ.
A TESTIMONY DUE TO THE BROADCASTED SERVICE

One of those present during the broadcast sent us this testimony regarding his father's response:

„My father, who cannot bare to listen to me talk about Jesus and salvation for two to three minutes at a time, told me when we arrived home that he watched the entire 60 minutes (of the service). He was very touched by Ljubica's testimony (of salvation) because he felt great respect for her when she mentioned that she was a single mom of four children. That is something so real, something he could relate to! Until now he'd considered us who preach the Gospel too much into faith, but this testimony was something that hit him between the eyes because the woman who testified gained his respect. We (My wife and I) asked him what he thought of the message, and he said, 'The pastor spoke very well. Good job!' And he said that in the end he almost got up and danced (with the band). (My wife) Gris asked him what he remembered from the sermon, and he said, 'You must be born again.'“

This father lives in a small village. A place where it is so difficult to witness because tradition is strong. But we believe that we are seeing seeds that were planted 10, 20, and 30 years ago finally come to fruition. 
PRAISE REPORTS>
> We signed the papers for the purchase of our facility
> Thousands heard the Gospel last Sunday live on national TV
> Our youth group has almost doubled in the past two months
OUR CHURCH BUILDING

We have wonderful news! Last week we finally signed the papers for the purchase of our facility! Praise God who makes the impossible become possible!!! We signed the papers on the 15th, on the 16th we celebrated 7 years of signing a contract with the government and officially becoming a state recognized church: an amazing victory for us seven years ago that meant an end to religious discrimination toward us from the Croatian government. On the 19th our church service was broadcasted live on national TV! What a week! We truly believe that God is bringing us into a new season of victory and revival.
YOUTH GROUP GROWTH

This time last year our youth group had 10 teens if every single one of them came at once. In the Spring of 2020, we began praying as a youth group for the unsaved friends of our teenagers and for the Lord to help our youth group grow. Our youth camp was amazing! We had 29 teens attend (3 times the number of teens we had in our youth group) and since camp our group has almost doubled!

Two weeks ago, our camp leaders got together for a time of team building and to come up with a rough plan for a winter camp during Christmas break. Please, continue to pray for us, that our teens would have courage to witness to their friends and that our group would continue to grow.

All in all, this has been a month of victory for our church. Thank you all so much for your amazing support and please continue to pray for us that God would guide and direct our every step.

Blessings,
Mario & Bonnie Ducic
PRAYER REQUESTS>
> That those who heard the truth this past Sunday would begin to attend and be discipled
> We will be needing to purchase a new family vehicle. Our van is becoming impossible to repair and register
> That our youth group would continue to grow
Croatian Evangelistic Outreach