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CROATIAN EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH

Reaching Croatia for Christ - January 2024

New Strength

"But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint." -Isaiah 40:31

A New Year

Last year we jump-started a new student group, Bez cenzure (No Censorship) with a New Year's Party. The group began as more of a hang-out group, but during the Fall of 2023, our youth group experienced a huge influx of younger tween and teens, and the need arose to divide the group, to better minister to them. Bez Cenzure decided to include junior and senior high schoolers as well as college students and started meeting as a mid-week Bible study group at the same time as our youth group. This change has proved to be a big step forward, and they've continued the hang-out times once a month. Our New Year's Party this year doubled in attendance, so please continue praying that our outreaches to young people and students continue. We believe God is doing something new and great among them.

Other New Beginnings

Regional Conference of Southeast European Foursquare Churches

Several months ago Mario was chosen to be the contact person for the northern region of the Fellowship of Southeast European Foursquare Churches and at the beginning of January he organized this region's very first conference.

It was an exciting and powerful time. We had pastors in attendance from Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Portugal, and the United States. Some were Foursquare pastors, others interested in becoming or finding out more about Foursquare Europe, and some simply attended to support and rejoice with us. We spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday at a beautiful hot springs in Sveti Martin (north of Zagreb) worshipping, studying the Word, fellowshiping, and encouraging one another.

New Church Building Project

Our church has been growing so much lately that our church is at maximum capacity. As we 've mentioned previously we've added as many chairs as possible to our auditorium, but our restroom situation and the rest of our facility (the cafe area, hallways as well as the air circulation) is not conducive to our present situation. We have plans to go to two services soon, however, God has placed it on Mario's heart to build a freestanding facility in Zagreb that would be so much more than just a church. It would be a center in which we could host a daycare, mission's teams, a house of hope for students who were wards of the state and need temporary housing, etc.

He had an architect draw up some plans and presented them to the church last week. At the end of the presentation a shout of rejoicing arose from the congregation. We believe that God is leading us into new territory, into a new season. Please be praying with us for this new building project.

As a Family....

...we are doing very well. As you may have seen on social media, our oldest son, Filip, came home for the holidays and we spent a relaxing, wonderful two weeks together as a family. He's now returned back to Warsaw, Poland to continue his studies. Luka also returned to his college studies here in Zagreb after the holidays and continues to play drums for worship. Divna is hard at work as a senior in high school, preparing to take the Croatian version of the SAT, and continues to lead worship and the photography team at church. Vjera is plugging away at high school as well. She also serves on the worship team and with Bonnie's sister, Rosilind, in children's ministries.

Thank you so much for your continual prayer and support of our ministry. Without you all, what we are doing here in Croatia would not be possible. We pray you are blessed this month and that God renews your strength. As you serve him, may you soar on wings like eagles.

Blessings,

Mario and Bonnie Ducic

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