Albania Mission Trips
PBPC recently sent this mission team on a two week mission trip to the nation of Albania. Six members of PBPC who have a heart for sharing the Gospel were committed to serving and to adapting to the culture of this predominantly poor, post-communist country. The trip was under the sponsorship of Alongside Ministries and under the leadership of Interim Pastor George Gilchrist.
PBPC will be sending another team the summer of 2009. Why don't you ask yourself, "Can I join this mission?"
The team will go to support Pastor Aryan Larashi and his wife, Mimoza, at the Evangelical Church in Bilisht in their work of evangelism, discipleship, and youth and children’s ministries in southern Albania. Planted in 1994 following the collapse of communism, the church in Bilisht has grown numerically and spiritually, reaching out with the love of Christ to nearby villages and towns. Mission team members will participate in home visitation, street evangelism, worship, Bible studies, and training seminars in Bilisht and rural areas where the response to initial outreach is growing. The Team will also visit Crossroads Camp and the ministry of Alongsiders Mark and Ruth Stoscher in Ersekë.
On the Home Front: Those who stay in California will support the Mission Team in prayer and in practical ways. Donations of dried food will be collected to supplement their meals while in Albania and share with Albanian team friends. A Yard Sale to support the church's sponsorship of this trip will be held at the church; all profits from the sale will be used to help defray trip expenses.
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