Another Jesus Film town
Last week we hit Kresevo (Kresh-o-vo), in central Bosnia, to distribute Jesus Film invitations. I was thunderstruck by the natural beauty of the pyramidal-shaped mountains that surrounded us, and by the Bavarian-looking homes along the narrow streets of the tiny downtown district. I found later, as you will see if you click on the above link, that in medieval days there was an influx of German blacksmiths to Kresevo, where an abundance of precious metals attracted miners and smithies.
The 8 of us who volunteered for the distribution split up into 3 groups and were able to cover the entire town in less than 3 hours. We immensely enjoyed the scenery as we walked along the streets and up hills, greeting residents who happened to be outside as we passed. The majority of Kresevo's population is Catholic, so for the most part we were greeted with cordiality at worst, and enthusiastic invitations for coffee at best. Because of the nature of our invitations, the way we were received clearly showed us who was Catholic and who was Muslim.
The film was shown twice on Friday and Saturday evenings of last week, and the turnout was phenomenal. 18% of the tiny town (182 people total) attended the showings, making it the largest turnout by far. Many people also requested Bibles, and desired to be contacted and visited in the future. Our prayer is that eventually an Evangelical church will be planted there--we are trusting that the seeds sown last week will bear eternal fruit!
Below are some pictures of our day in Kresevo:
The 8 of us who volunteered for the distribution split up into 3 groups and were able to cover the entire town in less than 3 hours. We immensely enjoyed the scenery as we walked along the streets and up hills, greeting residents who happened to be outside as we passed. The majority of Kresevo's population is Catholic, so for the most part we were greeted with cordiality at worst, and enthusiastic invitations for coffee at best. Because of the nature of our invitations, the way we were received clearly showed us who was Catholic and who was Muslim.
The film was shown twice on Friday and Saturday evenings of last week, and the turnout was phenomenal. 18% of the tiny town (182 people total) attended the showings, making it the largest turnout by far. Many people also requested Bibles, and desired to be contacted and visited in the future. Our prayer is that eventually an Evangelical church will be planted there--we are trusting that the seeds sown last week will bear eternal fruit!
Below are some pictures of our day in Kresevo:
Downtown Kresevo, large Catholic church, center
Cross on a hill overlooking the Catholic side
One of the steep roads just outside of downtown--this particular road was at the threshold of the tiny Muslim subsection on the outskirts of town, and at the top of the hill I saw a small Muslim graveyard--the majority of deaths on the headstones read between 1992-1996 (or during the Serb siege)
Mosque in the Muslim district 
Zeljko (pron. Jel-ko) pictured center, the head of the Sarajevo chapter of Campus Crusade's Jesus Film organization), briefing us on what to say to the villagers as we pass out invitations
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