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- BGMC Last Month (Country Quick Facts, Prayer Requests, & the True Missions Story) --Click here--
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BGMC Last Month: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Country Quick Facts
Capital City: Sarajevo
Population: 4 million
Main Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Main People Groups: Bosniac, Serb, Croat, Albanian, Gypsy
Main Religions: Islam, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Protestant
LET’S PRAY…
- For our missionaries as they work to
help the churches grow. - For more pastors and workers, and that they get good Bible training.
- For the kids of Bosnia-Herzegovina, that they will learn to love Jesus and show His love to the people of other groups.
- That the Lord will show pastors and believers new ways to reach people.
True Missions Story: Miracle in the Mountains
Driving in Bosnia-Herzegovina is at times very dangerous because of the mountainous terrain and narrow roads. These roads become even more treacherous in bad weather. Many of the mountain roads have no guardrails to protect cars from falling off the mountain.
In November 2005, missionary Jason Parnell was driving through the mountains of Northern Bosnia with the national church president (an office like our general superintendent) and a couple of Bosnian pastors. They were on their way to a ministry conference. The weather was cold and rainy, so they were driving slowly and more cautiously than they would have been in better weather.
As they came around a curve, their vehicle ran across a slippery spot in the road. The car started to slide sideways toward the edge of the mountain. From there it was a 40-foot drop-off with jagged rocks and a river at the bottom.
As the vehicle began to slide out of control, they all cried out, “Jesus!” The car hit the guardrail with the front bumper, then the side and back of the vehicle hit as it bounced along the guardrail. The impact with the guardrail pushed the car back onto the road.
Jason and the men with him found a safe place to pull over, and then got out to take a look. First of all, they were amazed that there even was a guardrail there. Even more amazing was that the guardrail appeared to be new.
Then they checked out the car. The entire side of the car had hit the guardrail, but they could only find a few scratches on the front and rear bumpers—there was no damage at all to the side of the vehicle. Jason said it seemed as though there had been some type of invisible shield across the side of the vehicle protecting them and keeping them from going through or over the guardrail and falling down onto the sharp rocks and into the river.
Jason was reminded of Psalm 34:7, which says, “The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.” He knows that the
Lord miraculously protected them that day, sparing them from injury and possibly even death. He is grateful for the Lord’s promise to watch over and protect those who love Him!
Information for this story was provided by missionary Jason Parnell and is used with permission from Assemblies of God World Missions.
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