Albania

Albania 2009
This past week MCAN (Master's Commission Amsterdam North) and MCM (Master's Commission Madrid) partnered with Convoy of Hope Europe, a compassion ministry, on a missions trip to Albania.

We ministered to 17 Gypsy families who are the outcasts of society and are living in extreme poverty. It is located in a town outside Tirana, called Fushë-Krujë. Convoy of Hope came across this community of families back in November and were moved to help them through providing better living conditions and a better life through God's love. They asked for Master's Commission to come join them and help start this process.

When we started to work there they were living with no running water, no workable bathroom, no dumpster or garbage can to take care of their garbage and the conditions had gotten very bad living that way. The roof was leaking, creating lots of standing water and mold. Because of the pile up of garbage many rats have come in and infested their living space.

We started by clearing out all the garbage and sanitizing the floors, walls and ceiling, as well as killing the rats. There was a program for the kids everyday sharing God's love for them and we spent a lot of time loving on them and playing with them. When we left they were finishing installing seven working toilets. We had cleared out truck loads and truck loads of garbage. The city has agreed to provide them with a dumpster so they can have a place to put their garbage. The children are now being enrolled into school. God's love was shown in many ways.

Convoy of hope has committed to help them long term. They will continue to take teams there.

We praise God for the impact he made through Master's Commission this past week.