Visit to Teen Challenge Slovenia

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Teen Challenge, we (Jan and Marja) visited Slovenia earlier this month.

The early days of helping people with addiction began in the living room of pastors Steve and Barbara Telzerow in Ljubljana.

They cared for Magdalena, who had a heroin addiction and, thanks to their help, came to faith.

Matjaz, who had to maintain order in the city as a police officer and hated addicts, fell in love with Magdalena, and that's how he too came into contact with the gospel! Well, the rest is history.

Matjaz and Magdalena have been directors of the Teen Challenge program in Slovenia for years now and are also pastors of the Evangelijski Center in Koper.

Twenty years of Teen Challenge. Twenty years of changed lives, one by one! So many reasons to be thankful.

It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces. Men who graduated from the program over the years and received new life in Jesus Christ.

Some have become staff members, others volunteer at Teen Challenge.

For many years, Jan has visited the rehab center annually and spoken and prayed with many men, especially during the My Brother's Keeper conferences, organized in the Balkan region.

It's wonderful to see that this personal approach bears fruit! A prayer, a prophetic word, or a word of wisdom. Make no mistake, it can change the course of someone's life.

Traveling Light supports Teen Challenge in Slovenia wholeheartedly, and we are extremely thankful for our donors.

In addition to attending the anniversary celebrations (see this video), Marja also had the opportunity to speak at the church in Koper. You can listen to that message HERE.

The following day, Jan spoke at Steve and Barbara's church in Ljubljana. You can listen to that sermon HERE if you like. Again, plenty of time for prayer and personal ministry. We hope that everything will bear fruit.

It was a busy weekend, but so wonderful to spend time with TC friends (such as Jonathan and Valentina from Macedonia, see photo) and to make new connections. Personal contacts, building and maintaining friendships, encouraging one another... that's the heart of Traveling Light 💙

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