{"id":18169,"date":"2024-04-18T16:36:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/?p=18169"},"modified":"2024-04-18T16:36:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T16:36:59","slug":"mission-to-korce-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/mission-to-korce-albania\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission to Kor\u00e7\u00eb, Albania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7 April 2023| Kor\u00e7\u00eb, Albania [Sarah Henke with tedNEWS]<\/p>\n<p>35 students from Sagunto Adventist College (SAC), Spain, recently embarked on a week-long impact mission to Kor\u00e7\u00eb, Albania. During their stay, they engaged with the community, organising a range of activities such as playing sports with the local children, hosting English and Spanish classes, distributing books, and offering free Health Expo support.<\/p>\n<p>One of the highlights of the mission was an evangelistic campaign led by Pastor Daniel Bosqued, Sagunto College president. Reflecting on the experience, he said, \u201cIt was a blessing to be able to present fundamental topics about the existence of God, the value of the Bible, why we suffer, and ultimately present Jesus,\u201d he shared. \u201cIt was beautiful and very gratifying to see how the number of people attending increased and remained consistent throughout the entire week.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_23136\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hcn9maDpYeA?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/ted.adventist.org&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Mission to Kor\u00e7\u00eb, Albania\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe dedication and hard work of this amazing group of volunteers were certainly a blessing to all of us in Albania,\u201d said local pastor Euxhenia Bregasi. But the blessing did not end there. \u201cThe experience was spectacular for all of us who participated,\u201d said Christian M\u00fcller, SAC business manager highlighting how it not only strengthened the mission spirit within their student body but also fostered meaningful cross-cultural connections.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/in-the-streets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18178\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/in-the-streets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/in-the-streets.jpg 630w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/in-the-streets-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/in-the-streets-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/in-the-streets-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the impact of such missions, Pastor Delmar Reis, Albanian Mission president, remarked, \u201cOver the past few years, I have witnessed the impact of short-term missions on the lives of both volunteers and the locals. They provide an opportunity for exchange &#8211; exchange of experience &#8211; service and of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>[Photos and video: courtesy of Sarah Henke \/ Albanian Mission].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students make meaningful impact<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1580,1572,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-albania-croatia-slovenia","category-evangelism-mission","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18169"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18198,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18169\/revisions\/18198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}