Church in Albania replaces bulbs in street lights

Yesterday I met a woman named Janet who was recently in Lushnje (no that is not misspelled) Albanial. Lushnje is a town with some real needs. Such as unemployment is a staggering 60%!

A church plant led by an Albanian man in Lushnje is trying to be "transformative". When I asked what this meant, she shared the example that they have started a school that is teaching English lessons, providing jobs for teachers and education for young people.

But what I thought was the best example was this. Someone had stolen all the bulbs from the local street lights, meaning it was quite dangerous for local girls to go out after dark. So the church replaced all the light bulbs!

We are told to be a light to our community. Now that is taking it literally!