On the 24th of December it was 4 years since I became friends with a family through which God profoundly changed my life. It was first time when I stayed on a winter break at my university in December 2009. My friend Nicu and I didn’t go home for this break for different reasons, but we felt the same when the dormitories became empty – we felt lonely and weren’t that much into Christmas mood.
Couple days before Christmas Eve we received an email that the family of our psychology professor would like to invite students, who stayed for winter break, into their house for Christmas Eve. We came that day and met the Gaiduk’s family. In fact, Nicu and I were the only students who showed up that day at their house, and we were so glad! Julia, our professor, and her husband Roman greeted us with the warmness of their house and their hearts. I felt totally in The family. That day our friendship began. Since then I was in that house dozens of times with different occasions. Sometimes it was a special dinner, sometimes it was a spontaneous invitation for baked potatoes, sometimes it the small group, and sometimes it was late tea after the small group. But every time I felt warmness of their house and warmness of their hearts.
So this week I challenge you to open the doors of your house and the doors of your heart. Invite people to your home, and invite them in your heart, serve them with what you have.
Couple days before Christmas Eve we received an email that the family of our psychology professor would like to invite students, who stayed for winter break, into their house for Christmas Eve. We came that day and met the Gaiduk’s family. In fact, Nicu and I were the only students who showed up that day at their house, and we were so glad! Julia, our professor, and her husband Roman greeted us with the warmness of their house and their hearts. I felt totally in The family. That day our friendship began. Since then I was in that house dozens of times with different occasions. Sometimes it was a special dinner, sometimes it was a spontaneous invitation for baked potatoes, sometimes it the small group, and sometimes it was late tea after the small group. But every time I felt warmness of their house and warmness of their hearts.
So this week I challenge you to open the doors of your house and the doors of your heart. Invite people to your home, and invite them in your heart, serve them with what you have.