I grew up in Slovenia, a country beautifully diverse in nature but a country that is not familiar with the message of the Gospel nor the knowledge of God’s love for all of us. I was born to parents who didn’t know God and who only occasionally went to Catholic mass. Needless to say by the age of 16 I was deep in drugs, steeped in rebelliousness, and very depressed and broken. It was in the heights of that time that God reached down to me in the form of a friend sharing how she personally met Jesus. I was touched - but skeptical! As a response to the challenge I felt in my heart, I decided to hold God to what i heard about Him and ask Him to reveal Himself to me if He is truly alive. Oh He did! He showed me how free I can be in Him, how He can fill me with Love for others, and how He can make my life purposeful because now I am Loved by the King of Kings and I can Love His most beautiful Son, Jesus. It was the beginning of the best Journey, and the most important Journey, I have ever taken or ever will take. I love God not just because He set me free from drugs, immorality, and depression but because He continually sets me free and reveals Himself to me, because His love is worth losing it all. The best life to live is a life with Him and for Him.
When He Saved me from the destruction of sinful life, I spent countless hours walking the woods, sitting by the brook, and climbing the hills where I could pray quietly and start learning to read the Bible and listen to His Voice. He chose His creation to help me practically, by disconnecting from my worldly friends and ways and to start teaching me His way. So here I am, so many years later, still loving those quiet places of His nature, and I would like to share these special moments in nature that God uses with others too.