A Young Woman From Albania
written by: Michael Natt
In September 1946, a young woman from Albania riding on a train in India received her personal call from the Lord. She was to leave her convent school to live and work in the slums of Calcutta’s sickest and poorest residents. Her name was Mother Teresa.
I met Nikol, a young woman from Albania, at a prayer summit in Herrnhut, Germany in August 2024. We were both attending a gathering of 150 people representing 20 nations who were drawn to this event to experience an individual and collective encounter with the living God of Israel.
We broke up into groups of 10-12 people several times during the event in order to process together what the Lord was speaking to us. Nikol and I were in the same group, and she was the youngest in our group.
During our initial meeting, we introduced ourselves to one another. During her time of sharing, Nikol broke into tears and said that her heart’s desire is to be wholly devoted to the Lord. She was warmly embraced by all, especially the mothers in our group. Nikol shared very little during our subsequent meetings. It appeared that she had a lot to take in and process on her own.
On Monday morning, Mary Faus, a leader among First Nations people, shared about Elijah. At the end of her message, she proclaimed “that the spirit of Elijah that is resting in this place would go to the 20 plus nations that are here. We call you to life, nations of the earth, Israel at the head. Dry bones are coming to life. We thank you God for the wind of your spirit, the Ruach HaKodesh, blowing at every nation in this hour. And as the worship team begins to worship, would you enter in as a prophetic declaration over your nation.”
I saw Nikol standing alone as the sole representative of her nation, so I asked her if it was Ok if I stood with her for her nation, and she welcomed me.
I knew a little about Albania’s history. After the communist regime seized power, they began to publicly humiliate, persecute, and execute clergy of all faiths. Albania began to curtail religion in 1946, and in 1967, the government outlawed public religious practice, and declared Albania the world’s first constitutional atheist state.
So, I started with what I knew, and declared Isaiah 9:2 over Albania.
“The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them a light has shined.”
Then I felt the Lord saying, “And the light of the gospel will spread from Albania into Greece.” Afterwards, I saw a picture of a lily-like flower springing up from the earth with broad white petals. I knew that this was a picture of Nikol, so I prayed this over her.
We know in part and we prophecy in part. After I had spoken what the Lord gave me, I felt that I had done my part, so I went back to my place. However, I had a sense that the Spirit of the Lord was continuing to minister to Nikol, and that she was responding with a pure heart like Mary of Nazareth, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” (Luke 2:38)
Later that day during our small group session, I asked Nikol how she felt about what I shared with her. She said that it really blessed her, especially the part about Greece.
As a young woman from Albania embraced what the Lord spoke to her on a train in September 1946, I pray that Nikol keeps all these things in her heart as the seed planted within her continues to grow. (Luke 2:51-52)
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