Krumë · Has · Albania
Raphael, Priscila and family
We are the Luz family, a Brazilian Christian family sent to northern Albania to live among the people and learn to communicate the love of Jesus in a way that speaks to the community.
42.19° N · 20.42° E
Krumë · Has
Living with purpose
We are a Brazilian Christian family living in northern Albania, with the purpose of sharing life with the Albanian people, learning their language and culture, and serving the community through genuine relationships that open the way to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
We want more than to run one-off activities: we seek to build lasting bonds that contribute to the rise of a healthy, contextualised Albanian church, led by Albanians themselves.
We are connected to churches in Brazil and to a cross-cultural mission agency dedicated to advancing the gospel among the “cousin” peoples. Our work serves the Kingdom of God, beyond any particular denomination.
The Albanian language and culture come before any activity. Living in town, shopping at the same market, having coffee with the neighbours. Understanding in order to serve.
The goal is not a Brazilian church in Albania, but an Albanian church led by Albanians.
Context
The Lord called us twenty years ago, and we went on learning and discerning what he wanted: serving in our local church, then moving on to missiological training, courses and short-term trips, until we understood that the time had come.
The invitation to serve in Albania came in 2023. After the first one, others followed, all from different regions and mission fields. We stayed in prayer together with our local church, and then the Lord confirmed that we were to come to northern Albania, to the region of Has.
Albania has a singular religious history: decades of communist rule interrupted organised religious life and, after the fall of communism, different traditions returned to public life. The Muslim presence is today the largest in the country — in good measure the result of the significant investment it has received in religious buildings and institutions.
In the region where we live, the vast majority of people identify as Muslim. Has is the only province in the country with no active Christian church at all — neither Catholic nor Orthodox.
We honour the history, hospitality and faith of those who welcomed us. We did not come to confront.
An expression of faith that speaks Albanian and makes sense within the culture of Has.
The gospel travels over bridges of friendship, not over mass strategies.
Faithful to what the Scriptures teach, with no shortcuts and nothing watered down.
We think in decades, not campaigns. Trust is built slowly.
“We are not here to compete with a religion. We are here to serve people, introduce them to Jesus and teach them to follow him.”
Our dream
We dream of seeing a healthy, biblical, relevant and Albanian-led Christian church born in Has — with an expression of faith fully integrated into the local culture. Today there are 7 Latin American missionaries working towards it.
We dream of a community that serves the town as a whole, through faith, education, sport and relationships. In time, that could take shape as a multi-purpose centre open to everyone:
We are not dreaming of a building only for religious meetings, but of a church alive within the community.
Concept images of the project — still a dream, not a building under construction.
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1. Project overview board
How we plan to get there
Cross-cultural mission does not happen over a weekend. Our plan is organised into three cycles of roughly three years each, and every cycle prepares the ground for the next.
We are here
“Ploughing the ground”
“Sowing the seed”
“Harvesting and raising leaders”
The projects
We serve alongside a Christian foundation legally registered in the country, which offers services to the community. It brings together other families, from other countries, in the service of Christ, working together for the rise of a movement of disciples of Jesus and of a healthy Albanian church.
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Latin American families
7
adults on the field
3
children
Football for children and teenagers
A football project that uses sport as a tool for character: discipline, respect, teamwork and, above all, relationships that carry on well beyond the pitch.
Education, culture and art after school
Educational and cultural activities outside school hours: language teaching, musical instruments and handicrafts. A place where the children of Krumë discover their talents and are truly seen.
The projects are open to the community. You do not need to be a Christian to take part.
Our budget
We believe that those who walk with us have the right to know exactly where things stand. This is how the monthly support for our family on the field is doing.
We share these numbers the way you open your front door to a friend, not the way you send an invoice. God has sustained our family so far through generous people, and we keep trusting that he will continue to do so.
I want to support the projectGet involved
Everyone contributes differently. Prayer, friendship, spreading the word and financial support are all part of the same work — pick the door that makes sense for you.
A monthly or one-off contribution towards the family's support on the field: housing, food, healthcare and transport.
Directed to Sporting Has: sports equipment, kit, pitch hire and the running costs of training.
Directed to Edukart: teaching materials, musical instruments and supplies for the art workshops.
Towards the medium-term dream: a multi-purpose space of our own to serve the town every day.
For companies and organisations wishing to support the project regularly or sponsor a specific area of work.
Choose whichever is simplest for you. This site does not process payments: the Pix key and the account details are copied straight into your bank, and Wise opens its own secure page.
Rather talk first? Write to us at contato@luzparaosbalcas.com.br or send a WhatsApp message.
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Account holder
Priscila Correa · Santander
Branch
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01006431-8From our daily life
Stories, news and prayer requests from our missionary journey.
Posts are published in the language they were written in — currently Portuguese.
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