After Birmingham , he was sent to Angrogna ( the pastor officially in charge was Elisabeth Loeh Manna ), where he has now finished his third year . He said the community welcomed him with enthusiasm and he has done an amazing job not just among the younger generation but with everyone , following youth camps and trips ( from Bagnau to Padua to Ecumene ) performing christenings , confirmations , weddings and funerals – the full pastoral range … He also got his driving licence and now has a car , which
Kassim and Maliq . is a great asset everywhere , but in the Angrogna Valley is a must !
Maliq Meda did his ‘ Year abroad ’ in Edinburgh with the Church of Scotland and served the community of S . Secondo under the supervision of pastor Claudio Pasquet . He then moved to Foggia where he found a welcoming community , small but very active and well inserted in the local social fabric . Here the Church is busy with diaconal work , from following detainees , to helping children from disadvantaged families , to sheltering the homeless . His mentor – online – has been pastor Winfrid Pfannkuche , who is now in Rome .
Maliq is married to his sweetheart from school days in Genova , Genesis , since 2014 and they now have an 8-month-old daughter , Sara . This is what he writes :
My name is Maliq Meda and I was born in Peshkopi , a town in the northeast of Albania , into a Muslim family that I could define as non ( or , partially non ) practising . In fact , Albanian Islam has always been more tradition than practice , thanks to the state atheism imposed by the dictatorship of Enver Hox , which fell in 1990 , the year of my birth . I arrived in Italy with my parents and my sister in 2000 . After five years spent in Campania , we moved to Genoa , where at the age of 19 I began to attend , thanks to a network of friends , the Iglesia Evangélica Hispano Americana . When I was little , I was taught that I could pray to Allah in times of need , before going to sleep , waking up and after meals . My mother told me that other religions called it differently , but it was always the same , one God . Growing up , I didn ’ t have much interest in the mosque first and then much less in the church , but I didn ’ t stop praying to God , to whom I didn ’ t give a name . In primary school I attended after-school care with the nuns , who – I confess – made me forget any interest in religion . However , the dimension of prayer has always accompanied me , and by attending the Iglesia I finally encountered a space and time where I could cultivate this dimension of my spirituality . The unknown god progressively took the face and name of Christ Jesus . I have always been a very active and pragmatic person , with a strong aptitude for manual skills and the practicality of life .
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