“As soon as I came here it was not the ‘new land’ that impressed me as much as my sister’s
deep love for me. Later on, my sister told me that after becoming a disciple, she had fasted and
prayed for days for me to come to US. She thought it was a miracle.”

Not until Lorie studied the Bible a year later did she realize how God had
worked a miracle!  She esteems Angie Hoover and Meaghan Butts  as “two great women” who
helped her to get to know God. Lorie was immersed into Christ on December 5^th,2004. She
exclaimed, “After the baptism I believed the ingenious plan my awesome God had (and has) for me!”

In the one year she has been in God’s family, Lorie has penned dozens of poems.
(See link at the end of this article.) Below, in her own words, she discusses her relationship

with God and her Poetry.

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I have been writing since I was twelve years old. Back in
Albania, writing in poetry and prose was not just a hobby; it was a means of
expressing what was deep in my heart without anybody understanding what was going on.
Since I never trusted people, I never shared
how I felt, so writing became my surviving tactic
until I discovered I wasn’t even surviving-I was
already dead… Many of my ‘friends’ used to read
my sad short stories of characters dying,
melancholic poetries of lonely people, existentialist
theories, but they never guessed that what I
wrote was a symbolist reflection of what I felt.
Feelings of emptiness, voids that I could never fill, pain, anger, arrogance, jealousy, pride, self-pity,
defeat and denial- I had them all.Yet, if I didn’t experience that dark period of my life I would
have never appreciated the unspeakable joy and contentment I am having today walking with
my Father, the only one who fills every void and peels off every burden through Jesus Christ.
Finally I am experiencing what it means to be happy, full and free; finally he has given me dreams,
goals, friends, challenges to grow, passion and a great mission to dedicate myself to.My
poetries are all about Him now, because I can’t really find any other greater topic to write about
except the love he has shown me-breaking news for my heart! I give thanks to the Lord for he has
made my heart dance. Faleminderit –Thank you.   Lorie Vangjeli 

You are the One

(Top of article translated from Albanian )

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To enjoy more of Lorie’s Poems click on the link below… 
Let her gift from God give to you!

http://worcesterchurch.org/arts/Lorie-Vanjeli-Poetry-Collection.htm

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