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Maja Maria

Maja Maria

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My life hasn't been easy. Since I was a kid I had many health issues and most of my early childhood I spent in a hospital. I had a Fallot syndrome (my heart didn't work properly), so when I was 4 I had a surgery. My Mom always said that without God's help I wouldn't be here today. When I was 10 my parents decided to get a divorce. My family's always been the most important thing in my life. I was brokenhearted. When I was 13 we found out that my Dad had a cancer. I prayed a lot (I thought that if said "God, please cure my Dad" he would become healthy again)..
He was fighting for over two years. He died when I was 15. That was the most devastating thing that have ever happened to me. I became farther and farther from God. Once I said "I don't believe in God". One year after my Dad's death I developed anorexia. I couldn't cope with what was happening around me, so that was my way of escaping from the reality. When I was 17 I finally managed to gain weight. In this year I also met a girl named Ada. She helped me realise a few things. At this point my life was stuck in a dead point. I knew that I didn't want to live in a fear or sorrow anymore.
The day of my 18th birthday was crucial. As I was blowing the candles out I thought "God, I know you have a plan for me, please do what you have to do, I'm going to accept everything". If only I had known at this point what would happen next.. One month later I ended up in Israel (a birthday gift from my Mother)! That was a life-changing experience. When I came back from Israel I was really thankful for what I've experienced there, but only one month later I went to Romania! I got another opportunity to do what I love and meet new friends. That wasn't enough, though. I travelled to Estonia, Luxembourg and Turkey soon after I came back from Romania. What I want to say is.. you never know what Lord has in store for you until you let Him do His work! I used to want to be in charge of my life (everytime!) but now I let Him guide me. As I said at the very beginning my life has been tough. But I know that now it's only gonna get better!
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Maja Maria ,That is super awesome and inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing! I would love to travel the world!
Can I ask what you were doing on your travels? Was it in ministry? It's good to hear your working for our Lord!
Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

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Thank you! Travelling is my biggest passion, this year has been amazing! I'm bilingual, and most of them are travels connected with meeting new people, improving language and learning more about the other people's culture! Unfortunately I've never had an opportunity to go on a trip particularly connected with my faith.. :sad but I don't know what God has planned for me ;)
 
Traveling can be so much fun! I've travelled the U.S. and loved it, but I'm excited to check out Europe and Jerusalem one day.

Do you have any favorite pictures to share? I'll bet you have many good stories to share. :)
 
Maja Maria said:
My life hasn't been easy. Since I was a kid I had many health issues and most of my early childhood I spent in a hospital. I had a Fallot syndrome (my heart didn't work properly), so when I was 4 I had a surgery. My Mom always said that without God's help I wouldn't be here today. When I was 10 my parents decided to get a divorce. My family's always been the most important thing in my life. I was brokenhearted. When I was 13 we found out that my Dad had a cancer. I prayed a lot (I thought that if said "God, please cure my Dad" he would become healthy again)..
He was fighting for over two years. He died when I was 15. That was the most devastating thing that have ever happened to me. I became farther and farther from God. Once I said "I don't believe in God". One year after my Dad's death I developed anorexia. I couldn't cope with what was happening around me, so that was my way of escaping from the reality. When I was 17 I finally managed to gain weight. In this year I also met a girl named Ada. She helped me realise a few things. At this point my life was stuck in a dead point. I knew that I didn't want to live in a fear or sorrow anymore.
The day of my 18th birthday was crucial. As I was blowing the candles out I thought "God, I know you have a plan for me, please do what you have to do, I'm going to accept everything". If only I had known at this point what would happen next.. One month later I ended up in Israel (a birthday gift from my Mother)! That was a life-changing experience. When I came back from Israel I was really thankful for what I've experienced there, but only one month later I went to Romania! I got another opportunity to do what I love and meet new friends. That wasn't enough, though. I travelled to Estonia, Luxembourg and Turkey soon after I came back from Romania. What I want to say is.. you never know what Lord has in store for you until you let Him do His work! I used to want to be in charge of my life (everytime!) but now I let Him guide me. As I said at the very beginning my life has been tough. But I know that now it's only gonna get better!
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Hi Ms Maria, good to see you on these forums; how are you doing? God bless His Word to you.

Hi there; so you guys from Romania originally? Ardeal/Erdely sounds very interesting, with Romanian, Hungarian and German being spoken.

I think Luxembourg, where you went, has some kind of historical link with there also. Luxembourg itself is fascinating, as is its unique brand of trilingualism.
 
Thank you! I'm doing good! :) I was born and raised in Poland, Warsaw. I enjoyed Luxembourg, however I wasn't blown away :) Maybe because I didn't have enough time to see everything that this city offered me.
 
No, my name is Maja Maria, but these names are likely to be given separately. In English the equivalent name is Maya and the second part Maria is just Mary ;)
 
Thank you! I'm doing good! :) I was born and raised in Poland, Warsaw. I enjoyed Luxembourg, however I wasn't blown away :) Maybe because I didn't have enough time to see everything that this city offered me.
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Awesome, I love Poland! :) I haven't been there in a few years though. Haven't ever been to Warsaw, but I really enjoyed Krakow. And I had a good friend from a small town near Łódź so I've been there a few times, visiting them. I enjoyed the weird mix of really old architecture and socialist style buildings in Łódź. (I always fail to pronounce that city correctly, though). And the people I met in Poland where extremely friendly.
 
Well, I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed your stay in Poland! I'm really curious what the name of this small city was.. :chin because I have a family near Łódź!
 
The small city's name was (and still is) Opoczno (spelling?). Would be a great coincidence if you have family there as well.
 
Yes, you're correct with the spelling Opoczno! It's not where my family lives, but I've been there many times and it's a great city. Farouk, yes (I'd even say Wooge without 'd')!
 
PS: whereas Luxembourg has three spellings per place: Clervaux, Clerf, Klierf; Troisvierges, Ulflingen, Elwen, etc.
 
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