1981 sighting of Gospa

IN the summer of 1981 I was 17, soon to be 18.

I remember the story of Medjugorje, the small village in Yugoslavia.
There is was reported that the "Gospa, Our Lady"
had appeared to 6 teenagers on the hill.
I remember being fascinated by the story but newspapers did not
report much on it and there was no internet, no google.
Since that time, over the years I maybe heard little bits of the story
but really had not thought much about it or these teenagers.
On Sunday night at religion we had a guest speaker, Robin
who shared with us her visit to Medjugorje and how
she was able to stay with one of these very teenagers who was
one of the six for a week, in his home.
All six of the then teenagers are still living,
three of them still get daily visitations from the Blessed Mary
each day at 6:40pm.
Robin, being in Ivan's home was able to witness this.
For those of you who are skeptical, read into the history
of these teens and what is still happening in their lives.
For those of you who may be like me, believers in this.
An amazing thing that happened in 1981 is still going on today.
Robin telling the history from Ivan's point of view,
has you wanting to believe.
He was just an ordinary 16 year old boy at the time,
talked into going up the hill with these other teens.
He was a church goer but was not doing well in school,
played more than he prayed or studied.
As he told Robin his story the part that got me was when she
explained about the communist government who took all
six of the children in for questioning,
the government at that time was against religion and wanted
these teens to stop telling such untruths.
The six, no matter how they were questioned, told the same story.
Finally, the government becoming frustrated with the six,
blindfolded each of them and put them in the same room.
With no sense of time or what the others were doing,
they sat and watched them.
Precisely at 6:40pm, the same time that even now "Gospa" comes
to them, each child got down on their knees and began to speak in
low tones of their native lands, answering and questioning someone
that could not be seen by the ones who were holding them.
From that moment on, even the communist government had to believe
that what was happening was true.
I could not wait to get home and google these accounts.
My girls also said they could not wait to get home to learn more about Mary.
I could not believe that I had not thought of this in years
and really had not thought of the fact that this was still happening today
in our world. It is one to be googled, one to share with your children.
On those days that our faith is little, and I am sure we all have them,
I will read about Medjugorje and the Blessed Mothers messages
to us. It is a wonderful story that still goes on today.
Make it a family thing to read her daily messages to the world.
You can even have the message sent to you via email these days.
Ivan, the one who Robin got to become friends with tours the world
with Mary's messages. Yet, no matter where he is, at 6:40pm,
his time, he will go into a trance and see our Mother Mary.
I hope to see him on one of his  next travels to the USA.