Jelena: chiratidzo chakavanzika cheMedjugorje
Jelena Vasilj, akaberekwa musi waMay 14, 1972, aigara nemhuri yake mune imwe imba iri pasi peGomo reKrizevac. Aingova nemakore gumi nehafu paakanzwa izwi raMai Vedu mumoyo make kekutanga. Nguva pfupi asati ataura munyengetero kuna Mwari "O Ishe, ndinofara uye ndinoonga sei dai ndikangotenda mamuri, dai ndikakwanisa kusangana nemi ndikakuzivai!". Musi waZvita 10, 15, Jelena aive kuchikoro, uye kumubvunzo wakabvunzwa waaidzidza naye, "inguvai iyi?", Akanzwa izwi richipindura zvichibva pamoyo wake: “it is twenty past ten”. Zvino, achida kubvunzwa, akanzwa izwi rimwe chetero richimurayira kuti arege… Iye asinganzwisisike anopindirana naye akabva amuziurira kuti aive ngirozi uye akamukurudzira kuti arambe achinamata mazuva ese. Mushure memazuva gumi umo izwi remutumwa rakaramba richimukoka kumunamato, akanyatsonzwa izwi reMukadzi Wedu richimuudza kuti: "Handidi kuzivisa zvakavanzika kuburikidza newe (ed kune vamwe vaoni), asi kukutungamira munzira yekugadza". Jelena akatanga kunamata pamwe nekushingairira uye dzimwe shamwari dzakaungana vakamukomberedza ivo vaitevera muenzaniso wake.
Muna Chikumi wegore rakatevera "boka rekunamatira" rakaumbwa, vachibatsirwa pamweya naFr. Tomislav Vlasic uye akatungamirirwa na "Gospa" kuburikidza nezviratidzo zvakapihwa Jelena neshamwari yake Marjana (naiyewo akagashira chipo chezviitiko muIsita gore rimwe chetero). Zvishoma nezvishoma Mhandara Tsvene akavadzidzisa kufungisisa nezveBhaibheri, kunamata Holy Rosary vachifungisisa pamusoro pezvakavanzika zvaro uye vakaraira kuna Jelena minyengetero mitsva yekugadza kuna Iye Asina Mwoyo uye kuMweya Mutsvene waJesu. Gare gare musikana akatanga kwete kungonzwa chete Madonna "nezwi rinotapira uye rakajeka kwazvo", asi zvakare kumuona aine maziso akavharwa. "Sei wakanaka kudai?" rimwe zuva akamubvunza. “Nekuti ndinoda. Kana iwe uchida kuve akanaka, rudo! ”Ndiyo mhinduro. Kubva munaNovember 1985, chipo chaJelena chakakura. Kubva ipapo zvichienda mberi akatanga zvakare kunzwa izwi raJesu, iro rakazviratidza chete kungotungamira munamato pakaunganidzwa boka Chipo chezviwanikwa chakakanganiswa Jelena paakatamira kuUnited States kunotevera makosi edzidziso, aakaenderera kuAustria ndokupedzisa muRome kwaakazopedza kudzidza. Munguva pfupi yapfuura akapedzawo rezinesi rake aine chinyorwa paSt. Pa 24 Nyamavhuvhu 2002 akaroora Massimiliano Valente muMedjugorje uye musi wa9 Chivabvu 2003 akava nemwanakomana wake wedangwe, Giovanni Paolo.