Today’s pictures are the FBC Sherwood group walking downtown, through the park, and to the fortress. From there, we had a quick lunch and met with our friends Samuil and Lisa. Next stop – Marabeth, Caitlin, LaJuana, and Rodja went to the Royal Palace for a meeting with HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation. Ed, William,…
One last breakfast at Marijan and Slavica’s for this year’s trip. Several last hugs and shared prayers and promises to Skype more often and another hug and … out the door and on the van for Prokuplje. We arrived in Belgrade mid-afternoon, after a stop at a McDonald’s McCafe that you guys in America wouldn’t…
Yes, you read the title correctly. That’s what Marijan had to tell some of the members of his church, “Please don’t come to church tonight.” Why? There isn’t room for everyone to fit into the church. Look at the pictures above — standing room only — and still not enough room. The youth choir sang…
We have had a very busy couple of days! Thursday started off at 90 miles per hour (figuratively — not sure Marijan’s car is capable of those speeds, and we certainly aren’t walking that quickly!) — and things haven’t slowed down yet! Thursday morning was split into two tracks. One group (Marabeth, Bethany, Caitlin, Slavica…
I hate to fly. I especially hate to take off and land. It’s really a faith issue. I have trouble believing that a huge piece of metal can get into and stay up in the air. I guess I just think that if God wanted us to fly, He would have given us wings. However,…
Yes! It was a VERY productive day in Prokuplje and beyond! We stopped at a bakery on the way to the church and had a quick breakfast of burek, a pastry of filo-type dough with cheese inside. Then we had prayer at the church and headed to the school for another day of Children’s Club.…
Tuesday morning, Ed and LaJuana, Natasha and the girls won the “On Time Is Late for Leaders” race to breakfast. 🙂 Since LaJuana is writing the blog, I get to highlight that small win! It *was* the first time this trip that we won, and we have the shortest distance to walk to breakfast, just…
Monday has been a busy, productive day. We read our encouragement notes from our friend, Sandi, “Ay, chihuahua!” at the cafe at 8:00 a.m. then had a quick breakfast of Serbian omelet, bread, and of course cucumber, tomato, and cheese! Svaki dan! (hint: translate.google.com) Next, a quick walk to the church (about 3/4 mile –…
What a day! I have no words, but will try to find words to share the overflow of my heart! I woke early on Sunday morning. Ed & I had slept with the door open to our room. It looks out on a small courtyard of sorts, where a flock of pigeons have their cages.…
The team arrived safe and sound in Belgrade at around 3:30 pm Saturday afternoon, Belgrade time. No one slept well on the various planes, but seeing our brothers here to meet us revived us all. We made a quick stop to visit with Pastor Erman and catch up on ministry in that Roma church. Last…