We woke to a bright and sunny day in Novi Sad, which is in northern Serbia. We had several administrative tasks to take care of through appointments with business associates we had only emailed with up until today. Jim and Rodja started the morning with an appointment with one of the translators who has been…
Today’s lesson is: “On time is late for leaders.” Okay, it’s sort of an inside joke. We left Prokuplje bright and early, with hearts full from our time there. We headed to Arandjelovac, where we met with Dragan and Danijela at their home for a delicious lunch. We then went to the room they rent…
We started the day off bright and early with leadership training with Marijan and Slavica, and David, Niki, and Pera. We asked what is our job, what are we to take, where are we to take it, who will go with us, and how did the early church “do church.” (Answers: make disciples, gospel, everywhere,…
Busy day! We woke to sunny skies, ventured outside the lodge and what did we find but a goat’s head! No kidding! This is a hunting lodge, and there is quite the assortment of taxidermy in the gathering room, although thankfully not in our rooms! On the ledge beside the tulip garden was a goat’s…
Thursday began with planning with Dragan and Danijela for home church outreach in Belgrade. They have several ministry focus points, but the one that stood out the most to me is a Roma mahala called Mladenovac. This is a very large mahala, and Dragan and Danijela have been working there for three years. Some of…
… there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents. Luke 15:10 The picture is not great, but the story is. Tonight we met with the house church that is in the Roma mahala across the street from “the pink house.” (Look back in the blog.) There were…
We left on Monday evening, ReNata from Washington DC and Jim and LaJuana from Little Rock. In Little Rock, we got to visit with our friend, Patrice (picture coming) for a nice long visit. Patrice’s church knitted hats for Serbia last fall, and they are already working on hats again! Go TEAM! If you’re interested…
Jim, LaJuana, and ReNata will be spending 10 days in Serbia, traveling the length of the country to meet with Roma leaders in south Serbia, the Belgrade area, and throughout the northern area of Vojvodena. We appreciate your prayers during our travels. We leave Little Rock and Washington DC on Monday, March 24, around dinnertime.…