Day Four found us headed back to Saša’s church in Kucura. All of the children were now out of school, and they were waiting for us when we arrived. We talked with them before we started, as by now we know some of the “regulars.” One thing we have noticed with the Roma children in…
This morning is the last day of school and all the children go in the morning for special events. We went to visit the Orthodox church we had seen 2 yrs ago where the mission group from the Netherlands was painting and cleaning the interior. The caretaker was glad to give us a tour and…
Let’s take a trip around Serbia and see what God is doing. The reports were long, and full of information. I’ll give you the highlights. First up Sasa reports from northern Serbia, around the town of Kucura: I send you greetings. For the first I would like to mention something what I learned from Slobodan.…
Posted in Sasa’s church in Kucura is this passage from Matthew 25:35-39 “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me. I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison…
Sometimes I wonder how faithful I would be if I lived in northern Serbia and attended a small Roma church in Djordjevo. A woodstove warmed the room — a little (or a lot) too hot on the side facing the stove, a little (or a lot) too cold on the side facing the door. Would…
Friday was a travel day for us. We left Pirot early in the morning, drove to Nis, where we dropped Marijan and Slavica off at the bus station for their return trip to Prokuplje, then we headed north through Belgrade to Temerin. Here we will have four days ministry with Pastor Sasa, who is based…
Our morning started out with coffee (when in Serbia . . . ) and fellowship among the team members, including Marijan and Slavica from Prokuplje, and Ivan from Pirot. Breakfast was delicious Serbian pancakes (palacinka) and ham and eggs. Bacon looks a bit different here, but tastes delicious. Afterwards, we walked around the city center…
Wednesday in Serbia — busy day. We awoke in Prokuplje, had an early breakfast, and headed straight to the government center — think: city hall, but for a whole region of the country. There we met with Nebojsa Vukadinovic, the governor of the region in southern Serbia where Prokuplje is. He is an old friend.…
We set out for Serbia in two groups — Teresa and LaJuana at 11:30 a.m. Friday morning, ReNata and Lorie at 7:05 Friday evening. In addition to our own luggage, we carried with us two large duffle bags full of knitted and crocheted caps and hand-sewn baby blankets for Roma children. We arrived in Belgrade,…
Psalms 127:3 Evo nasledstva od Gospoda: deca, porod je dar od Njega. If you can’t read Serbian, that translates to: Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from him. Caps for Kids is one of the projects of Linking Partners Ministries. We have two different ways we use knitted and crocheted…