Imagine a cold, snowy day in a village in the mountains of south Serbia. Imagine a child in sandals and socks, sweatpants, and a long-sleeved t-shirt. Can you feel the bone-chilling cold? Now imagine that child with a warm, wool hat pulled snugly over their head, warming their ears, and reminding them that they have…
Bethany Jaques and Caitlin Oswalt First Mission Field: Novi Sad and Kucura (Northern Serbia) June 21-25 After a day of rest, Bethany and Caitlin will be working with Sasa Subotin, a Roma pastor, in the town of Kucura. They are holding a 3-day English camp for kids, and are expecting 100 children to attend. Second…
Due to terrible floods in our country, we as Roma community have organized ourselves in order to help as much as we can. In first days when the rain started I received a phone call from Djurdjevo from our brothers and sisters telling me that because of the rain, area where Roma people live had…
Greetings from Belgrade, we wish to inform you of a situation that befell the country! Many villages and towns were flooded and Belgrade. The situation is very difficult for many families were left homeless in Serbia of emergency situation, please pray for our country and for our friends who were flooded. The pictures are of…
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…