Old blog post prior to 2020
The last working day of the trip arrived too soon! Sasa picked us up at 9:30 and quickly deposited us to his home church where 16 kids were waiting for us. Janice told the children the story of the fall of man and brought it home with Jesus came to save us all. Ed helped…
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…
I woke about 7:30 to prepare for the day. We meet for breakfast at 8:30. We had eggs with bread and Turkish coffee. Saša picked us up at 9:30 and we went to his house. On the way we stopped at the “cheap store” where Saša placed the order for 50 humanitarian aid boxes to…
I woke just before 8am, showered and got ready for breakfast. We met at 9am in the restaurant at the hotel for breakfast. It is Sunday so the owner served us as his staff is off on Sundays. He is very gracious. We had burek (phyllo) pastry filled with a mild white creamy cheese 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.…
I want to apologize to everyone for the delay in this post. Unfortunately, my trip was interrupted due to a medical emergency back home and this was the only blog post I was able to get written during the trip. So, let’s pretend we’ve jumped into the Tardis, traveled back in time to October 12, and you’re reading…
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…