Old blog post prior to 2020
In October, we went to Montana, but not in America! Linking Partners church planters from Serbia and America met in the Montana hostel which is at Kopaonik. It was a beautiful time in a real family atmosphere, with good and instructive meetings where we learned a lot of good things from a lot of different…
“Hello, my dear friends, welcome. Are you tired?” – these were the words of warm welcome from our friend waiter from the restaurant “Kod Pirocanca” (“At Pirocanac – man from Pirot”), who remembered us well. That warm welcome made our day and during that lunch we felt all comfortable. Around 12 Caca, Niki and me…
Žitni Potok needs leaders from the village. We have Rade who does his best to be good leader, he has heart for Lord, he likes to tell others about God, he tries to gather people etc. What Rade does now is gathering people for prayer meeting, organize prayers in houses, but he needs someone who…
This post tells the *rest* of the story about sharing school supplies in Žitni Potok. The pictures in this post are all of children who live in Žitni Potok, or of the village itself. Linking Partners has worked in this village for several years, and this is the third year we have distributed school supplies…
Linking Partners has been privileged to be able to buy school supplies for Roma children in several locations this year. For approximately $500 per village, we can provide school supplies for all the Roma children in most villages where we have work. We have received thank you notes via the internet, and we want to…
Here we come with report. I want to notice that September was, in my opinion, the most successful month, when we speak about work with leaders of house groups. Till now, we had three meeting, where almost all house leaders were, and also hosts. Every leader has the Serbian Multiply guide book, and is reading…
Greetings in Jesus name. This month God worked a lot with us, so He shaped us and lead us from situation to situation, and I can tell you powerful how great is God. Reason why I tell you this, is that on the beginning of the month we summed up our summer and we saw…
No more nights filled with the music of the clubs drifting into the windows while Pastor Marijan and his family try to sleep. Now they look out the windows of their new home onto the beautiful hills surrounding Prokuplje. They have been working from early in the morning until late in the evening for the…
What do American women in Florida, Virginia, Arkansas, Kansas, Illinois, and other states have in common with Roma children in villages with names as exotic as Zitni Potok, Jasenica, Mladenovac, and Selenca have in common? Hats! Knitted hats, crocheted hats, warm and wooly hats that were knitted with love and prayers by the American women…
The story begins late in the evening, in a room where the fan offers precious little relief from the heat. Believers — Roma, Serb, and American — join together in heartfelt prayer, echoing Jesus’ prayer of Matthew 9:37-38 “3 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask…