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.…
Since we went to the mahala last night in the dark, I really didn’t get to see the surroundings. I had a more eye-opening experience today as we went to a mahala in the daylight. My first impression was, the further you got out of town, the poorer the houses became. We were greeted by…
Today was a day filled with activity, meetings, and lots of laughter. We began with breakfast at Segafredo and then met with Caca to shop for hygiene supplies to take to the village later on. It was really great to be able to walk around the city and visit local shops. Then we went to…
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,…
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher? – Romans 10:14 This week in Pirot, many children and adults have heard the gospel of Jesus. In English class, the children learned English…
“The secret to following God’s will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God’s best.” ― K.P. Yohannan, Revolution in World Missions I’ve been thinking about this a lot this week. This is a beautiful country, with gracious, hospitable people. We all love it — a crazy, God-given love for a…
As I went down to the river to pray Studying about that good old way And who shall wear the starry crown Good Lord, show me the way! O sinners let’s go down, Let’s go down, come on down, O sinners let’s go down, Down to the river to pray. We did go “down to…
When Chuck and Janice, Ed and I left Little Rock on Friday, August 31, we knew we had a full 11 days in front of us. We’ve all been to Serbia before, and we know the joys and the trials of a mission trip far from home, with a culture so different from our own.…
Departure date is July 31, 2015! Ed & LaJuana, Chuck & Janice are ready to go be with fellow believers in Pirot, Serbia. There’s an interesting story about how we ended up heading for Pirot. Two years ago we were in Prokuplje, readying for an evangelization meeting. William, our pastor on the trip, was praying…