Rodja Orescanin is a key partner in Linking Partners Ministries. He coordinates work in Serbia. He trains, mentors, teaches discipleship, handles record-keeping duties, travels the country from one end to another. He is a gifted preacher and teacher, and we are blessed to have him alongside us in this work. Here is his year end…
What a start of the day! Strong headache, toothache, exhaustion, heavy breathing…oh Lord, how long will this take.. I know that today I have to go to visit village Jasenica, will I be like this whole day, what should I do… Whole morning I was feeling bad, weak, down-hearted, exhausted..While I was thinking about visit,…
Pozdrav draga braco i sestre! (Hello our dear brothers and sisters!) I hope you are well and enjoy spending time with your families, and the best spent time is with family in fellowship with our Heavenly Father. These days behind us brought us and happiness and sadness. As you know, Danijel is in Germany for…
It’s 26º F/-3º C outside. You’re five years old and your only coat is a thin fleece jacket, but at least it’s several sizes too big, so it covers your hands. Your home is made of recycled materials — rough on the outside, finished on the inside, but very little, if any, insulation. It’s COLD!…
Selenča — the village the Linking Partners’ team visited in July where a company that pumps out septic tanks has been emptying their trucks into an open pond just a few feet from the homes in this Roma community. Children walk barefooted ten feet from open sewage. No one cares, because it is a Roma…
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…