Today, we went to Mladenovac, to visit a Roma community made up of both small houses and storage containers turned into homes. The community flooded in mid-May, when Serbia was hit with floods higher than any since records began being kept 120 years ago. This morning, Serbian Pastor Dragan Stanojlovic was awakened by a phone…
After sleeping in a bit , we started our day with teaching Multiply. Ed and Daniel taught this morning. One thing we are trying to model for our Roma brothers and sisters is that you don’t have to be a pastor or have special training in teaching to disciple other believers, and to teach them…
The great commission is imperative for every disciple of Jesus Christ. These past days, a group of believers from the USA came to Serbia and I am glad that I can be part of them. In the last nine days, we have had the privilege to visit home churches that we started, establishing disciples and…
8:30 came quickly this morning, as most of us seem to have gotten about three to six hours of sleep. But God will see us through the day. Breakfast was a choice of Muesli, ham and eggs, cereal and some other delicious breakfast entrée. I personally like the super protein breakfast of ham and eggs.…
Until now, we were in three different flats around Prokuplje so we had breakfast on our own. Today, we wake at our new location, a hotel in Temerin. This allowed us to share breakfast together. After breakfast we were picked up by Saša, the Roma pastor in Kucura and Gerben, a student here on a…
Today we all had to get up and get moving a little earlier than usual. This was the team’s last day to be with our brothers and sisters in the south. We stayed up late and packed so we could load up the bus this morning before departing for Zitni Potok where we would have…
Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from harm that it may not pain me!” And God granted him what he requested. 1 Chronicles 4:10 He asked for…
Each year when we return to the States from Serbia, we talk about how we miss worshiping with our Roma and Serbian friends. Don’t misunderstand, we love worshiping in our home church. Being with other believers is refreshing, encouraging and uplifting. There is, however, something different, special, about worshiping in the Roma church. Maybe it…
Cao friends! We thank you so much for your prayers so far for this trip! It is so encouraging to know we have so many people praying for our mission and the people of Serbia! Your comments mean so much to us! The morning started out with prayer as usual. Our group then split and…
We were worried about Tuesday. Monday evening, when Multiply lessons ended at church, it was raining buckets! Thundering! Lightning! And it continued, off and on, all night. It made for great sleeping, a cool breeze through the open windows, but worries for Tuesday. Well, not to worry, Tuesday dawned sunny and blessedly cooler! We started…