The last couple of days have been busy to say the least. I apologize that this will not be a long post. But I figured something was better than nothing! We spent Thursday with Jovica and let me tell you, this man is doing some great things! He is working with 17 churches. One of…
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…
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…
Greetings from Belgrade, we wish to inform you of a situation that befell the country! Many villages and towns were flooded and Belgrade. The situation is very difficult for many families were left homeless in Serbia of emergency situation, please pray for our country and for our friends who were flooded. The pictures are of…
Do you remember when Alen and Ivan came to Marijan’s flat seeking someone who could help them start a church? Read post. Well, God continues to bring people to our faithful brothers in Prokuplje. I just got the following email: Hallelujah, hallelujah … GOD is great. Yesterday I read the book of Ezekiel 1-5 chapters.…
I greet you Jim. Great and blessed things happened in March. I can freely say that a positive explosion has happened caused by leaders we work with. House visits, the beginning of studying the Acts, different visits, preparation of materials for children’s work and many other activities we had in this month, show that there…
We woke to a bright and sunny day in Novi Sad, which is in northern Serbia. We had several administrative tasks to take care of through appointments with business associates we had only emailed with up until today. Jim and Rodja started the morning with an appointment with one of the translators who has been…
Today’s lesson is: “On time is late for leaders.” Okay, it’s sort of an inside joke. We left Prokuplje bright and early, with hearts full from our time there. We headed to Arandjelovac, where we met with Dragan and Danijela at their home for a delicious lunch. We then went to the room they rent…
We started the day off bright and early with leadership training with Marijan and Slavica, and David, Niki, and Pera. We asked what is our job, what are we to take, where are we to take it, who will go with us, and how did the early church “do church.” (Answers: make disciples, gospel, everywhere,…
Busy day! We woke to sunny skies, ventured outside the lodge and what did we find but a goat’s head! No kidding! This is a hunting lodge, and there is quite the assortment of taxidermy in the gathering room, although thankfully not in our rooms! On the ledge beside the tulip garden was a goat’s…