This was my first mission trip that wasn’t structured on humanitarian aid or a disaster relief effort. This was to go speak with pastors/ church leaders and see how their efforts to plant churches and home groups are progressing, to exhort them as leaders and provide constructive criticism all in an effort to see the…
I have often thought of the New Testament church and tried to imagine what it would have been like to live in that time. After spending the last two days in Pirot Serbia, I no longer have to wonder. These people, more than anyone I have seen in my lifetime, are living out the New…
The call to be comfortable… It’s not a thing. Well, my first couple of days in Serbia did not disappoint. We arrived Saturday afternoon in Belgrade. There was a moment coming through customs that we did not think we were going to make it with all of our baggage. I’ll spare you the details, but…
Slobodan Gajic, born 1995 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. My mother lived in Croatia, and when I was 5 months old, my family had to leave Croatia because of war. We struggled with coming to Serbia, and had tough life since then. First, some people looked at us, like we are „croatian garbage“ as…
It may be summer now, but we’re looking toward colder weather. The Knitting Ladies have been very busy knitting hats for girls, hats for boys, hats for babies, hats for teenagers . . . all sorts of hats! All of them were knit with love for someone who needs a warm hat in Serbia. We…
This morning is the last day of school and all the children go in the morning for special events. We went to visit the Orthodox church we had seen 2 yrs ago where the mission group from the Netherlands was painting and cleaning the interior. The caretaker was glad to give us a tour and…
I woke about 7:30 to prepare for the day. We meet for breakfast at 8:30. We had eggs with bread and Turkish coffee. Saša picked us up at 9:30 and we went to his house. On the way we stopped at the “cheap store” where Saša placed the order for 50 humanitarian aid boxes to…
I woke just before 8am, showered and got ready for breakfast. We met at 9am in the restaurant at the hotel for breakfast. It is Sunday so the owner served us as his staff is off on Sundays. He is very gracious. We had burek (phyllo) pastry filled with a mild white creamy cheese and…
Let’s take a trip around Serbia and see what God is doing. The reports were long, and full of information. I’ll give you the highlights. First up Sasa reports from northern Serbia, around the town of Kucura: I send you greetings. For the first I would like to mention something what I learned from Slobodan.…
Friday was a travel day for us. We left Pirot early in the morning, drove to Nis, where we dropped Marijan and Slavica off at the bus station for their return trip to Prokuplje, then we headed north through Belgrade to Temerin. Here we will have four days ministry with Pastor Sasa, who is based…