The longer we stay, the more excited we get about our time here. Things have only gotten better as we've been here.
Last night was great. We played some basketball and met a few boys there who said they'd play ball with us every night around the same time if we want (and we will). They spoke fairly good English and were surprisingly good at basketball so hopefully that friendship leads to more conversation and beyond.
After we played sports we visited our friend, Mag, who works the Gyro shop by the field. We all got pork and french fry gyros. Mag's gyros are the best in town and one of our favorite places to eat so far. We will be frequenting her shop for sure.
Shelby, Josh and I met back up with our Serbian friends from the night before. They tried taking us to a "club" which was more like a café with live rock music. When we didn't see any seats available they decided to take us somewhere else. I wanted to stop them and propose that we wait but this culture is different in that if a table is taken, it'll be taken for hours so don't even trying to wait. We eventually ended up buying some waters and sitting around the circle in the middle of town.
We had another great conversation. We talked about difficulties with English, relationships, and even some about religion. They want to meet us again so we'll probably try to hook up with them tonight or tomorrow again before we go and then again when we get back from the camp. The girls have quickly become a great contact for us and fairly good friends. They've been very helpful and very kind and their English is second to none so far in the people we've come across.
The other group was able to talk to several other people. They met a couple of Serbian girls who after a while of talking wanted to take them to a "club" (clubs are basically sit down places where you can get drinks where they play music a little louder than a cafe or music that is more techno or rock and roll than the usual cafe, not at all like American clubs). At the club the girls kept seeing people they knew and our group eventually told them that it's ok, they can go enjoy their night and maybe see them some other time and left. They found another couple of girls who were very sweet and talkative but they were about to go home and had to leave after 30 minutes or so. The girls did say though that they would love to meet back up with them some other time so that's encouraging!
We're about to get some lunch and head to the fields to play some volleyball. We have a house group tonight with the missionary and the Serbian believers. We are expecting it to be like a bible study that we're used to but so far every expectation we've had has been pretty off. We're excited about it though. It'll be a good opportunity for us to meet some more believers.
The days are long and tiring, but we're making it. It's hard to have the most effective time to reach people between the hours of 10 pm and 2 am. We're going to need to figure out a way to keep from feeling like death every morning but we're loving it here so far. The more we learn and the more we explore the more excited we get about the next day and the next friend.
Last night was great. We played some basketball and met a few boys there who said they'd play ball with us every night around the same time if we want (and we will). They spoke fairly good English and were surprisingly good at basketball so hopefully that friendship leads to more conversation and beyond.
After we played sports we visited our friend, Mag, who works the Gyro shop by the field. We all got pork and french fry gyros. Mag's gyros are the best in town and one of our favorite places to eat so far. We will be frequenting her shop for sure.
Shelby, Josh and I met back up with our Serbian friends from the night before. They tried taking us to a "club" which was more like a café with live rock music. When we didn't see any seats available they decided to take us somewhere else. I wanted to stop them and propose that we wait but this culture is different in that if a table is taken, it'll be taken for hours so don't even trying to wait. We eventually ended up buying some waters and sitting around the circle in the middle of town.
We had another great conversation. We talked about difficulties with English, relationships, and even some about religion. They want to meet us again so we'll probably try to hook up with them tonight or tomorrow again before we go and then again when we get back from the camp. The girls have quickly become a great contact for us and fairly good friends. They've been very helpful and very kind and their English is second to none so far in the people we've come across.
The other group was able to talk to several other people. They met a couple of Serbian girls who after a while of talking wanted to take them to a "club" (clubs are basically sit down places where you can get drinks where they play music a little louder than a cafe or music that is more techno or rock and roll than the usual cafe, not at all like American clubs). At the club the girls kept seeing people they knew and our group eventually told them that it's ok, they can go enjoy their night and maybe see them some other time and left. They found another couple of girls who were very sweet and talkative but they were about to go home and had to leave after 30 minutes or so. The girls did say though that they would love to meet back up with them some other time so that's encouraging!
We're about to get some lunch and head to the fields to play some volleyball. We have a house group tonight with the missionary and the Serbian believers. We are expecting it to be like a bible study that we're used to but so far every expectation we've had has been pretty off. We're excited about it though. It'll be a good opportunity for us to meet some more believers.
The days are long and tiring, but we're making it. It's hard to have the most effective time to reach people between the hours of 10 pm and 2 am. We're going to need to figure out a way to keep from feeling like death every morning but we're loving it here so far. The more we learn and the more we explore the more excited we get about the next day and the next friend.
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