We made it to Serbia late last night. We met our missionary leader who took us
to a hotel where we'll be staying for the next 5 days. We got to sleep
around 4-4:30 a.m. and got up for breakfast at 9:30 this morning.
The rooms were great. It was a small place and the lady who runs the place doesn't know a lick of English and we don't know a lick of Serbian so after James and our leader left it was pretty funny trying to talk about the air conditioning in the rooms with her but we were able to figure out the rooms just fine. The girls stayed together in a big room and the guys were divided into two rooms. Two of the rooms had air-conditioning. I was in a room with Josh and we didn't but we had a big window we opened and the air was cool enough to be comfortable.
The showers were an adventure; learning how to harness the power of the detachable spray head, and learning how to keep the motion sensing light on while doing your business was a fun lesson. A quick wave of the hand behind the curtain usually did the trick.
Breakfast was also exciting. The menu was in Serbian and English which was neat, we were able to learn how to pronounce some breakfast foods and order in Serbian. The milk is a little sour tasting compared to the United States' but the breakfast options were great. We got some omelets made with fried eggs and ham that were absolutely delicious.
Since breakfast we've had a tour of Kraljevo (Crawl-yay-voe), had a devotional at the missionary's home, and sang some worship songs with their family. The rest of the day will be a time for us to relax and get familiar with the area. We also went over our plans for the coming weeks. There will be a lot of friend-making hopefully. Everything we do will work out of the relationships we make with new friends here in the city. We'll be playing sports, going to coffee houses, etc. with who ever we can and do our best to communicate with the people here and just enjoy the culture as a whole.
We're super excited about what we're going to be doing. We'll be making it up as we go and relying completely on God to show us what we do and who we talk to every single day which is a little intimidating but is more exciting that anything. The group will meet up every day at least once. The morning we will meet as a whole to pray and have a devotional, maybe sing a song or two. During the day we'll break up into smaller groups of 2-3 probably and hit the hot spots around town. At night we'll try to meet back together and go over our days with one another.
We're tired but we're finding joy in our suffering - we talked about that in our group devotional this morning :)
Please pray for rest and a great first day with the missionaries and their 4 hilarious, adorable children.
The rooms were great. It was a small place and the lady who runs the place doesn't know a lick of English and we don't know a lick of Serbian so after James and our leader left it was pretty funny trying to talk about the air conditioning in the rooms with her but we were able to figure out the rooms just fine. The girls stayed together in a big room and the guys were divided into two rooms. Two of the rooms had air-conditioning. I was in a room with Josh and we didn't but we had a big window we opened and the air was cool enough to be comfortable.
The showers were an adventure; learning how to harness the power of the detachable spray head, and learning how to keep the motion sensing light on while doing your business was a fun lesson. A quick wave of the hand behind the curtain usually did the trick.
Breakfast was also exciting. The menu was in Serbian and English which was neat, we were able to learn how to pronounce some breakfast foods and order in Serbian. The milk is a little sour tasting compared to the United States' but the breakfast options were great. We got some omelets made with fried eggs and ham that were absolutely delicious.
Since breakfast we've had a tour of Kraljevo (Crawl-yay-voe), had a devotional at the missionary's home, and sang some worship songs with their family. The rest of the day will be a time for us to relax and get familiar with the area. We also went over our plans for the coming weeks. There will be a lot of friend-making hopefully. Everything we do will work out of the relationships we make with new friends here in the city. We'll be playing sports, going to coffee houses, etc. with who ever we can and do our best to communicate with the people here and just enjoy the culture as a whole.
We're super excited about what we're going to be doing. We'll be making it up as we go and relying completely on God to show us what we do and who we talk to every single day which is a little intimidating but is more exciting that anything. The group will meet up every day at least once. The morning we will meet as a whole to pray and have a devotional, maybe sing a song or two. During the day we'll break up into smaller groups of 2-3 probably and hit the hot spots around town. At night we'll try to meet back together and go over our days with one another.
We're tired but we're finding joy in our suffering - we talked about that in our group devotional this morning :)
Please pray for rest and a great first day with the missionaries and their 4 hilarious, adorable children.
Prayed for you all! Be bold for the Lord, my friend. May God give grace to your speech and your actions!
ReplyDeleteConduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
Colossians 4.5-6
I also pray that you would enjoy your rest and acclamation to the country. May God recharge you, and bless you, amen.
Love,
Mark
We are praying for you...thank you for the blog it is fun to read about your adventures...we know that this group is relying on God and He will show up in ways you can never imagine. Be encouraged...we are praying.
ReplyDeleteJ and D Anderson