| Dragi nasi! (That means “Dear Y’all” in Serbian!) We are here at Camp Timok and have been working hard for three days now. |  |
We arrived on Sunday, had a delicious lunch of fresh roast pork (butchered that morning!) and potatoes and went to church at Pastor Branko’s house—the church he has started here in Zajecar. We had our first work day on Monday, beginning with breakfast at 6:00am. It has been very warm here and the sun rises about 4:15am—so it’s quite high in the sky by the time we get to the camp at 6:45am. We have continued our work on the trail to the river. This Sunday (June 29th) the Zajecar church is hosting a baptism in the river at the camp. Though the river trail is passable, it really needed some steps and more work so that is what we have been doing (see the pictures!). The trail will be a veritable highway by the end of the week and we are very pleased with our progress!
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Last night, Chip and I had an interesting opportunity to speak with a young couple who have a son with autism. This is a great contact for Branko and it was a privilege to meet with them and help them process some of their experiences. They have three other children and are looking for resources that are very difficult to find in their language. We had a short visit (only three hours!) and hope to be able to see them again.
Gary Anderson is here with us and doing a great job! He has learned quite a bit of Serbian and is having fun with our hosts who are encouraging him to take 2nd, 3rd and 4th helpings at every meal! Don’t worry—he has learned the word for “ENOUGH!” and is not afraid to use it.
Our internet connection was just established here (and we are VERY lucky to have it!) so hopefully we can be better at keeping up. The art team will get more exposure, I think.
We have several prayer requests:
The art classes will be in another city, the town of Bor—pray for the people we have contact with as only the Lord can open their hearts. We will be in a church building and the tension between the Orthodox Church and the evangelical church is high right now with most foreigners being very suspect.
FBCA is paying for the camp to get a well for fresh water. Pray for a good price and success with the drilling. Branko is expecting 30 youth the first week of August for a camp and they need water!
Praise God for the baptism happening this Sunday!
Praise God for cooler weather today and that we were able to get a cement mixer!
I will write more soon!
Julie
