Goodbye Zenica, Hello Camp

We are on our way to Borocko tomorrow!

Please pray for more students to come!
Pray for the Bible studies to speak individually to each student and the we would have discernment to know what to ask and what to share
Continue to pray for Charlene's visa: Zelko is a great advocate and working hard to rush the process for us.
Pray for out time at debriefing in Croatia, for safe travel, that staff would lead the students well, and things God taught us would be solidified.
Pray for energy and patience. Everyone is tired and that leads to more conflict.

Fun stories from the week!

E & M my 2 good friends asked me to meet them for coffee at 4pm. Now let me paint you a picture. It was the hottest week and i had been sweating all day. To go out again at 4 meant more sweat. I wanted to sleep before our party and when i'm tired my leg seems to work less. But i love them and the coffee shop was only 15 minutes away so i went. When i got there they reminded me that in Bosnian "Go to coffee" Doesn't mean you have to drink coffee, you can drink, lemonade, coke, fanta, whatever. It also doesn't even mean sitting down and drinking it can just mean meeting and hanging out. So they wanted to walk... in the hot sun... to the shopping center. Thankfully the shopping center has some sort of air conditioning. We eventually decided to get pizza because E was hungry. M decided to get fries because we were getting food. Her fries came but our pizza never did :( E was very mad but you have to imagine her voice as the voice of Pollyanna saying, "It's not fair, really!" and i said, "It's okay at least we get to be together" and she (in Pollyanna voice) said, "I very much like being with you too." We've gotten so close and i'm very sad she & M will not be joining us for Camp :( I gave them cute pens from UCSB and they gave me the bracelets they were wearing after much protesting on my part. They are so generous and sweet and I'll miss them. (but i wont miss sweating all over Zenica, though the time with them was worth it)

Did i ever tell you that we got a fish? Just a little goldfish. We named him David because we are going to give him to David, the Staff in Banja Luka. But he might die soon. Every time we come home someone says, "Is David dead?" It's quite funny. Today we took him on the train with us.... our train hit a van... and we were 2 hours late. But David is still alive :)

This isn't really a story but we had our last going away party on Friday night and many many people came to our house. It was fun and sad all mixed together and when they left around 11:30 we had to clean the entire house, pack up and try to sleep to wake at 6:00 to catch the train! Whew! We are tired!

When I arrive in the states I'll tell you more about camp and debrief, until then please keep me/us in your prayers.