We are here. My luggage is not... Im not sure how that happened to me twice (both times i came with InterVarsity) but its okay. My students are sharing with me until my luggage comes.
Ill write more later but i wanted to let you know our home is beautiful, Zenica is beautiful, the people are great, we have great hosts and Christian Bosnian students!
Pray for sleep, there was a raven out of my window at 4am!!!!!
blessings, vidimose!
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
We're Off!!!!!
Yes, in two hours we'll begin our travel!
I can't believe we'll be in Sarajevo in 27 hours!!!!!!! I couldn't sleep I am so excited!!!!!!!!
These last few days with the team has been great! One night we all shared our life stories; some have been through really hard times which only God could bring them though. I was able to lead a dicsussion about the book "Cross & Crescent," it's a great IVP book about Muslim culture, which we're entering. I also gave a mini Bosnian language lesson which was so fun! Ilove language!
Praise God Aya's passport came yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep praying for God's favor over her during travel.
Pray for Layla and myself as we are both a little sick and have a lot of unknowns as we lead this first team to Zenica. We're excited but we don't know where is the bank, coffee shop, grocery store, etc. Luckily we'll have Jan, he's the missionary in Zenica, to show us around. Pray for God to give us wisdom and patience as we enjoy the newness of everything. Oh- there are probably about 30+ students for the English class in Zenica and only 6 of us, so pray for God to create good friendships and lead us to the few we can really connect with on a deeper level.
Next time I post we'll be in BOSNIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blessings!
I can't believe we'll be in Sarajevo in 27 hours!!!!!!! I couldn't sleep I am so excited!!!!!!!!
These last few days with the team has been great! One night we all shared our life stories; some have been through really hard times which only God could bring them though. I was able to lead a dicsussion about the book "Cross & Crescent," it's a great IVP book about Muslim culture, which we're entering. I also gave a mini Bosnian language lesson which was so fun! Ilove language!
Praise God Aya's passport came yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep praying for God's favor over her during travel.
Pray for Layla and myself as we are both a little sick and have a lot of unknowns as we lead this first team to Zenica. We're excited but we don't know where is the bank, coffee shop, grocery store, etc. Luckily we'll have Jan, he's the missionary in Zenica, to show us around. Pray for God to give us wisdom and patience as we enjoy the newness of everything. Oh- there are probably about 30+ students for the English class in Zenica and only 6 of us, so pray for God to create good friendships and lead us to the few we can really connect with on a deeper level.
Next time I post we'll be in BOSNIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blessings!
Friday, June 22, 2007
Orientation
WOW!!!!!!
The students are coming in 3 hours! We'll be here in Bakersfield until the 26th. Please be praying for our team building together these few days.
Last night we had a skype call with Jan, he's the missionary serving full-time in Zenica. He answered our questions and we made plans together for when we arrive. I'm so blessed to have a missionary welcoming us into the country who can take care of everything over there that we couldn't.
Chad got his passport last night!!!!!!! Praise God!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joseph and Kathy, the staff from Bakerfield who are leading the Sarajevo project have two cute kids Sarah, 8, and Andrew, 6. They are excited to go to Bosnia and see the city again (they went last year too). They act like our little siblings already, playing monopoly and climbing on us at the breakfast table.
Okay, pray for our orientation and our flight leaving at 4pm June 26th, layover in Munich for 7 hours, landing in Sarajevo at 9pm their time and that Jet lag wouldn't affect us!
Vidimose!
The students are coming in 3 hours! We'll be here in Bakersfield until the 26th. Please be praying for our team building together these few days.
Last night we had a skype call with Jan, he's the missionary serving full-time in Zenica. He answered our questions and we made plans together for when we arrive. I'm so blessed to have a missionary welcoming us into the country who can take care of everything over there that we couldn't.
Chad got his passport last night!!!!!!! Praise God!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joseph and Kathy, the staff from Bakerfield who are leading the Sarajevo project have two cute kids Sarah, 8, and Andrew, 6. They are excited to go to Bosnia and see the city again (they went last year too). They act like our little siblings already, playing monopoly and climbing on us at the breakfast table.
Okay, pray for our orientation and our flight leaving at 4pm June 26th, layover in Munich for 7 hours, landing in Sarajevo at 9pm their time and that Jet lag wouldn't affect us!
Vidimose!
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Preparations
I'm getting ready. Reading, studying more Bosnian language, and praying. If you get a chance pray for Chad's passport to come in, Aya's visa to come and all our funding to come in by the time we fligh out June 26th.
I'm getting anxious for what God will do!
I'm getting anxious for what God will do!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Welcome to my Bosnia Blog 07
Bosnia is approaching very quickly! I’ll be co-leading a team to Zenica with fellow staff Layla Hanash, from June 22nd through July 31th. We will have four students on our team: Melody (right) from Santa Barbara, Mandy from Las Vegas and Chad & Jimmy from San Luis Obispo. Joseph and Kathy, also staff, with their young children, will lead a team of seven students to serve in Sarajevo. My hope for this summer is that the students would get a larger view of who God is and build strong relationships that encourage them to boldly share their faith. I was blessed to meet with our team in May for training and team building. They are all ready to serve, learn and be challenged by God which is a great thing to hear as a leader because I’m saying the same thing. Pioneering in Zenica is going to be thrilling and also challenging. I’m enthused to know that God’s Spirit will be moving and guiding me how to be a leader and how to guide our students. I know God will be working in my heart as well as the students’ to fall more in love with Him and His work in Bosnia. I am praying daily that God is preparing us and the Bosnias who we will meet through English classes. I also wish to be a blessing to the missionaries already in Bosnia; that our work with them will only enhance what they already do and we can be an encouragement to them. Please keep me and us in your prayers this summer.
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