Would do it all over again...

What an emotional day we had on Tuesday! We had a wonderful breakfast at the church and hung out for a little while with Pastor Bernard, Tony, Veronika and Predrag whom we affectionately call Nono. Later that afternoon we were invited to Robert & Emina's home for "lunch". Seems like most people here eat their main meal in the afternoon so they prepared an amazing feast for us. We started the meal with stuffed cabbage in a broth and then a couple of salads were brought to the table and then a huge platter of 3 meats and some potatoes that were dredged in corn meal and fried. Everything was absolutely delicious and Robert was very proud of the fact that he helped Emina prepare our meal. Baka (grandmother) Rajka was upstairs in the bed and was sleeping so she could not see us but Emina told us that Rajka was happy to help roll the cabbage for our meal and questioned who was coming and remembered all of us.

I had an opportunity last year to hear Robert & Emina's story via Emina so I was prepared with plenty of tissues. This year I was so pleased to hear Robert tell their story which is filled with much pain & adversity. Tears flowed freely throughout the telling. To hear Robert say that he would do it all exactly the same way to meet and trust Christ was amazingly uplifting and encouraging for all of us to hear; Our GOD is so GOOD! Jesus just emanates from every part of their beings and it is so evident that they trust him completely with their whole lives.

After a brief rest in our rooms we came back to the church for a prayer gathering and had an opportunity to worship with song and then divide into three groups to pray for specific things, the men prayed for the two upcoming women's meetings and for a job for one of the church members and the two ladies groups prayed for the health of specific members, the church's position in town, the receptiveness of the town people to the church and the events here. Again there were some tears but good tears.

In an hour we will gather with 12 mothers from the disabled children's center to make jewelry and visit with and love on them. We also plan to invite them to the special "Women Meeting" on Saturday. What a blessing it should be! Prayers for Saturday are greatly appreciated.

All five of us feel honored and blessed to be here with our Herzegovinian Family; one in the Spirit, unified in Christ. Please pray that we will reflect Christ in all that we say and do. Our time here is entirely too short...