To Dubovo We Go!

Hello guys and galls!

We have been so busy everyday since we arrived, and becauseof that we have not been able to post as much as we’d like to, but weappreciate all of you who keep up with us and pray for us!!

Sunday we travelled to a town south of us, Leskovac, tovisit the pastor of the largest evangelical church in all of Serbia. It is madeup of a circus tent that has been framed up with plywood and such on the insideand chairs from an old theater. It seats 500+ people and Selam, the pastor there,says they are averaging about 400-500 people weekly. He showed us theirchildrens bible school which was going on while we were there, and where theyhave Sunday school. We talked with him, and he is going to let us use his 9passenger van for when “the team” gets here. He also told us of his need for asleep apnea machine that he needs and cannot afford. It would cost him around3,000 EU. So please keep this in your prayers.

Sunday evening we went to church here in Prokuplje. By the way, this was the hottest day yet, 106 degrees, in a 12ft by 20ft closed room containing 20 hot bodies. Needless to say we sweat. But the presence of God was there with us as we know that when we gather in His name, He is there. He showed up. We sang in Serbian and Roma and then in English, and it was amazing.

Monday morning we were greeted with a cold front. Clearly an answer to prayer!! The high temperature today was 84! Hallelujah!! We used the morning to finish preparing materials for the three day vbs in Dubovo. Then headed that way in early afternoon to invite the village’s children. Who drove you mayask, well his name is Daniel. Driving for the first time here in Serbia!

When it was time to start the vbs 36 children had signed in!wow! What a blessing from God. Sasa, the pastor in Dubovo, was worried that the kids may not come because of the recent persecution he has encountered. He had a children’s day a few weeks ago and he had every Roma child from the city but after this happened the leaders of the Orthodox church called him for a meeting. They began telling the parents of the children that it was a cult and not to bring their children there. So praise be to God for answering our, and their prayers for the children to come, and hear stories about Christ’s love for us and to sing praises to The creator God!

Keep praying please!

Cao,

Daniel