After a nice restful evening, Friday morning greeted us with a wonderfully warm, soft,skin pampering shower. Oh what a wonderful feeling of softer water pressure, constant temperature and I felt extremely spoiled after my shower. Thank the Lord for wonderful, warm water and friends willing to share the simple pleasures of life! :)
Kim H. walked next door to the bakery and picked up some yummy, delightful pastires for our breakfast. We had chocolate and apricot "donuts". They hit the spot and we were ready to head out for the morning.
One of the newest project Kim and her team are working on here in Croatia is of particular interest to us and our family. They are working on a new outreach to the Roma people who live in a village outside of Slavonski Brod. Their recent survey provided them with enough information to begin their outreach. They discovered there are approximately 450 children living within the village, a ripe field just waiting for harvest. Randy and I really wanted to see this village and see if there was an opportunity to perhaps share some of Daniel's soccer balls with them. We drove to Slavonski Brod, following Kim, and enjoyed the drive between the two cities.
This area is indeed a picturesque community and countryside. It was a beautiful drive for us despite the AGAIN rain. When we arrived in Brod, we were met with lots of traffic and road construction, two of Randy's favorite things to encounter while driving in a foreign country! :) We were following Kim and suddenly she pulled up onto the sidewalk and parked. I thought this was where she was parking the car she had exchanged with her teammate Andy, but, instead her words were the following. "The 12:00 bell just chimed, I'm assuming we need to feed a 6'3" stomach." She was right, of course, Dustin was ready for lunch!!! So, we grabbed some "kabobs" from a local kiosk and headed on towards the Roma village.
The village was much nicer and bigger than I had expected, a little more upscale than some we had seen in Romania last week. Lots of kids were around, despite the dreary conditions, and lots of stares from the inhabitants of the homes. A big white, fancy van goes exploring around your village, people take notice. The people appeared friendly and indeed, the kids had two soccer fields. Due to the rain and muddy conditions, we opted to not get OUT and kick a ball around. We left the village and headed back into town to the "I Club".
The I Club was started by a teammate of Kim's named Andy and his wife Lim. Andy is spearheading the new ministry with the Roma's so we wanted to talk with him about Daniel and the potential of the soccer ball ministry. This was a fun time for the boys because the I club is actually an internet cafe with Wii, Playstation, Nintendo and Ping Pong. We chatted with Andy and Lim, played a little, rested a little, and then headed back to NG. Andy was indeed interested in the soccer ball outreach, and Daniel will be leaving the other 12 balls with him to distribute to the Roma children as he deems appropriate.
Friday had been a busy day with lots of running around and meeting people. We ended the day by dropping Daniel off at the place where Kim's team had been hosting baseball camp. They were playing soccer since the rain had cancelled their final baseball game. Daniel played soccer and we came back to Kim's to practice a bit for our upcoming concert, well, actually her church. The church was hosting a party at 7 for all of the children that had participated in the baseball camp the previous week. Pizza, drinks and entertainment brought lots of local Croatian kids to the church. It was fun to interact with them, meet the girls that have been working with the team this summer, and fellowship with new friends at the church. The entire team was there at the social, so we did indeed get to meet everyone. A great time and a great day.
Time to practice again!!! We came back to Kim's, turned all the sound down really low on the piano and bass and closed the doors up tight!!! It was well after 9 by this time, but felt it necessary to practice again with Kim accompanying us on 3 songs. Practice went very well, and at around 11:30, we decided to call it a night.
Blessed day, blessed night, and new friends!!! It was a great day!!!
Kim
One of the newest project Kim and her team are working on here in Croatia is of particular interest to us and our family. They are working on a new outreach to the Roma people who live in a village outside of Slavonski Brod. Their recent survey provided them with enough information to begin their outreach. They discovered there are approximately 450 children living within the village, a ripe field just waiting for harvest. Randy and I really wanted to see this village and see if there was an opportunity to perhaps share some of Daniel's soccer balls with them. We drove to Slavonski Brod, following Kim, and enjoyed the drive between the two cities.
This area is indeed a picturesque community and countryside. It was a beautiful drive for us despite the AGAIN rain. When we arrived in Brod, we were met with lots of traffic and road construction, two of Randy's favorite things to encounter while driving in a foreign country! :) We were following Kim and suddenly she pulled up onto the sidewalk and parked. I thought this was where she was parking the car she had exchanged with her teammate Andy, but, instead her words were the following. "The 12:00 bell just chimed, I'm assuming we need to feed a 6'3" stomach." She was right, of course, Dustin was ready for lunch!!! So, we grabbed some "kabobs" from a local kiosk and headed on towards the Roma village.
The village was much nicer and bigger than I had expected, a little more upscale than some we had seen in Romania last week. Lots of kids were around, despite the dreary conditions, and lots of stares from the inhabitants of the homes. A big white, fancy van goes exploring around your village, people take notice. The people appeared friendly and indeed, the kids had two soccer fields. Due to the rain and muddy conditions, we opted to not get OUT and kick a ball around. We left the village and headed back into town to the "I Club".
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| Inside the internet cafe in SB |
Friday had been a busy day with lots of running around and meeting people. We ended the day by dropping Daniel off at the place where Kim's team had been hosting baseball camp. They were playing soccer since the rain had cancelled their final baseball game. Daniel played soccer and we came back to Kim's to practice a bit for our upcoming concert, well, actually her church. The church was hosting a party at 7 for all of the children that had participated in the baseball camp the previous week. Pizza, drinks and entertainment brought lots of local Croatian kids to the church. It was fun to interact with them, meet the girls that have been working with the team this summer, and fellowship with new friends at the church. The entire team was there at the social, so we did indeed get to meet everyone. A great time and a great day.
Time to practice again!!! We came back to Kim's, turned all the sound down really low on the piano and bass and closed the doors up tight!!! It was well after 9 by this time, but felt it necessary to practice again with Kim accompanying us on 3 songs. Practice went very well, and at around 11:30, we decided to call it a night.
Blessed day, blessed night, and new friends!!! It was a great day!!!
Kim
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