Week 15

This week was so much fun! We worked with a team in a city called Zenica (pronounced zenitza) who run a few different ministries in the city. One is a daycare for kids with social and psychological problems. They are able to shower, they get a hot meal, access to washing machine etc. The kids at the program have so much joy and are amazing to play with! Even though we can't communicate with most of them we still had loads of fun. They loved our skateboards! 

The other ministry is similar to a half way house for young guys. But it is a farm! The farm is in a beautiful valley just outside of the city. There are sheep, goats, chickens, and a few cows, and twelve guys in their late teens and early twenties. We dug trenches, planted trees, and drank a ton of coffee with these guys! I think we freaked them out at the beginning of the week but by the end of the week we were having so much fun together! They loved speaking English with us and just hanging out. We were able to have some meaningful conversations with them and challenge them on what they believe which was amazing! Something we noticed as a team is that we laughed a lot! The joy of The Lord was so evident as we went to the city and God was just revealing it to us throughout the week which was amazing to see him work. The city itself is just as beautiful as Sarajevo with less up hill streets which was a nice change! 

We would love continued prayer as we move into the coming week of kids ministry. We are back in Sarajevo working with a local church and their kids program and we are so excited to be able to sow into the younger generation of kids in Sarajevo! 

Thank you so much for your prayers and encouraging messages! It means a lot to hear from you!

Much love, Nick