Week 16

Hello all! This week in Sarajevo has been amazing! At the beginning of the week we decided to make the conscious decision to really press into the Holy Spirit and seek him for what we should do this week, and it has been so cool. Starting on Monday we decided we would pray for everyone we talked to this week and just see what the Holy Spirit decides to do when we step out. It's been pretty interesting, we have seen the Holy Spirit do some amazing things through us praying for the people we meet! We has worship times as a team almost every day and this week we decided God was just in a "funny mood", which made these worship times so fun for us! He would point out funny verses in the bible to simply make us laugh! The holy spirt was so evident to all of us as we got words and visions for one another and the city. 

On Wednesday we decided we were going to take trash bags to the skatepark and clean up all the crap that's there. But when we got there someone had come in the same morning and already cleaned up the majority of the trash! This was crazy to us and also somewhat discouraging. But while we were picking up the little things or bottles that got missed God hit me with this thought, "Through our worship times we have been praying for the people of the city and that they would begin to realize that they actually do live in a beautiful place and that they can take care of it! We are now seeing the result of our prayers!" This was really encouraging to us because our prayers for an entire city actually made a difference! We were discouraged at first because we thought we could only make a difference by physically going and cleaning up the trash. This really taught me how powerful prayer actually is! Never again will I underestimate the power of me talking with God. 

Yesterday (Friday) was a really cool day. We went up to the apartment where another YWAM team is coming to stay for two weeks and had a worship time. There is an American couple who live here with their kids that host teams like us and we have been able to build a really cool relationship with them. We hang out and worship together and speak in English together which is really nice too! So we went with them in the morning and just proclaimed God's kingdom, and the authority we have over the house for the other team. It was an amazing time of sitting in God's presence and to also get excited about what God is going to do over the next few weeks! 

In the afternoon we were able to get to a welder to have a rail built that we are going to add to the skatepark. Everything finally came together for us to transport everything, have it welded and get it ready to be installed. Hopefully we put it in tonight! The skaters are stoked because we have the equipment to bolt it into the ground so it cannot be stolen! 

That was just a quick update on what God is doing in this city and in our team! Thank you so much for your prayers, never underestimate the power you have in being able to talk the Creator of the universe! 

Sorry for the lack of pictures. I have taken zero worth posting on the blog! 

Much Love Nick