Week 20

Hello friends! Sorry my blog is a little late, we have had some interesting internet situations the past week. I hope all is well in Canada! 

Croatia has been so amazing! Out if my adventures so far it's made it's way to the top of the list of my favourite places. Pebble beaches, beautiful mountains, some unreal skipping stones, and exquisite fast food! The people here are so friendly! We have met lots of Croatians and their families through church events and connections we have here. This week we were able to do some beach clean up in the little town we are staying. Even though the people we spoke to loved it, it really surprised them! It was cool to be able to tell them that we love the people here and love the town and wanted to bless them! Later that day we went into a high school English class and talked about YWAM and invited kids to a youth night that we were hosting!

We were also able to do some cool work in Split (the big city) with some churches! The youth night at one church had around 25-30 kids, Andrew our leader shared his story and it really touched the hearts of everyone there. Then we were able to tell them about YWAM, what we have been doing and of course show them some of our silly footage from last season of riding. They loved it! We played a bunch of games which was loads of fun trying to figure them out in English and Croatian. 

We also went to a church service where Aleah and myself were able to share what God has been doing in us over the past weeks/months. It was so fun to be able to tell people what God is doing in my life and challenge them to go deeper and discover more of who God is and what he has in store for them! 

We had a cool prayer time in small groups after the service that was really powerful. I love, trying, to worship in other languages...lol. It's amazing to hear the passion and excitement the Croatians have for what God is doing in the church here. The Holy Spirit spoke very clearly during our prayer times and we were able to bless the church, and they also blessed us! It was such an amazing time. 

We had another opportunity as a team to do some work for a few elderly people in a church we visited last week. We cleaned out one back yard of trash, metal, wood, massive rocks, and loads of other unknown things. It was nice to use our muscles again and get some stuff done! Then in the evening we went to anther woman's house to help her with some small projects and cleaning. Then she gave us an unreal meal at the end! Her English was fairly broken, but she was able to share her story with us and pray with us. This was really encouraging for her. Especially the fact that we were young people investing in the generation above us. 

(We found a lizard) 

Our time in Croatia has been filled with a lot of adventure and relationship building! I am most definitely coming back here some time in my life because it is so peaceful. God's presence here is all about peace and rest. This makes it pretty easy to be lazy, but it also gave our team lots of opportunity to rest and spend quiet time with the Holy Spirit. 

Thanks again for your messages of encouragement and prayers. I miss you guys tons.  It's insane how fast this adventure is going, we have 8 weeks left! 

We would love continued prayer for unity and for God to keep speaking so clearly to our hearts. 

Much love, Nick