On May 25, 2007, I began 101 days of a Summer Sabbatical which has two purposes: Renewal and Refocus
RENEWAL is what I am seeking personally. It is the inside stuff of having a fully alive, fully engaged heart with God.
REFOCUS is what I am seeking in my ministry - a BIG GOD-VIEW PERSPECTIVE.

Friday, July 6, 2007

Our Time In Bosnia


It's been an incredible time here in Bosnia! The best part is always about the friendships.
  • It has been so good to see our "other daughter" Regina (see picture above). Regina was in our daughter's Jamie and Joni's weddings and was an intern at Spring Lake and lived with us. She really is amazing and has been a wonderful host to our time here.
  • We have loved expanding our friendship and partnership with Frank & Sue. They are coming to Spring Lake for the next several months (pray for housing). We so enjoyed connecting and can't wait to deepen that in the months ahead.
  • Trent & Nikki are new connects for us as they serve World Hope here in Bosnia. We have had some wonderful times laughing and sharing and gaining greater insights into the excellent work they are doing here. It's been so great!
  • We met other new friends - Adam & Kristen & Matt & Anna and 5 very special children we have connected with deeply.
  • We heard of the difference that Daine & Becky Shannahan made while they were here (we just missed them by a couple of days) working on a transforming a school classroom - bringing hope to this community. Thanks Daine & Becky for being such an encouragement to the team here!

Saturday we leave the time with friends to share more significantly as a couple during our stay on Hvar - an island off Croatia. The prayer requests below will be significant for us in the next 2 weeks.

We love and miss all of you who read this and are so grateful for your prayers.

2 comments:

Dan said...

Glad you guys are having such a great time! Praying for your time on Hvar.

We met together as D7 this morning (minus you and Dan H.). We met for about 30 minutes and just got to know each other a little bit, and prayed together to wrap the time. It was fun. We're all really looking forward to this year!

-Dan

Anonymous said...

Hey dad and mom!

Glad that things are going well. I hope your time in Croatia is wonderful. I'll be praying for direction and connection with each other...
Jamie