First Meeting with the Believers

Hello everyone!

Hope you are all enjoying your Memorial Day! We have had a great first day among the Serbs. We started our day down stairs with breakfast and orientation. Britt tried some filtered coffee at breakfast and said it tasted like parking lot water with salt and pepper in it...?? I don't know. Then one of the missionaries Matt, ordered him a turkish coffee. He said it was much better. After breakfast we gathered in Mark and Rachel's room for a devotion and prayer time. It was a wonderful time with the Lord and with each other. We then went to the supermarket to get some more bottled water. It was neat to see the grocery store in the middle of what looked like one of their inside malls. Britt and I have noticed several things that reminded us of Brazil. They eat alot of cheeses and breads here, to name a couple. But as at home a lot of the vegetables and fruits are fresh now and so we are looking forward to enjoying some of those. Today was a meat eating day... First Britt and I stopped at the chicken stand we ate at the day before and decided to try a burger...not good. So we tried a hot dog...even worse! And then for supper we all ate at a place the missionaries call the Log Cabin. It is a more expensive place. For 8 adults and 2 children it was 7,260 Dinar (their money) sounds like alot huh? Well, that is only about $107 USD. And we tried several types of smoked meats. They were all mostly pork and very salty. Today we did some prayer walking around Cacak. It was interesting to watch the people watching us as we walked by. And tonight, we went to our first home bible study. The guys led this study of "Why we witness". There were 4 ladies and 1 man all from Cacak who attended. They seemed to enjoy the study and definitely enjoyed meeting other believers. We hope that the scriptures we shared will boost them into sharing their new faith. Most people do not have air conditioning here, and it is probably around 90 degrees here. We are pretty tired again tonight and are about to crash. We haven't taken a lot of pictures yet. Mark has taken many and Cedric took alot today, so I will see about putting some of theirs on here tomorrow. Tomorrow, we will be doing some servanthood work around the community. Pray that the Lord will open doors to share the gospel through this work. Also, tomorrow night, the ladies will be sharing with the lady serbs in a bible study of what living out the christian life looks like. So, be in prayer about that as well. Thank you for all you've done already!
B & L