Monday, July 18, 2011

Thursday, June 7 - Friday, June, 15

7.7
Woke, had worship, coffee with vladica and Pr. Stanka, then had bfast at vladica's and met his family, went to bus station, bus was 40 min late, read on bus (bible and owen's sin and temptation), danko and dusan picked me up, we went to BL office, hungout with Dusan, played bball for 2 hours, picked up pleshcawitz and ate, to danko's for hangout and first "taste" of potato gun, back home, uploaded updates and videos
7-8
Woke, read, sang, with dusan to mail/bfast/Chinese shop, to BL office to leave and see Dragoljub and talk before leaving for Orosac for the day and Saturday, picked up Danko and left, went to a large grocery to pick up food an drinks for our retreat, settled in at Dragoljub's place and ate some plums from his trees while trying to fill his pool, shot the potato gun a lot, had some relaxing time and conversation until the evening where we grilled and had a great dinner, then we went into the city for walking and drinks, we returned for talking and some cold tea dragoljub had prepared and put in the refrigerator to keep cold, using herbs from his garden (he's super-healthy as a lifestyle and 2nd job/business), I headed to bed earlier than the rest,
7-9
Woke, read a little, talked with dusan and dragoljub, went with dusan to a local gas station for some snacks, came back and hungout and packed until we left, one thing we did was film a short video for Dragoljub's facebook account as a kind of spoof with me as a world traveler for discovery channel finding some ancient beanstalk seeds in Serbia, friend Dragoljub and join his group (over 4,000 members) to see it soon, we left and visited a local mountain lookout (one of the best in the country), and then we went into town for some bfast, we dropped Dragoljub off and headed back to Belgrade, when we returned dusan and I did some laundry in the sink and relaxed a bit, we went to the store and grabbed some food and ate in the process, in the evening he took me into the city to see it on a weekend night and some of he sites including the citadel/castle used to defend against the Turks, It was a crazy nightlife, apparently it's the #2 party city in Europe and I realize why, we had some pizza before coming back, and we walked so much that we crashed when we returned having to rise early in the morning for church
7-10
I packed and shaved for the first time in over a month and it felt great, then dusan and I hustled to meet danko to ride with him to church, but we arrived a little early and so we grabbed some drinks while we waited, and then we left, because we were so early for church because danko was leading the youth in a youth service, dusan and I went to a local bakery and I grabbed some small pastries, and we ended up going back about 10 min later to grab danko's daughter a snack, the service involved a few greetings as one work team was leaving and another had just arrived, it was incredibly hot, and after service danko took all of us to a great mall for lunch and we also grabbed a few things at the grocery store inside - just to give the facts I have now found out there is no law against public displays of nudity as it pertains to magazines and pictures as long as no sexual act is displayed...this means you might be in line at the supermarket and you turn around and one such magazine is on display, and not hidden by any other magazines...it's just there in front of you, when I hear about the frustration of Serbians with Clinton's administration bombing them I think, you cannot destroy the evil in men with bombs, I look all around and though the land is exceedingly beautiful it's poisoned by perverted and sexually provocative marketing, the world is drowning in this filth, I don't wonder why the churches aren't filled with more men, it's because jezebel's church has them.
After the store we headed to a local pool, one of the best in Belgrade, it was ridiculously full, and if I thought the ads were bad, the pool and surrounding hills were sin, after that we went back to the office for me to finish packing/cleanup/and eat something before heading to camp, then danko picked us up and we headed to camp after dropping by the BL warehouse for some materials for the camp, danko and I continued on after dropping Dusan off somewhere else, we had some celebratory meal for a brother who became a grandfather that day, then danko left and the camp leaders had a meeting and afterward we got some sleep
7-11
Woke early to construct some large tents with a dew other guys before the heat became too oppressive, afterward Kiki (a co-leader with me studying at Novi Sad Theological Seminary) and I grabbed water from a local spring, filling 15 five-liter bottles.  We brought them back and had some breakfast before doing some other work, then I sent out that email and got to know one student and played some music for some of the other leaders, I decided to go for a walk as no one was doing anything and found a local park and sang and prayed, later I played some bball with some younger guys, and then I cleaned up and read before helping one of the brothers hang some camp signs, from there we were called for dinner, and then we had our evening session, I'm going to teach a workshop on breakdancing this week as they needed a workshop leader for dance and we'll have a part in the week's final message, we also have a talent show and sports activities, the setting and organization of the camp is unlike camps I've experienced in the US...somewhat because the culture and size of the camp (about 50 students) and experince of leadership, I'll head to bed soon, god bless, please pray for the youth to have ears to hear the messages from God and to deny the whispers of the enemy who desires them to hear nothing of te truth and to be bored and uninterested in God's word - pray that God would wake many from their slumber to a vibant life of faith
7-12
Woke
Read the Bible
Morning exercise
Bfast/devotion/planning
Small groups
Teaching 1
Pause
Teaching 2
Worship
Break
Dance workshop
Lunch
Cleaning hill
Swimming pool
Break
Volleyball
Dinner
Creative worship/message/skit/announcem
ents
Campfire
Bed

7-13
Woke
Read the Bible
Morning exercise
Bfast/devotion/planning
Small groups
Teaching 1
Pause
Case study - Samson
Teaching 2
Worship
Break
Dance workshop
Lunch
Cleaning (girls' dorms)
Skit taping and forest Bible games
Break
Volleyball
Dinner
Creative worship/message/skit/announcements
Cafe/summer garden
Bed

7-14
Woke
Got new water with Kiki
Shaved
Read the Bible
Morning exercise
Bfast/devotion/planning
Small groups
Prayed
Teaching 1
Break
Case study on Ezekiel 47
Teaching 2
Dancing
Lunch
Break
Dishes cleaning
Rest
Swimming pool
Snack
Sports
Dinner
Break
Skit/game/talent/worship/testimony/fire/throat hurting to bed

7-15
Woke around 5:40, throat hurting
Went with Kiki to get water around 6:20 and then took trash to the dump
Came back and read te bile and prayed a little
Had breakfast with leaders
Small groups / Samaritan woman at well
Teaching 1
Small groups / peter's sermon in Acts 2
Teaching 2
Dancing
Lunch
Break
Dishes cleaning
Rest
Water Olympic Games
Snack
Final Sports Game (took a nap in office)
Dinner
Break
Skit/game/talent/worship/Goran spoke (prayed in room)
Outdoor hangout (all night long) 
 
 

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