Evening meeting

This evening we went to a meeting at a church which meets in a rented house. Most of us couldn’t understand each other but it didn’t matter because we knew that we were all talking to the same God and that we were family; it was an amazing experience

20/5 9pm Alison

Childrens club

Later on we went to Kids Club. It was based in a school and there was about 10 – 15 children. We sang and then listened to a parable about Jesus. Then my dad sorted out loads of games with parachutes and balloons. Then everyone went outside and had a massive game of football! It was a very fun day!
20/5 9:45pm Martha

Gypsy village

Today we went to a little isolated village with 3 houses and A LOT of children! They were all very nice and very friendly. We were talking to widow that Smile is sponsoring. Her eldest son had (we think) epilepsy and had lots of heart attacks. Their dog had also just had puppies and they were a week old! They were so cute! My favourite one was a white one; I think it was a Labrador. I made friends with a 17 year old girl who was married, and she cared a lot about her family which was very nice. Everyone was very friendly and it was an amazing experience.

20/5 1pm Martha

Good morning

When we woke up me and Sam went in the games room that has a soft play area, a pool table, an air hockey table and a table football table.
We went to a widow and her family’s house to give them help and in the end, all of the children in the neighbourhood turned up! We had one of those parachutes and the children we’re loving it. Also, we were getting the children to make jewellery with plastic beads and strings.
All in all, not a bad morning!
20/5 1pm Jake

Kosova is a beautiful country with spread out houses in the countryside – lots of poppies growing by the road side – rather poigniant! 50 mile journey took about an hour and a half and the view from the centre is of the mountains of the Albanian border.
We unpacked and the children were delighted to find a good games room at the centre – we then went to a local restaurant for a lovely meal (34Euros for 12 people including soft drinks!). we arrived back at 10.30pm and had a short welcome meeting. We are the first people to come here as part of a sabbatical.
Things are flexible here and our draft programme will change as we go along – I will updated when I can
A good nights sleep in a very comfortable bed was very welcome
Eddie 8am 20/5

journey

Hi guys!
We had a really good flight, not delayed or cancelled and we flew over the Swiss Alps! It was really pretty and covered in snow!
The airport in Pristina was really small and we got out in about 5 minutes!
We have been collected by a VW van and are travelling along a very bumpy road listening to Disney ‘The Rescuers’ on a tape.
It will be about an hour and a half to the centre and we are really looking forward to it! We hope to have a look around and meet new people!
19/5 6pm Martha, Jake and Sam. J