Croatia Missions Trip 7/9

Tuesday, June 15, 2021 

    Today was the last full day in Croatia for  Pastor Jeff and Travis, so before the group met at our designated meeting spot, Jason drove us to the city square so the guys could get gifts to take home to their wives. They quickly found Christmas ornaments at the first shop we stopped in. I spotted a little brown bear wearing a "I Love Croatia" t-shirt that I purchased for Heidi. Jason had already found Laura a Croatia hat and a key chain to add to her collection.

    The guys had gone on without me as they were done when I was still browsing the shop. As I was making my way back to the parking garage where the car was, I came across Sarah, Faith and Hope on a park bench and stopped to chat.

    At the meeting spot near a church, another group was gathered for their assignments : a group of men in white shirts and ties - morman's. They are so effective in what they do that the people quickly become confused with all the false teachings.

    Twenty-five helped out today and we took a group picture. Missionaries to Romania, Tim and Debra, came to help. Tim gave a devotional from Psalm 126:5-6 on having a heart that weeps to be effective in reaching souls. He said a weeping heart is a caring, compassionate and crying heart. We then broke off in our teams and prayed before heading to our assignments. Once again, we put John and Romans in mailboxes, cars and into apartments. Everyone was tired today, but we worked until it was time to go to Mlinarica for dinner. This was the same place we had dinner at Thursday after Jason and I first arrived. 

    After dinner, our group of four headed up the mountain to a castle called Medvedgrad where you can find a nice view of the city. The castle itself was closed but there was a steep, skinny trail along the castle wall that we trekked up for the view. Jason recorded a video of his sharing his heart about what he was thinking as we overlooked the city. He then asked Pastor Jeff to pray as he continued to record. This video resulted from that time up at castle Medvedgrad : https://youtu.be/ulDbS24JHA4

    After praying, we headed back down the mountain and back to our AirBnB. Every night of this trip, Pastor Brown and Travis had played the game Ticket to Ride. They played about three games every evening until going to bed and were very competitive. I had only joined them twice during the whole trip as that was all the board game playing I could handle. When Jason and I went to bed, they were still playing as it was their last chance before flying out before the following day.