The Americans Have Arrived!
A team of five arrived today in Novi Sad from Colorado. Aaron and Stephanie Shalosky, David Smith, and Steve Kammer from Colorado Springs and Joanna Meyer from Boulder. They will be here during this next week to encourage us and see how the ministry is going. Those from the Springs are part of the Springs Campus team, staff working with Crusade primarily at UCCS and CC. Joanna works in the regional headquarters of Crusade.
It was really exciting to welcome them tonight at the bus station! I know all of them already and have been keeping up with them this year. The Shaloskys led the Summer Project last summer in Belgrade, so they’ve been to Serbia before but the other three haven’t. This will be a great time for them to see first hand what the Stint ministry looks like by visiting the places we go and meeting the students we see.
It will also be a great week of encouragement and motivation for us. They are going to lead us each morning in a devotion and talk to us individually too. I’m really looking forward to talking with them and showing them the reason for the passion that God has given me for this place. I’m especially looking forward to introducing them to our students. We’ll have our weekly meeting on Wednesday night, so they’ll get a chance to meet all lot of them then.
Another big perk of their visit is the stuff they brought us! Most notable I think are the real tortilla chips and Starbucks coffee. Oh, and I can’t forget to mention the Girl Scout cookies! Mmm, Thin Mint goodness… They are also going to make Mexican food for us one of these nights. Ahhh, life is so good!