Mission in Croatia

This last weekend I went to Varazdin, Croatia for my first mission trip! There was a team of 7 of us. The girls stayed with an elderly woman named Ruzita who did not speak any English, and the boys stayed at the church building. Their building is no where near being finished so we helped clean it up. I shoveled out 4 or 5 piles of dust off the floor. On Saturday we put on a three hour VBS for the Croatian kids who also spoke little to no English. Luckily the preacher, Mladen translated. We sang songs and played tag. It was so much fun! In the evenings we walked around the city, found dinner and saw some sights. Worship on Sunday was also amazing. They chose songs that were translated from English so we could recognize the melody and know what we were singing even though the words were in Croatian. This experience helped me realize just how

universal the story of Jesus is. You can get a group of Christians together who do not even speak the same language and still be able to worship with one another. Isn't that amazing!? Every morning we were fed bread and tea that was delicious. I have never eaten so much bread in my life!! that is all they serve! The entire weekend was such a blessing. It was really hard for me to leave knowing how much more work there is to be done. We could only be there for 3 days, it just wasn't enough time. However, if God calls me back to Croatia some day, I will do what He wants. I am so blessed...

(top picture is my team, bottom picture is some of the girls that came for VBS)