Hi everyone,

We’re sorry for the posting delay everyone.  Here’s what we’ve been up to.

 

6/18/09

We spent this day touring much of Macedonia.  Nikola wanted to broaden our scope of understanding and awareness to locations beyond Skopje.

Mavrovo had a church half-way underwater.

Galichnik is on top of a serene mountain with wild horses.

St. John the Baptist Monastery had a giant hand-carved wooden backdrop.

Ohrid is the main tourist and vacation hotspot in Macedonia.  We walked through the city, hiked up to St Sophia Church, Canae, and St. Clemens Panteleimon.

 

6/19/09

We had lunch with Bojan, one of the leaders of the student ministry in Macedonia.  We enjoyed hearing about the encouraging movement he has seen.

We then ventured to the old bazaar and city center.  It was a great way to take a closer look at the everyday lives of the people.

We attended a get together at Nikola and Anet’s beautiful home later that evening to connect with more of our Macedonian friends.  It was a great time for stories, food, music, and laughs.

 

6/20/09

We headed east into New Skopje and spent some quiet time in a 14^th century female monastery.

Although our scheduled prayer retreat was postponed due to heavy storms, we were still able to meet up with the hosts, Viktor and Betti.  We were looking forward to the prayer retreat so we are hoping for nice weather tomorrow morning.

More to come!

-Jarrod