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Bosnia: Week One

We have had an amazing opportunity as a team to be able to live among and love on the people of Sarajevo Bosnia.  During these first five days I have learned so much about the culture, people, and heritage that I could never learn from a textbook.  We have had the opportunity to be out on "Campus" and talk to students.
During these last few days we have been trying out all of the staple foods of Sarajevo, which are all great - lots of meat and grease(only the best).  The food is very flavorful and reasonably priced for our very low budget.  We have been able to meet the short and long term teams that are working with Svaki Student Sarajevo.  It has been a blessing that they have such a strong basis for the student organization.  As a team we are here to assist in  reaching out to students and getting to know them through relational ministry.
I have been learning a ton from all of the training we have done but nothing prepares you like when you are out on campus talking to students and just trying to show your "love" for them.  We are trying to show the "love" that we have been shown by Christ our savior. I cannot wait to build relationships that, Lord willing, will show spiritual fruit in the short or long term.

Over and Out from Sarajevo, BIH

Paul Shackelford
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