Isn’t it odd how we sit and eat together for a social gathering, yet to eat and speak at the same time is quite rude.
Here’s a summary of the last few nights.
The last night with the team here saw us all visit shkuza, the local ‘just out of town’ restaurant that’s a bit nicer than the one in town. We all sat around eating, drinking, taking photos and taking part in some friendly banter.
Tina’s house on Thursday night with Pepi and Erfon, fresh homemade wine, snack type food a camera and everyone up for a laugh.
Out past Peje last night at the best fish restaurant in Kosova, Trout lakes surround the place, the food is amazing, service impeccable and once again a small group of Kosova friends, a camera and the desire to spend time together makes a great evening.
When you go to a restaurant and get food they nearly always bring bread. So we shared a bit, broke some off and passed it around. Then someone got a glass of wine and that got passed around too. Something so simple about remembering what Jesus has done in the most normal settings. Someone still taking pictures and chatting until the bread of wine is passed to them and then pausing to remember.
So we’ve come to the end of our time in Kosova, we leave on Monday to visit the Bower Evans experience in Macedonia for a few days. How can anyone attempt to sum up a month of such variety? How can anyone express the thoughts and feelings of a month in just a few lines? Really I think there is only one way.
Good times. Those ever recurring words of Steve, Tina has adopted the phrase and although it’s only at the conceptual stage I think given the right set of circumstances it may just catch on.
So:
Good times driving down the broad swathes of tarmac with Elliot,
Good times meeting folk here and getting involved,
Good times sitting on the balcony discussing life and its complexities,
Good times preparing for the team to arrive,
Good times with the team, running kids programs, painting the basement, having no water.
Good times in the last few days hanging out with the guys from church, winding up our time here and getting ready (and excited) for the next stage!
Good times!
AHHHHH, Simmo there’s that loving emotional sensitive side just creeping in. Im proud of you. Its a tuff place to sum up and simply wrap up in a post but in the greatest phrase of all time (ish) we learn what it’s all about, how a land is being rebuilt from a place of desperation and the little we can humbly offer to help. Good flippin times indeed!
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