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"Yellow House" Hotel in Slavonski Brod, Croatia

Austrian vintage postcard, mailed in 1918

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Slavonski Brod Days 7-15

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Croatia  day 6

Three days straight work, we started working the day after we got here! Jorit and I discussed about telling Darko we wanted a little rest and recuperation. He took it very well! He blessed his Soldiers a day off by the Sava. This Sabbath proved to be such a blessing to us. We had such a wonderful day and saw some of the most beautiful sights to be seen in Slavonski Brod.

 We chilled out, had some good Coffee and wrote about our time here. It also allowed us to contact loved ones and download the most recent episodes of Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead. Sweet. 

There’s something strange about relaxing and finding such joy on the same spot where the fighting was so brutal all those years ago. We could see Bosnia, not only could we see it but if there was a foul smell there we could probably smell it too. It being only 100 or so meters away. The work we are doing at Slavonski Brod Baptist church is with an intention of bringing the glory of God to this place. 

This country feels as if it is always on the brink of another war. We are trying to contribute to a force that is attempting to end this vicious cycle.

Now, we rest. Tomorrow, we fight.

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Slavonski Brod Days 1-5

Croatia, a new adventure in my life. Am I having fun? At times yes! Has it been challenging? Yes, full of challenges. Since we’ve got here we’ve been put straight to work. Our vision when we got here was to bless Slavonski Brod Baptist church as much as we could. But sometimes you don’t really know what those words can cost you. We’ve been working super hard but the work hasn’t exactly been nice. Sanding drywall filler is not the most fun of jobs! 

 I am reminded of a sermon at soul survivor about becoming a person of influence. One of the main teachings was: 

“Be faithful and take joy in the menial tasks, then God will lead you to greater things.” 

 Jorit and I are growing in the Lord together, and also growing closer together as people. I have faith that when we get back to France we will be working better together as interns. 

The thing that amazes me about this project is not only that the building was not there a year ago, but the money to build the building was not there a year ago either. Darko and his church have had a vision of building a place with more facilities, beauty and space so they can have a larger capability of blessing the community they are in. God provided for that vision which puts my needs into perspective. As I question what I am to do with my future my heart ceases to panic as the potential scale of his provision is revealed to me. 

One of the things we have the pleasure of doing here, is being involved with the ministry of the Roma people. Some of the conditions these people are living in are absolutely shocking, yet they seem such a happy and joyful culture. A lot of them go to school from a young age and drop out at about 14-15. Many of them start smoking around that age too. At around 16-18 they get married, sometimes even younger. It’s scary that you can be talking to a married man or woman when they are actually younger than you. 

I am expectant about how God will continue to use us here in Slavonski Brod. We’re here for another 11 days. I believe we have already saved them a large amount of work, may we save them all the more work! Darko calls us soldiers every morning, and warriors. I believe these are true but the Lord brings one more word to mind. 

Builders. Kingdom builders. 

What a blessing and an honor the lord bestows upon us!

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“If I open up my hands will you fill them again?”

I feel this phrase from the will Reagan song: ‘If I give it all to you’ Has been a large part of my life since I got to France. Now with Croatia on the horizon (Literally I’m on the plane there), I feel I’m in a good place.

When I came to France I had to surrender my plans of going to Croatia. Being a man who takes comfort in having a plan in front of him, I was really pushed out of my comfort zone. I had to open up my hands and release my initial plan of Croatia to him. I then replaced the plan with another that was pretty appealing to me: going to live in Caen.

 I also felt the call from God to release this plan into his hands. But now I look at it, I’m not releasing it into the hands of some feeble and selfish God who is going to send me somewhere I don’t want to go. No, I’m releasing it into the hands of a strong and wise God, who knows what is best for me and always does things for the good of those who love him. God put both of those things back into my hands, only the plans are now not the same as when I made them, they are now blessed. 

 I chose to sacrifice my ideas and passions to him, the plans he put back into my hands I could then accept with a more Godly maturity and spiritual excitement, and I could move into those plans with a larger spiritual excitement.

 God in his grace provided me with an amazing French former missionary for a roommate, who with his servant heart offered a room in his new apartment in Caen to me, with a small amount of money per month as a token of appreciation. 

 God has transformed my relationships, he’s encouraged me to evolve my relationships with other members of the student group in Caen, and with the addition of routine prayer into my life since January, I’ve made sure to pre arrange routinely prayer with other members of Gods kingdom in Caen. 

 So when I get back I will move in Caen, thank you Jesus for you steadfast provision. So where do I take this new found wisdom: “If I open up my hands will you fill them again” 

 I attempt to remove all preconceptions, as on this plane to Croatia, I challenge myself and Jorit to give absolute and full control to God. We have two and a half weeks and that is a large window for God to work in. 

 We will open up our hands, and God will take what we plan from us, and replace it with his sovereign will. We will do everything we can to follow him, draw near to the heart of God, and push the boat out that little bit further if we can.

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Slavonski fiš paprikaš

Slavonski fiš paprikaš

Ribu ocistiti od ljuski,ocistiti utrobu,skrge i izvaditi zub.(zub obavezno izvaditi jer fisu daje gorcinu).Ribu narezati na potkove.Samljeti luk.U kotlicu ili ako ga nemate onda u loncu,stavite luk i vodu i pustite da kuha cca 10-tak min.Zatim naredate ribu.Potkove,rep,glavu.Nadolijete vodom,dodate sol i pustite da kuha 10-tak min.

U posebnu posudicu crvenu mljevenu slatku i ljutu papriku razmutite sa mlakom vodom i sipate u fis.Dodate vino,domacu pasiranu rajcicu i kuhate jos 20-tak minuta.Naravno tko voli ljuci fis stavite koju ljutu papricicu.

Fis posluzite sa sirokom tjesteninom.50

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Slavonski Brod, Croatia