The morning after

3 left....

The team may have gone but that was not to mean the remaining 3 would be resting on their laurels. Oh no. This is Kosova, there is work to be done, people to see and whole new experiences to "enjoy".

And it was to be a simple start to the day as well, get a taxi to the church, then look out for a man in a green car and get in. He would take us where we were going...

Jumped into the cab - no-one knows the address of the church. Get over that hurdle. Arrive at church, sitting outside, no sign of a green car, a man in a green t-shirt is loitering though - could it be him?

No.

It's the man in the blue car.

Of course.

We then headed to see a project that a lady from the church works with. It's a learning centre for kids from the Roma community. The way the school system works here is if you don't register for school within the first 2 years of being eligible then you have to pass a test to get in. How you pass a test when you've never been taught to read or write is tricky though! The kids from the Roma community often aren't registered in time so this centre helps tutor kids in Maths, English & Albanian in order to help them pass the entrance exam and enter full time, mainstream education.

We thought we were going to observe.

They thought otherwise.

Fine for teacher Karen, but Tim and myself were a little taken aback when we were told we had to take one on one sessions for the morning. Teaching albanian to albanian speakers.

How well do you think this worked out?

The project itself is very worthwhile and has a very dynamic lady leading the way. But there is only one Christian volunteer. So please pray for her to be salt and light in that place. The Roma community is a very ostracised one and has many needs: material & spiritual. Pray that more Kosovan Christians would be willing to work within this section of the community despite the tensions that exist and that they may show God's grace and forgiveness to them.