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The most exciting thing about our vision to introduce baseball in Kosovo is that local guys are getting behind it. Michael will be heading up to Peja next week to train new Baseball coaches. This project has been organized by one of the guys we trained back in January. He is part of an NGO called Centre for Tolerance and Integration - Pec ( CTI-P) and they work primarily in the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslims) community trying to develop activities that will lead young people from multiple ethnic groups into positive relationships with each other. They recently have received a grant from an international (mostly European) organization called Play International (formerly Sports Sans Frontières). This was a very competitive process that saw 75 NGO's apply for the opportunity. CTI-P  was one of three NGOs that were awarded a grant to use. The unique part about their grant was that it is focusing on building understanding and reducing ethnic tensions, and it is aiming to do this thr...

We have been in our new house for a little less than a week, but we are already learning more about the neighborhood that God has placed us in. We want you all to get a feel for our neighborhood. We'd love to invite you to do "virtual prayer walks" from time to time through our neighborhood as we look for opportunities to bear witness to Jesus Christ. Location 1 - Our house. Just outside our house is a Salon that is owned by the owners of the house we are renting. Already, Kailyn and Rebecca have spent a lot time just sitting in there with the ladies. It is a training facility so there are a lot of girls coming in who love to play with Kailyn. Might just turn in to a recruiting center for babysitters (and softball players)! Please pray that Rebecca and Kailyn will be able to build good relationships with these girls and serve as a witness to God's Grace. Our front patio. This is a great space that we hope to use to have friends over for bbqs and to watch game...

We've been in Kosovo for 3 weeks. Some times, we feel so comfortable it feels as though we've been in Kosovo for years...but most of the time we can't help but realize how much we are strangers in this place. There's so much we don't understand...and this is frustrating sometimes. Some moments, I wonder what the heck we're doing here...other times I feel like we truly belong here. Some days it seems like all the details fall in to place and we end up being productive...other days we spend a lot of time sitting around and seem to be spinning our wheels (figuratively, of course, since we are still trying to find a suitable vehicle). And through it all, the Lord God is faithful. He truly is a God of provision and He has provided in so many ways. This blog has served as a journal for us since the day we started it back in 2010. I love reading through old posts to see how God has provided. I want to use this post to list many of the ways God has provided in the p...