Today we headed in to Pristina, the capital city of Kosova, for a couple of reasons. Primarily, we planned to visit Prishtina High School. This will be Justin's school, so we were very interested in checking it out and making sure that he takes the correct classes next year while we're in the states. It's a very interesting campus, newly constructed with an addition currently in progress. It is a pretty amazing story of provision...with the hope of investing in the future of the nations, a Kosovar building company essentially offered to provide the building for the school as long as a group of missionaries would take over the operation of the school itself. We are hopeful that it will be a quality option for Justin's education and we are thankful that it exists.
It was a rainy day for most of the day which made the roads quite interesting to say the least...and it also meant that we seemed to take very pictures...except for the ride home later in the day.
The coolest part of the day was that we got to meet with Deputy Minister Dedaj of the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport. This was a big deal. Long story short...the Deputy Minister expressed his full support and is quite interested in working to provide, at the very least, extensive media coverage of the camp and efforts to establish Baseball in Kosova. Wide open door with great interest to partner with us!
As we were meeting with Deputy Minister Dedaj the rain turned to snow. By the time we got back to Gjakova, the lansdcape was covered with a couple of inches. Definitely a change from the day prior.
While we were in the meeting with Deputy Minister Dedaj, Rebecca and the kids took shelter in the concierge lounge of a 4 diamond hotel. Berat went to get his truck which he had parked some ways away, so we enjoyed some hot cocoa and coffee (and the restroom with heated towels with which to dry our hands after using the specialty hand soap). Definitely way out of our league, but the staff took pity on us and seemed entertained by our reactions...especially once Berat came back with his Nissan truck and Maples and I climbed into the back. It was probably better that we didn't arrive that way.
Tomorrow we get to attend an event at the Bethany Christian Services Community Center, and hopefully will get to meet the Executive Director of USAID. God has orchestrated so many amazing connections and meetings...can't wait to see what tomorrow looks like!
It was a rainy day for most of the day which made the roads quite interesting to say the least...and it also meant that we seemed to take very pictures...except for the ride home later in the day.
The coolest part of the day was that we got to meet with Deputy Minister Dedaj of the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport. This was a big deal. Long story short...the Deputy Minister expressed his full support and is quite interested in working to provide, at the very least, extensive media coverage of the camp and efforts to establish Baseball in Kosova. Wide open door with great interest to partner with us!
As we were meeting with Deputy Minister Dedaj the rain turned to snow. By the time we got back to Gjakova, the lansdcape was covered with a couple of inches. Definitely a change from the day prior.
While we were in the meeting with Deputy Minister Dedaj, Rebecca and the kids took shelter in the concierge lounge of a 4 diamond hotel. Berat went to get his truck which he had parked some ways away, so we enjoyed some hot cocoa and coffee (and the restroom with heated towels with which to dry our hands after using the specialty hand soap). Definitely way out of our league, but the staff took pity on us and seemed entertained by our reactions...especially once Berat came back with his Nissan truck and Maples and I climbed into the back. It was probably better that we didn't arrive that way.
Tomorrow we get to attend an event at the Bethany Christian Services Community Center, and hopefully will get to meet the Executive Director of USAID. God has orchestrated so many amazing connections and meetings...can't wait to see what tomorrow looks like!
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