Update Number Two

Week Four/Five/Six

Hello friends and family! We are still alive out here in Bosnia having an amazing time! 

God has done a lot over the past three weeks. It's been amazing to get some of the things checked off the list that God put on our hearts at the beginning of our time here.

We were able to build and instal a new rail at the skatepark! For those of you who don't know what a rail is...hit up Google. The skaters were all unbelievably thankful! Since we have been here and intentionally praying for the skatepark the atmosphere has really changed! People are more joyful and talkative, and older skaters are helping young kids and teaching them stuff. It's a different place than it was a month and a half ago. God is continually blowing our minds with the skatepark and all that he has done there!

We have been seeking the Holy Spirit and stepping out to pray for people to just see what happens and God has done some cool things. We found out the skatepark is potentially going to be moved to a new location, so we were able to pray with 10 kids and just speak out that God loves skateboarding and loves those kids! 

Another excited thing we did with some people from local churches is go repelling/climbing! It was a sunny, adrenaline packed day! The bridge we repelled from was around 70ft, we got some pretty hilarious looks from the locals and tourists who were walking through the park.That was a great opportunity to hang out and encourage the local believers in the city.

For the last two weeks we have been working with another YWAM team from Denver. They are doing an "Around the World" dts, which means they go to a bunch of different locations during outreach and Sarajevo Happened to be one of them! Worship and prayer times were amazing with this crew. It's so cool how As believers from all over the world we can still come together and worship and hang out with God. 

One thing God put on our heart was to clean up the old fort above the city. Between our two teams as well as our base leaders and their family we had close to 15 bags or more of trash! The coolest part was two university students who run the majority of Bosnians tourist websites "happened" to be there while we were picking up trash. We got to tell them about our ministry in the city, about ywam, and about how much we love this place! It was definitely something God set up for us. They told us they will be writing a story about us in their next update!

The past week we did a bunch of kids ministry in a big residential area of Sarajevo. We went to the park with frisbees, craft supplies, and loads of smiles and excitement and kids just showed up! We set up the crafts and we have never seen so many sparkles strewn around before. We also got challenged by some young Bosnian boys to a soccer game. These boys were twelve, but they were unreal! On day one they beat us 6-5 and then the next day the North Americans came through and we won 10-9 in a real close game. The Bosnians had an advantage because new kids kept appearing and subbing in an out so they always had fresh legs! It was a hilarious time and the kids loved it. At the beginning of the week we really felt like our goal for the week should be to just love and play with these kids and that's totally what we did! God opened up some really cool opportunities for families to hear about the church in the area too! 

As a team God is doing amazing things within each of us as individuals. We have prayer/worship times almost every day with just the six of us and it's amazing to see and hear what everyone is experiencing and learning! God is definitely showing us new and exciting things about his spirit and character that we have never seen or experienced! 

We are now packing up our apartment because we are headed to Croatia tomorrow! We are going there for some debrief as well as ministry with some YWAMers who live there! Thank you everyone for your support, love, and prayers! 

Love the Bosnia Team