Since we have moved in our apartment in Belgrade, we noticed some feathered friends on the patio waiting for a handout. Pigeons are plentiful here and when all the others gave up, there was one lone bird who waited patiently. And when crumbs did not come, he came to the door and stared at us until one of us gave in. I couldn't help it, so I gave him some stale bread crumbs and off he flew. See you tomorrow, little guy.
We had a Christmas party at the Belgrade church on Friday night. After a sweet program, singing Christmas carols, enjoying some good food, the children made gingerbread houses. Santa Claus made an appearance and handed out goodies to all of the children. I personally think he needs a bit more padding, but he was one jolly old St. Nick!
We had the missionaries over for dinner to celebrate EK's birthday.
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| Birthday dinner |
He requested a pineapple upside cake, so I gave it a try. Elder Taylor's eyes lit up when he saw it, and it turned out quite good. The only thing missing were the maraschino cherries, but I don't think anyone missed them. The Čačak elders, Elder King and Elder Sorensen were in Belgrade to register their car and since they were in town, we invited them over. This is Elder Sorensen's first week in the mission. We were glad to welcome him to Serbia.
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| Čačak group |
We travelled to Čačak on Sunday to attend church. It is a relatively new unit that was opened a few months ago and is a little over two hours away. There were six members and four missionaries in attendance. It is always good to see the Zarič family and we also met the Lazovič family. They are always happy to have visitors and we wish we could attend more often. We checked out the missionary apartment while we were there, as there are some issues that need to be taken care of. The landlord was prompt in coming over to look at an electrical problem and promised to send an electrician over soon. Elder King and Elder Sorenson are real troopers and while the living conditions could be better, they are always able to take it in stride with a smile on their face.
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| Tunnel in Zagreb |
We had our Serbian Christmas Zone Conference on Dec. 22nd -23rd in Zagreb. It started out at the mission office and then we had a great time touring Zagreb amid the Christmas decorations. We walked in a WWII tunnel under the city. It was decorated beautifully with white lights and snowflakes. We ended up at the mission home for a talent show, games, and good food. It was the 3rd zone conference at the mission home for December. Slovenia, Bosnia, and Croatia preceded ours. The mission home is always hopping with activity and we are amazed at all the Grants do for their missionaries. They really make it feel like our home away from home.
We attended church on Christmas in Belgrade. I gave the missionaries their stockings with goodies and slippers tucked inside. Later, the missionaries split up for their calls home. Missionaries are able to Skype home on Christmas and you can bet we had some anxious missionaries and families back home,
waiting to hear from their sons and daughters. We had Sister Lougee, Sister Johnston, Elder King, and Elder Sorensen here and our Skype worked perfectly. The other missionaries went to church and to another families' home to use their computer to Skype. The missionaries get 24 hours "off" to celebrate, but since Serbia, celebrates Christmas on January 7th, they decided to do their calls home on Dec. 25th, and use the rest of the time off on January 7th. We were able to Skype/Face time with our family and watch the grandkids open their gifts on Christmas eve. It was so good to see everyone and we are looking forward to next Christmas when we are all together.
I decided to use a picture for the word of the week. This was in the shower at our hotel in Zagreb. Can you guess what it says? It is pronounced
poe-moch.
We had a Christmas party at the Belgrade church on Friday night. After a sweet program, singing Christmas carols, enjoying some good food, the children made gingerbread houses. Santa Claus made an appearance and handed out goodies to all of the children. I personally think he needs a bit more padding, but he was one jolly old St. Nick!
We had our Serbian Christmas Zone Conference on Dec. 22nd -23rd in Zagreb. It started out at the mission office and then we had a great time touring Zagreb amid the Christmas decorations. We walked in a WWII tunnel under the city. It was decorated beautifully with white lights and snowflakes. We ended up at the mission home for a talent show, games, and good food. It was the 3rd zone conference at the mission home for December. Slovenia, Bosnia, and Croatia preceded ours. The mission home is always hopping with activity and we are amazed at all the Grants do for their missionaries. They really make it feel like our home away from home.
We attended church on Christmas in Belgrade. I gave the missionaries their stockings with goodies and slippers tucked inside. Later, the missionaries split up for their calls home. Missionaries are able to Skype home on Christmas and you can bet we had some anxious missionaries and families back home, 
waiting to hear from their sons and daughters. We had Sister Lougee, Sister Johnston, Elder King, and Elder Sorensen here and our Skype worked perfectly. The other missionaries went to church and to another families' home to use their computer to Skype. The missionaries get 24 hours "off" to celebrate, but since Serbia, celebrates Christmas on January 7th, they decided to do their calls home on Dec. 25th, and use the rest of the time off on January 7th. We were able to Skype/Face time with our family and watch the grandkids open their gifts on Christmas eve. It was so good to see everyone and we are looking forward to next Christmas when we are all together.
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