The Wild West comes to Tuzla

I've had lots of fun in June as teams from my home church, Eagle and my brother's church, Cody Missionary Alliance have visited BiH this month.  

The group from Cody arrived on June 20th and departed on July 1st.  The team came to Tuzla to assist us with our annual Kids' English Day Camp.  It was a great time and the team did a fantastic job of introducing the kids to the history of the Wild West and Yellowstone National Park through lots of fun crafts, drama, songs and games. 

The team also spent lots of time with our volunteer workers who were all present or former students of our English school, Svjetionik.  Some of the team members went out almost every evening to watch the European Football (Soccer in American English!) Championships or to just enjoy a stroll on Tuzla's walking street.  As many of you have heard from me before, an evening stroll and a cup of coffee in one of the local cafes are more or less the national past times in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  

It was also an extra bonus that my brother, Dave and his wife, Julie were able to be a part of the team.  It was great to let them see Tuzla where I'd been living for the past 2 1/2 years.  They also got to meet some of the people from the Sarajevo and Ilidza churches with whom I'll be working in the coming years.  It was great fun to have them as my first overnight guests in my new apartment in Sarajevo.  

I just want to wrap this up by saying a huge thank you to the team from Cody for the incredible effort they gave to prepare for the English camp as well as for the way they worked so hard to learn Bosnian and understand the local culture.  God bless and I hope we'll see some of you here again some day!