Montenegro

Mike on December 23rd, 2011

I just read a quote by Peggy Noonan: In Iraq this year I asked an Iraqi military officer doing joint training at an American base what was the big thing he’d come to believe about Americans in the years they’d been there. He thought. “You are a better people than your movies say.” He had [...]

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Mike on October 15th, 2011

Since our last Postcard we’ve been all over Europe. At the end of August we drove from Russia to Montenegro (you can see a photo record of the trip here). The picture above was taken when we gassed up in Augustow, Poland. We spent almost a month in Montenegro, visiting family, friends and ministry partners. [...]

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Mike on September 23rd, 2011

There were some forest fires in the mountains across the valley from us. Rain came in a few days ago and doused them: A portrait when were were at a cafe last week -

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Mike on September 18th, 2011

A new friend visited the other day:

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Mike on September 16th, 2011

We’re staying with friends on the outskirts of Podgorica, Montenegro. It thought you might be interested to see one part of our morning the other day:

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Mike on September 15th, 2011

As we were driving around the Bay of Kotor the other day, we entered this village: Remember, you need to roll that R.

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Mike on September 10th, 2011

As I’ve been posting pictures of Montenegro, I realized that people may not know what I really do other than see beautiful places on a regular basis. So, I thought I’d write a note about what I’m up to these days. For those who don’t know, I am the Executive Director of Stoneworks International, a [...]

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Mike on September 8th, 2011

We’re staying with our friends Vladimir and Marijana Cizmanski, in Podgorica, Montenegro. Here is the view from their porch last night. We visited our friends Sergei and Christina where they are staying, in a flat on the Bay of Kotor: And here is a quick video of Olga and Valerie swimming in the Adriatic Sea, [...]

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Mike on September 6th, 2011

Here are a few videos related to my last post. Here’s the activity as we waited in line to cross the border from Russia to Latvia: Here’s part of our drive through Latvia: Driving in Poland:

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Mike on April 10th, 2011

Here’s a video I made last week in Montenegro. This is the road down the mountain to Risan, on the Bay of Kotor.

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