Montenegro
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. [...]
Last week we made the drive from Russia to Montenegro. We traveled in two cars with our friends Sergei and Christina and their twin girls. Here is a photo record of the trip. (You can see a slideshow/video of a previous trip here). We started early in the morning from dacha in Russia. Sergei said [...]
A team from St. James United Methodist Church in Athens, GA arrived today. We drove over to Dubrovnik, Croatia to pick them up. We’ll be in Podgorica, Montenegro for a couple of days and then head up to the mountains to run a youth camp all next week. They are a great group and we’re [...]
Yesterday we went to the Adriatic coast for a baptism. Milanka has been a member of the church for a while and wanted to be baptized. Several of us went for the occasion and had a great time. Her story is below the picture and video– Posted a year and a half ago, by Vladimir [...]
We returned on Sunday to a beautiful St. Petersburg, Russia. The weather has been perfect, and it has been great to start reconnecting with family and friends after such a long stay in the US. Olga took the picture above, in the park across the street from our flat. We are thankful for the many [...]
Christina Melton, a Stoneworks Missionary, drove with us from Montenegro to our staff retreat in Estonia. Christina writes, “My goal is simply to be obedient to the Lord and wholly submitted to Him, and to do so with joy, and all this within the context of community. I cannot see how such a life would [...]
Most of the Stoneworks associates and workers are meeting in Tallinn, Estonia for our first annual ministry retreat. I’m the Executive Director, and we’re very glad that we could gather for this meeting. We’re spread out all over Eastern Europe and the Balkans, and this is the first time we’re all together in one place. [...]
Our visit to Montenegro was very good, and we already miss our family and friends there. We’re now in Budapest for a couple of days, visiting friends and a ministry here. Tomorrow morning we head north to Estonia for the Stoneworks retreat in Tallinn. On the way, we’ll stop and see Auschwitz in southern Poland. [...]
About 10 days ago, Olga and I began a road trip from St. Petersburg, Russia to visit Stoneworks ministry sites in eastern and central Europe. Stoneworks continues to expand, and it’s an honor to be able to visit so many wonderful people that God has put together as ‘living stones’ (1 Peter 2:5). Our first [...]
Here is a video from a digital storytelling project at the University of Montenegro. This short video tells about the Roma people who live in Montenegro and gives a brief look in the to culture of the gypsies in Podgorica.
