Without rehashing a litany of pandemic perils and plaints…this last year was interesting. But, despite lockdowns, curfews, travel restrictions, and limited social interaction, we still see great things happening.
It is like watching one of the nature films showing how life returns to a forest after a devastating fire…little buds of plants and flowers start growing up through the quiet hush beneath the ashes. Life goes on….
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It all started as what had become a fairly routine morning in our lives- get up early, hop the train to Manchester Int’l Airport, and board a Lufthansa flight bound for Serbia.
How many times had we done this over the past few years…a dozen times or so? We knew the drill. Manchester to Frankfurt, or Munich, or Vienna, and then on to Belgrade. But this time was very, very different.
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Remember returning to school when you were a kid? What was one of your first assignments? An essay on….”What I Did During My Summer Vacation”. It had to be hand-written, double-spaced, and in cursive! Really, how can you expect spending two weeks at Camp Getmeouttahere to provide excitement enough to thrill your classmates? Is it truly neccesary to have to provide two pages of still vivid memories about bad food, mosquito bites, strange tentmates, and coming in last in the Annual Camp Getmeouttahere Humiliation Contest? Sorry if this trip down memory lane triggers any nightmares or revives any ghosts from elementary school. We do have a solution. Continue reading
Wow! Looking back at June, July, and August all we see are happy faces of kids. Kids playing games, kids making crafts, kids learning new stuff….kids being loved on.
With the help of teams from Fort Myers, FL, Saratoga, NY, and Edmonton, Alberta, two of the Roma villages where we work are still resonating from all the energy and fun.
Next Level Church Fort Myers blessed us for the fourth year in a row! The team came ready, willing and able to deliver an Education Camp disguised as fun stuff…loud stuff….and some messy stuff. All the same, the kids had a blast and went home smiling and a bit smarter.
It has been a while since we’ve sent out our world-famous Almost Monthly Newsletter. For that we apologise. It has been a trifle busy.. the way we like it.
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What? Me? Come to Serbia?
Yes. You come to Serbia. Really. It would be great.
Think of it….you get to see what Propel is doing, love on people, experience the culture, enjoy the food, and make some memories that could change your life and those with whom you engage.
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These past few months have been a whirlwind of activity..
Ordinary has gotten a bad rap. Sure it means; the usual, the expected. In today’s language calling something ordinary is almost derogatory. In this day and age of over-used, misused, and over-hyped adjectives, ordinary is considered just plain dull. Ordinary isn’t shared. Ordinary doesn’t get “likes”. Who retweets ordinary?
Greetings from somewhat chilly Novi Sad Serbia. With the Holidays and our recent Magical Mystery Tour all behind us, life here is back to “normal”.
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Greetings from Paul and Mary.
Wow…it has been 5 months since we’ve relocated to Serbia.
What’s been happening? A virtual cornucopia of love, grace, big steps forward, some steps back, admin stuff, and a growing sense that it was the right thing to do. In no particular order it looks like this: Continue reading
