Greetings from Serbia!
Yep…we are bucking the trend. Going against the flow. Looking beyond the facts…like these:
– Serbia is under a State of Emergency
– We are under a curfew from 5 PM until 5 AM
– Those 65 or older are only allowed outside on Sunday mornings when they can go to the grocery stores (Funny side note:
Mary got stopped by the police and she thankfully had her passport with her to prove her age)
– Public transportation is shutdown
– The airports are closed
– The borders are closed, with exception (thankfully) freight and cargo
– Yes, more than likely The H.I.K.E. 2020 will need to be rescheduled
– Granted things are a bit tough. Our mobility is restricted. We cannot visit any families or run any group projects with the kids, but we know it is only a temporary inconvenience.
So, we could sit and whinge, cry, complain, and be otherwise self-absorbed. But we are GLAD!!!
We are glad we have our health
We are glad we have a roof over our heads
We are glad we are warm and secure
We are glad our kids and their kids are healthy
We are glad because people are praying
We are glad because we have time to be better prepared for the coming school year
We are glad that hundreds of beautiful, wonderful, giving, loving, caring people like you make what we do possible
We are glad because being otherwise doesn’t help
Hopefully, in the midst of all this you too can find reasons to be glad.
As always, thank you for the love!!!
Paul and Mary
We are running on faith, but we are not running alone