- 5 Countries: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina and Montenegro
- 4 Monetary Systems
- 3 MAJOR Languages: Bosnian, Croatian and Montenegrin (Lots of others - a package purchased in the grocery store can have directions in 23 languages!!!)
- 2 Alphabets: Cyrillic and Latin (which is what English uses)
- 1 Mission
The implications are amazing: All these countries have been part of other countries, and warred against each other. If a missionary is called to one of those countries, he/she cannot be "transferred" out of that country, even if he/she could speak the language, because of Passport/Visa issues. Paying the mission bills in so many different currencies would be tricky!
There are 1313 members of record in the mission, but only 371 active; members are spread out, poverty is endemic, baptism can result in being treated as a traitor by one's family. (One interesting point: Because of all the wars which created so many orphans and/or fires that destroyed records, some people have NO ID, which means they can't get a job!)
These challenges are so different from ours, but we know the Work will go forward when and how it's supposed to!
We didn't have any pictures from this week, so we took a Selfie; very hard not to get the giggles when doing that! |
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