Now
that I’ve been back for almost a month, I’ve really begun to start settling
in. I found a semi-permanent home and
have made it feel nice and cozy for the holiday season. Excited to host my very first Christmas in
my own place with my family (My parents, sister, AND Grandma are coming for
Christmas!).
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| Karmen's home, after the water had receded a little |
While
I was trying to get settled in Zagreb a tragedy hit about an hour away in
Puscine. Last Wednesday Slovenia had a
flood that caused a huge wave to come down the river into Croatia and flood the
small village of Puscine. This is where
the home of Karmen (One of our partners with the Roma) is. Unfortunately her entire 1st floor
of her home was flooded. The water line
came to about a foot from the ceiling.
Their church just up the road was also damaged significantly by the
water.
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| This was the room I stayed every week when I would go up and help Karmen in the Villages |
I
was able to go up on Saturday to help with whatever I could, at one point I was
speaking with Bratko (Karmen’s husband), I just hugged him and said how sorry I
was. He turned to me and said “But you
know what, I have my life, I have my family, no one is dead or hurt, so it’s ok”. I was pleasantly surprised by his
attitude. There is still quite a lot of
work to be done but everyone is safe which is the important thing. It’s been an extremely humbling experience to see how everyone is dealing with this tragedy.
Something
else that is that extremely time sensitive is that we are purchasing a team car
for me to use to get back and forth to the Roma villages. We need this now, in fact there is a car in
mind that we are going to look at soon.
The thing is, we have the money for the car but we still need money to pay for
insurance and registration. My district
was able to take a love offering for me at a youth event and they raised $300,
which is great! We only need $700
more. I normally don’t do this, I
actually hate doing this, but will you please consider donating $10-$15 toward
this project?
If
you can give you can give online to the link attached to the side of my blog
labbled Stephanie’s Convio. This is
through Nazarene Mission Corps so it is very safe for you to give online.
This
will open so many doors for our ministry not only in the Roma but also in
Zagreb. Thanks for your consideration.
Please
keep the people of Puscine in your prayers.
Until
next time
Steph
