Settled in Montenegro
November 26, 2009
Christina Melton reports in from Podgorica, Montenegro –
It is difficult to believe that I have only been in Montenegro for a little over a month! It feels as though I never left here, though I was in the US for over 2 months between my last visit and my time here now.
My focus this last month has been simple, yet not easy: adjust!
Between jet lag and culture shock and my inability to speak much Serbian, my transition should have been more difficult, and I should feel terribly tired and isolated.
However, praise God for doing more than we can ask or imagine! I have been SO completely blessed by the family I live with here, the Pavetić family. They have made me feel like I am at home here, and though I miss people back in the US, I have a wonderful adopted family here that watches out for me and, to be honest, keeps me pretty entertained!
My older brother here (Zeljan) and his wife (Alla) are about to have a baby and move into a new house, and my little sister (Violeta) is in her first semester of university. My Montenegrin mom (Slavitsa) is an excellent cook and actually irons my underwear after it dries on the clothes line!
I am so blessed by them, and I pray that I will be a blessing to them also.
I have also had the opportunity to meet several believers here who are around my age, thanks to the Young Adult conference that took place in early November. I got to help with the worship team a little bit, and I met people from all over Montenegro.
The conference was an excellent way to get connected to others and to hear what God is doing in other cities. He is doing a new thing in Montenegro. I am SO excited.
Above at left is a picture of me with Violeta, my Montenegrin sister, and the picture below is of a few of us the Young Adult conference.
Please keep Montenegro in your prayers, and if God wakes you up in the middle of the night to tell you something about Montenegro, please let me know.
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