Friday, 27 March 2009
Chris writes - Friday and the end of a rollercoaster week of emotions. The daycare has been closed all week for the school holidays so we took the opportunity to get away for a few days and went to Peje which is north from where we are. Had a good time relaxing and reading and practicing our langauge - which is coming along very well - what an answer to prayer! We visited a Serbian historic Church in Peje which is, after ten years, still guarded by NATO. We even had to hand our passports in to visit the place. It made me wonder for how much longer they would be guarding it. One of the locals i spoke to said NATO should leave and just 'let us get on with our lives now'. Sadly it seems that emotions are still strong however. We returned home on Wedneday. The medical team are not coming at the weekend so the pressure for us is off now. Yesterday it was the 10th Anniversary of the massacre in Krushe and our friend and staff members' brother who was killed in the war was buried in the village. After 10 long years the family have only now got an opportunity to see him at rest. The amazing thing is that they are actually the lucky ones. Their pain and grief is only eclipsed by the other families in the village for whom the bodies are still missing. There are 26 people buried in the graveyard but there are still a staggering 90 people still missing. These families cannot move on - everyday living with the hope that their loved one could walk through the door at any moment. It is so easy at times like this to become very anti-Serbian and want to see revenge and justice for these families - our friends and neighbours. Please do pray for us for grace and wisdom in abundance! On more mundane matters - today we have been in Prishtine trying to sort out the path for the medicines to come in. What in UK could be done over the phone or by post has to be done here in person. In addition we have now booked our flight back to the UK in July (we hope to see some of you!!) and our flight back here in August! It seems that 'Kosova is in our hearts' and will continue to play a large part in our lives for the forseeable future! Thanks for reading. Zoti ju Bekofte!!
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