Montenegro...

The journey from Albania to Montenegro was probably one of the shortest journeys that we have done in a while – just seven hours! But it went through some of the most beautiful scenery we have ever seen! Right through the mountains the whole time until we arrived in a city by the sea in Montenegro.

We would only be in Montenegro for ten days but the time that we spent here was full of new experiences – especially being in a city where there is not yet a church and only one local believer! A lot of time is spent here on building relationships with the local people through activities like an English and German café, football, girl’s club, kids club and of course, going out for coffee and walking by the sea front!

One of the first things we were involved in was a club with some Roma children on the outskirts of the city and a kids club in the old part of the city. By now, we’ve done many many children’s programmes on Transit, but I never get bored of teaching the children how to play British Bulldog, showing dramas, singing songs and teaching Bible stories. Each time is totally different and it is so rewarding to be able to spend time with these children…






For the second half of our time in Montenegro we spent each morning at a Roma family’s home – fixing their roof, painting the bathroom and cleaning…The guy in charge of the household is just 18 years old and has a 15 year old wife and a gorgeous 10 month old baby. He looks after his own family plus his five younger siblings. He faces a tough job looking after everyone, so it was great to be able to help them out in the small way that we could.

Apart from the practical work we also spent time with the children. One of the activities we did with them was to have them decorate some wooden photo frames in which we put pictures of their family. They were so creative, and proud of their work when they had finished!

The second time we did the Roma kids club we taught them the story of the Enormous Turnip and how each person, no matter how small or how big is important to God and that we can all work together as a team. Shortly afterwards, the football disappeared down the hill and into the stream and we watched as the kids formed a human chain to rescue their ball! What great team work!!




Whilst in Montenegro we got to do a couple of things that were a little unexpected! The first was going to watch a volleyball match with some guys from the English café – Germany against Estonia and then Germany against Croatia…(Germany won both times…)

The second thing was climb a mountain – 1600m high (pretty high by British standards!)…The view wasn’t that great from the top but from time to time we were able to see through the cloud to Albania!

The third thing was watching the moon rise…I have never seen this happen – it was beautiful!