I feel like I am behind in writing. So much can happen in two week's time.
We had a wonderful trip to Zlatibor. The trip (250 km) was interesting with the help of a few wrong turns. But every wrong turn got us to the most beautiful places. And so we landed in a valley where all the fields were colored with pastels, with forests of every green shade in between.
Zlatibor is centered around a lake. They are focused on local tourists. I think we were about the only foreigners there.But it is beautiful. We struggled a little bit to find the mountain. I felt a bit like "the Englishman that went up a hill and came down a mountain". The mountain that they boast about is not more than green hills, but it gives the effect of "the sound of music". Our children became small in the distance as they ran through the green fields. And everywhere they stopped to pick wild flowers. Die forests in between gives the most beautiful effect.
We followed the road through the landscape with the Yugo we rented for one day. We saw about 3 cars on road the whole day. The road took us to a cave with a opening of about 35 m. They build a big fence in front of the cave so we could not go inside. Then out of the blue appeared this old man with a key. But our Sripski was too little to understand him. Luckily some Serbian tourist came at that moment and they could tell us about the cave. The man took all of us into the cave with a flashlight. Scary, but awesome! Inside the cave are hiking trails of more than 1 km (I was glad he did not offer to take us). He also showed us a waterfall inside the cave (the river flows through the cave). And everything was free! It was wonderful.
From there we stopped at an open-air museum. There is a whole town of wooden buildings that they preserve. It showed us how people used to live and even live today to support themselves. We were very hungry at that point and stopped at a Serbian restaurant where we had Serbian hamburgers while Serbian folk music played in the background. What an experience!
Our last stop was at a waterfall of 20m. But it doesn't stop there. The water goes down the mountain in two streams and form more waterfalls till it reach the bottom. It was very beautiful. From there we tried to find the road back home. A road sign that said Zlatibor took us to a gravel road where we had a nice drive through the woods. The branches formed a tunnel with their branches. And it is the brightest green leaves I've ever seen. The road also took us to the highest point in that area. We could see on all side into the distance. It was awesome and the quietness around us was wonderful.
We went to visit the family in Panceville again last weekend. It was nice to visit with them. Stephan preached there again (also on Sunday at the Assemblies). He used one good illustration in his message about a cell phone and swiss army knife that he always carry with him in his pockets. The applied it to the Bible message by saying that you either stay in contact with Jesus through pray (cell phone) or you do it yourself (swiss army knife) - John 15.
I feel very homesick. I've heard this quote somewhere "You cannot have roots and wings". I thought about how this fits into the Bible's message. I think established in Jesus we can soar like eagles, doesn't matter where we are. But we are human and I am longing for home, so please write. :-)
Love
Stephan Irene Nadia Anandi
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