The seminar I have been observing here in Macedonia has centered around missionary renewal. The speaker’s name is Jonathan Lamb, and he is excellent. Today I asked him what his formal training has been in public speaking and he explained that he has never been formally trained to speak in public. If any of you ever get an opportunity to hear him speak, take it. He is engaging, funny, informed, intelligent, passionate, smart, and humble. I have rarely heard a person speak in such an manner as he does. Our last two days have been a discussion of the implications of the book of Habakkuk. I can not remember the last time I found the Bible to be quite so interesting.
A group of six of us went into the city of Ochrid today. Ochrid is a city on Lake Ochrid, about twenty minutes south of Struga. The city has a castle at the top of a hill which overlooks the town and Lake Ochrid. It also has a monastery and an Orthodox Christian church. My companions and I had fun looking for Macedonian goods at the bazaar in town.
Lately I have felt like the transition has been made to living like a single missionary in Eastern Europe. I have found contentment in where and how I find myself to be. Every day I feel a little more whole, a little more complete, just as I am. God has blessed me with some great acquaintances on this trip, and only time will reveal the true nature of their friendships. However things play out, I was satisfied with my life in Albania as it stood before coming here. I will find contentment once I am home again; with or without a raft of new and lasting friendships.
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