Prayer Trip

Yesterday I went on a prayer trip to Maribor, Slovenia with Andrej & Nina Lovse. They are our dear friends we've probably told you about before who are Slovenians living in Zagreb for their schooling. They have it on their hearts to go back to their home town (Maribor - 2nd largest town in Slovenia) to start a work among the youth and they've asked us to help them get ready for this.

The trip was highly successful! Our goal was to begin to get God's heart and God's strategy for that city...and this is what happened. We also met with another American fella who works with youth all around Slovenia. He was a great connect for Andrej and Nina and they will potentially have a deeper working relationship in the future. Here's a few pictures from the day.
Above: We took a walk up above the city in some vineyards. From there we could see the whole city. We went up there so we could pray for the different high schools and for the people of Maribor in general. In this picture Andrej is explaining to us the different sections of town, where the high schools, student centers, colleges, etc. are located.

Here's a picture of as much Maribor as I could get in one picture. Maribor is not huge (130,000 people) however it is the 2nd largest city in the nation making it a hub for the eastern half of the nation. High school students from about a 60 km radius come to high school in Maribor.

Here is a picture of Andrej, Nina, and Josh (the American working in Slovenia) in front of Nina's old high school which is also the top high school in town. We stayed there for a bit to pray and hear God's heart.