![]() When she came up I said no, but apparently she didn't like that answer so she smacked me. A street child that was out begging came up to our group after her mother spotted us and sent her in our direction. Walking back from swimming I had an interesting interaction. You just jump in, swim around for 10 seconds, then jump out and warm up in the sun. It was so hot though that the cold water felt amazing. Thursday we did some team debrief work, then had lunch and headed out to swim in the river! The river was beautiful but very cold and very strong. In the evenings they have all the people staying at the hostel down to the patio for Bosnian coffee. The hostel was great! They really make an effort to have a family environment. We made it there in a little over two hours and when we arrived at the bus station were greeted by the hostel owners who were there to pick up our luggage so we didn't have to carry our massive backpacks in the heat to the hostels. The views traveling into the Herzegovina section of Bosnia were beautiful. So we travelled to Mostar, BiH on Wednesday afternoon. We had lunch at our favorite place, ate our favorite meal, and then I went souvenir and gift shopping. Wednesday morning we did a deep clean of our lovely apartment and said a few more goodbyes before heading off to the bus station. Tuesday we went into the center and walked through the markets for the last time. It was tough to say goodbye to all those kids that we had so much fun playing with, and it was really tough to say goodbye to the women that worked there and love on those kids every day. We took some bags of groceries and a bag of balloons and went to say goodbye. We had a great time though. Monday morning we went to the Children's Center. Sunday we made our last trip to the NATO base, which was also a little sad. Plus it was great to spend the day with Larry and Jill just chatting and enjoying a peaceful afternoon. Haha I needed and really loved just laying out in the sun and swimming in the awesome pool. Saturday we finally made it to the pool, which was probably our most relaxing day off of our entire outreach. Our last weekend and half week in Sarajevo was wonderful, but sad. ![]() The week flew by quicker than I expected and before I knew it the retreat was over, and we were driving back into Sarajevo. Also, I think in that week I learned more Bosnian than the 6 weeks before! Hahah the kids were always trying to teach me new words while we were playing games. Speaking of the kids, Anna and I had them the majority of the week, which was fun but exhausting! It has been a challenge for me throughout the past month to deal with the language barrier, but at least with kids it's a little easier because they just want to play. I taught my topic Tuesday morning and didn't feel very nervous, which was an exciting first! Haha the whole week was busy and tiring, but so much fun! We had a trampoline that we could go on with the kids and lots of beautiful places to walk. It was a great week! I loved getting to see all the house churches come together to spend time like one big family. It's been a busy two weeks since I last updated, and we have also since changed location! The week before last was our retreat for the house churches, which we taught at.
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