The airport luggage carousel was quite interesting. The luggage came and went out of the trunk of a car. The Benich car was unavailable, so we took a shuttle/taxi to our hotel and there met the Benich's who had walked over to our hotel. We then all walked back to their apartment to begin our training.
Remember Sister Becky Craven's General Conference talk in April 2019: "Careful versus Casual"? The one about the train engineer "who did not even try to swerve out of the way to miss a car on the railroad track!". That train engineer is our very own Elder John Benich. Sister Craven is the Benich's neighbour. And yes, it is a true story.
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When we train our humanitarian missionary couples we teach them how to use the Church Humanitarian System (CHaS) database as well how to use the Area's financial reporting system. Since the Benich's car was not available, we walked everywhere we went.
We spent nearly all day Wednesday working on the computers. Wednesday was also Elder Benich's birthday so we went out to dinner at a local restaurant. We had a lovely table outside; we had just received our food and had a picture taken when it began to rain. The rain would have been okay as we were covered, but then it started to rain really hard. Followed by hail - hail the size of marbles. We moved inside to eat our food. We finished off our meal with birthday cake. We then made a mad dash across the street to our hotel as it was still raining, just not as hard.
Thursday the car was back so after some more training we decided to make a trial run to the airport. Just as we were leaving the airport we must have made a wrong turn. Next thing we knew we were headed to Croatia. That would not have been too bad, but we experienced another thunderstorm. This time there was no hail, but it rained hard enough that we had to pull over and wait for it to let up. We were then able to get off the toll road and go back the other way to Belgrade.
Friday morning the Benich's picked us from our hotel and we drove to an (Adventist Development and Relief Association) ADRA community center where a humanitarian project is underway. This community center serves the refugees in Serbia. We met with the director and his staff and checked our the facilities and visited with some of the children. We did take a picture of the work being done with the funds donated by LDS Charities. We also thought the decorations outside their building were very unique.
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| This is all made out of bottle tops |
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| Shower and Toilet Facilities |
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| Balcony |
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| Steps |
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The whole building  After our visit to Adra's Community Center, we made our way to the airport. Our flight was about a hour late leaving, but uneventful. Once we arrived at the Frankfurt airport and collected our bags, we caught the trains. One from the airport and another one from the main train station. arriving home in time to go to bed. "Stick to your task 'til it sticks to you; Beginners are many, but enders are few." Thomas S. Monson |
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