The Start of Coming Home!

(a note from Elijah)

We had our final breakfast and devotions at Camp Timok early in the morning, and got packed up to head to Belgrade. Our final goodbyes were said.  We safely arrived to Belgrade three hours later, and got checked into a hotel that we will stay at until Sunday. We met a couple from GEM (Greater European Missions) at the hotel, that lives here in Belgrade. They showed us around the city. We went to down town Belgrade and walked around for a couple of hours buying and looking around at different shops and vendors.  After that, we went and walked around the Klemegdan Castle, and saw numerous ruins and ornate architecture. While we were there, we got to see the confluence of the Slava and Danube Rivers. We had the privilege to see part of a movie that was being filmed within the walls of the castle. They were filming under the productions of the Warner Brothers. Some of us also had the opportunity to take a couple pictures with some of the cast. Later that evening, we ate with the couple that lives in Belgrade at a fancy restaurant that was in the walls of the castle.  Later that evening we said our farewells to Kim Garrity and Crystal Dueck, who were our leaders for this trip and had to leave early Saturday morning.  That would complete our Friday in Belgrade.

~Elijah Stoesz