The Chronicles of Bosnia 2025/2026

We spent the beginning of the week making you tube videos of some our Humanitarian projects for the church,  Senior missionaries serving over communications in Germany, Cathy and Mike Otterson, came to Bosnia with a videographer from Denmark to create professional videos highlighting a few of our humanitarian projects. Our first stop was the Unaccompanied Minors Home, a place for refugee children ages 11 to 18, usually boys but sometimes girls, who have been separated from their families, orphaned, or sent ahead on their own.  This photo is with the amazing people who run the home.     The home is sponsored by a Catholic NGO called JRS (Jesuit Refugee Service). We have been involved in several projects there to help make it more comfortable for everyone living and working in the home. We’ve redone the roof, improved the heating and insulation, and installed a new kitchen. Our newest project includes a new driveway and fencing, and we’re adding a sports court so the ...

We took the most beautiful road trip through five countries all the way to Bavaria, Germany… to buy 32 pregnant cows 🐄 (we are serving the BEST mission!) We work on several humanitarian projects, but I have to admit this one might be my favorite! .  One of my favorite moments was standing on a dairy farm overlooking a peaceful lake with the Austrian Alps in the background. It honestly felt like something out of a postcard.  Before we even arrived, we were given paperwork for each cow, including a full pedigree chart showing their parents and grandparents and even how much milk they produced. I had no idea cows came with résumés like that!  And let me just say… every single cow was adorable!               They were so nosy and would come running to see us.  We were specifically looking at Simmental cows, a high-quality breed known for producing rich milk with a high cream content. And that little tuft of hair on top of their heads? ...