I thought I'd update you on our latest adventure. We were returning home from a Zone conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Tuesday of last week. The two young missionaries from  Montenegro were traveling with us. It was dark, raining hard and there was also a lot of fog. We had just crossed the border from Bosnia and we had just entered one of the 74 tunnels that we pass through along the route.

 Russ dimmed the lights for an oncoming truck. We had just reached the other end of the tunnel. With our lights on dim and the truck headlights shining in our eyes, we didn't see the large log laying across our lane of traffic until we were right on top of it. The log looked to be about 2 feet in diameter and about 8 or 9 feet long. There was no time to react. The truck in the other lane was stopped right alongside the log. We hit the log at about 45 or 50 miles per hour. I thought that the car would crumple, but it was like hitting a large speed bump. The car kept going in a straight line. There was a mountainside on the right and a logging truck on the left. Any change of direction would have been disastrous.
The headlights were still working and the car was still running. No one was hurt at all. The log must have been partly rotten and the car had just bumped and plowed through it. There was no place to pull over and assess the damage so we just kept on going until we came to a service station in a small town about thirty miles down the road. Most of the front end was trashed but the hood was undamaged. Miraculously the radiator was in tact and we still had headlights and our left turn signal. We traveled on  home through heavy rain and dense fog. The entire trip took 6 hours where it would normally take about 4 1/2 hours. We feel that we were watched over and protected.
Now Russ is in the process of trying to get three bids for the insurance so that he can get the car fixed. So far the only shop that can get the parts is the Opel dealer so he trying to convince the fleet manager to let him get it fixed with only one bid. The bid to repair it was 1,775 euro. that translates to about $2,500 US. If the repair were done in the US it would probably run $5,000- $6,000. 

A few days ago we were on local TV who interviewed us in Berane after a logging company had delivered firewood there for the most vulnerable in the community.  LDS Charities paid for the wood.  In all, about 100 families were given firewood for the winter.  Here is the link to the TV spot (which is less than 2 or 3 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDNWzQxahnQ&feature=youtu.be

This week we are working with a handicapped day care center for adults, a school for autistic children, and this country's only dental school that has 120 students trying to use 5 dental chairs for their practical training. More about that later.