Driving in Kosova...

Yesterday I had the opportunity to drive in Kosova...my first time driving in Kosova, or anywhere else outside of the US.

To start with...it was easier than I expected. I was nervous though. I borrowed my pastor's car, for a trip to Prishtina so I could take care of some immigration ID business. I got a quick tutorial about traffic laws: no right turns on red, headlights on, must have tire chains, and what the international traffic signs mean, especially the speed limits.

Speed limits for the most part are 60kph (about 40-45mph), but just like in the US...people were passing me like I was not even moving, even though I was going the speed limit. There has been a large amount of road construction, and I think some of the lower speed limit signs were still up, even though the construction is complete. There were only 2-3 stretches of road where the road was really bad, the rest was new highway and very nice.

There was one area where I thought the oncoming traffic was a little close to my side of the road, especially the big trucks hauling sand. The roads seem narrower than those in the US.

So...I have finally driven in Kosova. Now I am ready to be able to start traveling to the smaller villages to see patients that are not able to travel to the clinic in Malishevë. Currently I have 3 patients that I need to go see: Blerta, a 17yr old girl with paralysis, Elona, an 11yr old girl with Cerebral Palsy, and Aferdita, a 27 yr old woman with Multiple Sclerosis. I am still raising funds for a ministry vehicle, up to ~1500€. Still have a ways to go, but I am confident that the Lord will provide in His timing. Stay tuned!

I am still moving forward each day...