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Sretna Nova Godina (or Happy New Year)

billgrande — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:13:50 +0000

Okay, this is a REALLY late “Happy New Year.” However, I had this footage and wanted to post it before 2011 came. This gives you an idea of how big New Years is here. It is actually like Christmas is in America. They put up stockings, decorated trees, and New Years lights. Very different experience for us, but we definitely enjoyed it.

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Before…

billgrande — Sat, 08 May 2010 21:23:05 +0000

So, we took this footage months ago and it was definitely funny to watch it again. Here is a look at our language in the beginning stages. I would like to say that we are a lot further; however, sometimes it doesn’t feel that way. Anyway, we will look at it like a before and after makeover. This is definitely our “before.” Enjoy.

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Bit of Bosnia #2

billgrande — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:43:05 +0000

This is not really a historical bit of Bosnia, but it is a bit nonetheless. “Zima” (which means winter) is definitely a big deal in this country. Some of the nationals definitely gave something crazy to imagine. When you watch the video, pay attention to the street and surroundings and think about this. Ten years ago the snow would accumulate so high that people would have to dig tunnels to get from place to place. I can’t even begin to imagine. Fortunately, it didn’t get near that bad our first winter here. Enjoy.

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Long overdue video…

billgrande — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:43:24 +0000

Sorry this is so late. IMovie quit working like it did for me originally. But, we finally got something new figured out. This is from a few months ago, but still fun. Let’s see if we can get caught up on some videos.

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Samaritan’s Purse Distribution

billgrande — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:16:41 +0000

Many of you are familiar with the ministry of Samaritan’s Purses. Well, we receive a shipment of them each year to distribute to the children here in Sarajevo. Here is a little video of the program we had to do this. It was made by another guy on our team here who is very talented at this stuff. Thanks, Casey.

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The Streu Digital Christmas Card 2009

billgrande — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:19:50 +0000

Here is our Christmas card to you. We love you all very much. Enjoy.

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Music the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Way

billgrande — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:06:09 +0000

I hope you enjoy this as much as we did. This was when we were at Bible School. These are some of the new friends that we made during our time there. Later, I got to sing “Stand By Me” with them, but we didn’t catch that one on video. Prijatno!

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Come to School With Us!

billgrande — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:04:23 +0000

Šta ima? (There is your Bosnian lesson for the day…it means, “What’s up?”)

Here is a new video for you. I got the idea for this video from another guy on our team (thank you so much for the idea, Casey). We thought that all of you would enjoy going to language class with us as well. Apparently, YouTube wasn’t crazy about me using “Don’t Worry Be Happy.” So, I changed it to “Bus Driver” by Caedmon’s Call. They didn’t like me using that one either. So, I think I finally found some music for it.

Enjoy!

So that all may know,

Billy and Jess!

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Football!!!

billgrande — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:20:07 +0000

It’s the sport of kings…

Better than a diamond ring…

That’s why we’re here to sing…

FOOTBALL!!!

Well, not in the sense you may be thinking. “Football” means something totally different to us now since we have moved outside the United States. (However, don’t think we don’t miss our Tech games!)

As many of you may know, the World Cup is happening next year. Just recently, the Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) national team just qualified for the World Cup. We have had amazing opportunities to see culture here through watching a couple of games at a cafe very near to our home. In fact, this is where we have made a lot of our local friends (for example, Jess’ friend Didi).

We missed watching the first game that happened right after we moved here. But, we certainly found out about it as we were able to hear cheering and yelling from our balcony all around us.

Also, let me give you one more quick story. The last game that we went to, we walked into the cafe and started making our way to the back through the crowd of people. Before we got through, some of the guys up front started telling us to sit with them and made seats for us. This definitely helped us see feel like a part of our new home.

Well, here is a video that I took shortly after the BiH national team won their game clinching their spot into the World Cup.

Prijatno (Enjoy)!!!

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SNOW!!!

billgrande — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:54:31 +0000

We have already gotten our first snow before the middle of October! We have also had a few more since then. Sorry it has taken me awhile to get this posted, but I am still learning how to post videos. I am getting there.

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