Michael & Tricia Lee

Dear Friends,

On Weds. night we had the opportunity to sit and talk with two young men from Serbia.  Amber and I were sitting out on the steps of our Apt when this young man went into our bldg.  We exchanged niceties as he passed.  He came back out a few minutes later, and I used this as an opportunity to introduce myself and Amber.  His name is Mirza.  I asked where he was from.  And he replied that he was from Serbia.  I found out that he is university student in Serbia studying Sports Management, and that he would like to manage a football team (soccer).  A few minutes later another young man came up.  I have to confess that I never quite got his name.  I believe I said it one time accurately because he seemed impressed that I had said it.  But alas I just cannot recall it at the moment.  

We sat there on those steps on a beautifully cool Summer evening talking about all kinds of things.  The second young man, I’ll call him Lemonious or Lem for short was very fascinating.  His father owns a grocery supply business in Belgrade and when he completes his studies in Finance, he plans to take over the business.  Another very interesting thing about Lem is that he know quite a bit about every US President. We laughed quite a lot as we asked him question after question.  He didn’t miss one!  Adams, Mckinley, Cleveland, Truman, Nixon it was amazing.  Oh, and by the way… He was wearing a “Vote for Obama” t-shirt.  Of course I couldn’t resist.  So we began talking presidential politics.  He was very well informed; not only about the two current candidates, but the entire process.  A very impressive young man.

Mirza on the otherhand seemed more about wanting to have a good time, and he winked at my daughter Amber quite a few times.  Although she said he was cute, she wasn’t impressed with an older guy hitting on a teenager.

We’ll we were sitting there waiting for our pizza.  The delivery guy had come and gone and the pizza was getting cold.  So we bid farewell.  I did offer to have a beer with them at some point and they seemed genuinely interested.  I’m sure we’ll see them again.  I’ll keep you posted.

In Christ,

Michael L.