life as an ostovic

Finally I am getting around to updating our blog. Sorry about the delay for all of those who wait expectantly every day for a new post. (yeah right)

This is one of my favorite pics from our Poland trip. It was taken while we were doing the knot game at a orphanage that we spent some time at. In the knot game, eveyone grabs hands across the circle, then without letting go you unravel back into a circle.

This is a great visual illustration of what it means to live in community. One of the things that we are called to by Jesus is unity. It seems to be VERY important to him. Trips like these remind me of this.

This is a picture of one of the more beautiful buildings in Czarnkow, the city that we spent most of our time in. We visited many classrooms and schools, sharing our stories, and performing some sketvches and games. At the end of our time, we would then talk about the book of hope, and pass them out to everyone in the calss. The Book of Hope is the 1st four books of the new testament in the bible, published in the native language of course, and done in such a way that is age appropriate. We visited kidergarten through High School age classes.

I just thought this sign was Hillarious!!!! Watch out for those cars!! Man, sometimes they can really sneak up on you.

We walked all around the town for most of the week.

I was so impressed with our team. They really stepped up to the task. It was exhausting at times!
I learned a lot leading the team too. 1 week before we left, the head leader of our team, found out that he was unable to go. Soooooo, the task was passed on to me. I really learned a lot, and remembered that I really enjoy leading teams thorugh expereinces like this. It is amazing what God does in the hearts of the team members in the midst of the trip. It reminds me that we grow as people, only when we take a step out of our comfort zone and push ourselves beyond what we think we are capable of.

This pic was taken during one of our High school assemblies that we did. This is Lindi Nelson, performing a song that she wrote.

One thing is for sure. I have a new found love for Europe, and the Polish people. Interesting 95% of the country are Catholic. I meet a really awesome Catholic priest while we were there too. In fact he invited us to his church to do a concert, and helped us get into a lot of the schools. There does not seem to be a big division between Protestants and Catholics in Poland like there are in many parts of the U.S. Unity is a powerful, beautiful thing worth fighting for.

To see more pictures from the trip, click here and enjoy. I want to send a hello out to Justina & Monia. They are two amazing Polish women who organized our trip and have a huge passion for the Polish people to really follow Jesus. I learned so much from them. Our whole team learned so much from them. You can see a picture of them in the gallery that the link above takes you to.

I hope everything is well with all of you out there in the blogging world. Thanks for being so pacient for a new post.

derrak

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