Today (Saturday the day before Easter Sunday) is a big day in Poland. Each family packs a basket of eggs, meat, bread, cake, salt and decorate the baskets with greenery and lace. They take these baskets to their local church for a blessing by the priest. The items in the basket are symbolic of the foods that they will eat on Easter Sunday. Pray for the people in Poland who will be eating these foods on Sunday. Pray that they will know that Jesus Christ is the only bread that will give them eternal life. 

Here is a picture from our football party. There were a total of 14 people there, 11 ladies and 3 guys. People wore various shades of blue, green and yellow to support their teams. it turned out to be very much like an American party because by the second quarter most of the ladies were in the kitchen talking. We all did come back together for the end of the game. The Packers won the game and there was mass hysteria in our apartment from the Packer fans. Okay, that isn’t true, but we all had a great time and we got to build some new relationships, and strengthen those that already exist.
 

Gray Skies Are Gonna Clear Up...

Just to make me look silly the sun decided to come out as I was publishing the last post
 

Nearly all of our snow had melted and so we thought winter was gone, but we were wrong! Tomorrow is the first day of spring here but winter is trying to hang on as long as possible by attacking us with big fat white snowflakes.
 

Rams vs. Packers

On Saturday we are having a football party at our house. We have invited all of our friends from English club and many of our other friends. It is going to be a "traditional" football party with nachos and cheese, bbq smokies, chips, cupcakes, and Coke. Our friends have chosen a team to root for and are going to wear that team's colors. Please pray that this will be a good time to just hang out and strengthen already good relationships. Also pray that we will be able to fit the over 20 people that are coming into our little apartment.

Polish/English Bibles

We would like to thank you for your prayers about the Bibles for English club. We gave about 11 away this week and have a few more to give to people who didn't come this week.

We got an email from a rather new member of our group that say's that since he has been coming to English club he has an interest in the Bible. Please continue to pray that the Holy Spirit will give our friends a desire to read His word and to know Him.

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Late nights with Drunk Bikers (this is a little long but it's a good story)

Last night on our way home from Sean and Lydia's house I noticed a guy sitting on the sidewalk, in the snow, with his bike. It was really late (around midnight) so Emily and I stopped to see if he was okay and by the time we got back to him he was asleep in the snow. We woke him up and asked if he needed help but he said he was okay and went on his way.

I really started to feel like I needed to help this guy so I took Emily home and came back to him. He had made it about 100 yards in that time and was stumbling all over the place. I started walking with him and talking with him, even though he said he was fine. We went for five minuets or so before I asked him where he lived and he said in Bartąg which is probably an hour walk. I knew that there was no way he would make it so I convinced him to put his bike in my trunk and get in my car. This is where the fun starts. I should also say that this was all in Polish, and it was at about midnight and didn't end until about 1:30 in the morning.

I start heading toward Bartąg and he then tells me he wants to show me around Olsztyn. I just ask him again where he is going and how to get there. So he tells me Bartąg so I keep going towards Bartąg. When we get to this small town he starts to give me directions but I realize that he is taking me on a tour. So I again ask him how to get to his house. He tells me to turn around and then to "go straight, always go straight." We start heading toward the town of Ruś and when we get there he tells me that he lives in Bartąg but he wanted me to see Ruś. We start heading back toward Bartąg when we come up to a sign for another little city and he tells me to go toward it. So I stop the car and start to really question him while I struggle to understand his drunken slurred Polish. I tell him that he said that he lives in Bartąg and he tells me his house is in this other city. I ask him again just to make sure, then I ask him how long it will take to get there. I take him and finally he is home. He thanks me over and over again and I tell him that I want to help people because I love Jesus Christ and in the Bible He tells us to love people.

MY PRAYER WAS AND IS THAT THIS YOU YOUNG MAN, named Waldek, WILL REMEMBER THAT HE RODE WITH A BAPTIST WHO LOVES JESUS AND WANTS TO HELP PEOPLE.