Operation Christmas Child Olsztynek

This year we did two Operation Christmas Child outreaches in Olsztynek. There were 70 kids plus adults. This time we had so many come, we did two different services. In cooperation with Olsztynek Baptist Church, we were able to give each child a bag of goodies, Scripture and food. Our friends Piotr & Asia put on a wonderful puppet show that clearly presented salvation. As you can see the families were very blessed and thankful.

Polish Winter Gray Revisited...

Hi and thanks for the funny comments... forgot to mention that this is an acutal picture of the sky on the day in question. The sky had been that color for 4 days and is in fact that color again today.

Polish Winter Gray

 

New color to love, Polish Winter Gray. I here it was going to be a new Crayola color but people became so depressed during test groups that they scrapped it.

Argh...

 

What kind of vending machine?

 

Believe it or not, a potato vending machine! Yes, here you can buy a bag of fresh potatoes!

More Heide Park

 

 

Here's our hotel and the girls on a ride!

Rollercoaster Fun

 

We ended our trip in Germany with a visit to Heide Park, a giant amusment park. It was a great time!

95 Theses

 

Here's the door!

Wittenburg Lutherstad

 

Here is Martin Luther's final resting place in Wittenburg Lutherstad, Germany. It was pretty neat to see!

Dreseden again

 

Here's another picture from Dresden.

Rebuilt church in Dresden, Germany

 

This is a beautifully restored church in Dresden, rebuilt after WWII.

The Home of Polish Pottery

 

On our way to Germany, we visited Boleslawic, the home of Polish pottery. Here is Abby next to a giant example outside of one of the factories.

Tour de Pologne

 

Yes, it's a bicycle race. It's blurry because they were going that fast!

Homeless Ron

 

Here is my supervisor, Ron. He came to visit and wasn't expecting the cold. He is wearing my coat and he looks homeless!

Harvest Time

 

Here in Poland harvest time is busy. Pray for a harvest in our ministry!

Ballerina Becca

 

Here is Becca at her ballet recital in Old Town.

Grom

 

 

 

Grom was a two week long evangelsitic even sponsered but some of our Polish Baptist partners. They did dramas, singing and street witnessing. Many people were given Bibles and invited to hear about Jesus. A youth Bible stdy is starting Saturday from this event.Yes, the police do come and check to make sure evrything is on the up and up. Pator Marcin (in the red) usually tries to get them to listen as well. Pray for those who heard the good news and have not responded yet. Pray that those who recieved Bibles will read them, and pray for the follow -up that continues.

At the beach

 

 

 

These are for everyone who wants to know how tall the girls have gotten.

Happy at the beach

 

Here is Cara at the beach!! Many have asked how she is doing and I think the smile says it all. She has gone five weeks without a seizure. Thank you for praying for her and please continue to pray that she will remain without seizures.

DInner Date

 

Lydia and Sean went on a date to a Karczma (Country Inn) where there was dancing! It was a blast!

Polish Folk Dancing

 

These are dancers in traditional Polish costumes. This is an integration group with people in wheelchairs. It was beautiful to watch and the dancers in wheelchairs and on foot were very graceful.

Cinderella In Olsztyn

 

We thought we were in Disneyworld. This group danced a production of Cinderella. It was beautiful. It was part of a Folk Dance weekend that is put on here every year. There were groups from all over Poland. Many were in traditional Polish costumes.

Kids Musical at AGM

 

We spent this year's AGM in the sticks in Finland! We flew from Warsaw to Helsinki (never saw the city) and were whisked away by bus four hours north to a camp on the shores of some unpronouncable lake in the sticks. It was a blast, but we didn't see much of Finland. What we did see, we saw 24 hours a day. The sun only went down for a few hours and it never got dark, it wasn't dark at all in fact!

Sunset from Władysławowo

 

Welcome to where???

 

This is a team picture from our team retreat to... yes you guessed it... Hel. The sign says, We Welcome You To Hel. Funny huh? Hel is a beautiful, seaside village on the Baltic Sea. We spent four days there camping, sunbathing, swimming, sightseeing and relaxing.