2,600 kilometers in 8 days. Here is the visual: we’re driving a Plymouth Breeze, How to Learn Polish tapes (yes, an actual cassette) playing loudly, windows down, hair blowing in the wind, cooler full of V8 and nuts in the back – for almost 40 hours! Every 2 years PAOC has a General Conference where… Read More General Conference 2010
In September we’ll be attending a language course for foreigners who want to study in Polish at a Polish University. By the end of the 8 month course we should have university level skills in speaking, reading and writing. We’ll be attending Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika (University of Nicolas Copernicus) in Toruń (about a 50 minute… Read More Step One
I’ve always thought of myself as an independent and self sufficient girl, but over the past two years Matthew and I have grown quite close and spend almost every waking hour of the day together, so my four days away for the South Bend EMERGE conference were going to be a stretch. I was really… Read More EMERGE South Bend… An American Whirlwind
With our change in location out to BC, the numbers this month are up. We spent a lot of time on the road and got our rest on air beds, regular beds, bunk beds and under-sized futons. February = 6 March = 5 April = 10 Total = 21
With a total of 96 dead, Poland’s political, military and religious infrastructure has been left with a large gaps. With funerals still pending and bodies still being identified, Polish officials are already working on filling in these leadership voids. Elections are expected to take place in mid-June. Imagine how different Poland will be as a… Read More What Comes After a Tragedy
Today a plane carrying the Polish President and 80 other prominent government officials crashed in Russia while making their way back to Warsaw to mark the 70th anniversary of the Katyn Massacre (where thousands of Poles were killed by Soviet forces during WWII). The Polish Prime Minister has declared this the greatest national tragedy since… Read More Tragedy in Poland
Mozaika has been trying to purchase a piece of land in a developing part of the city. This would give Mozaika roots within the community and make it clear that they are there to stay. Over the last year Mozaika has been in negotiations with City hall regarding this parcel of land that would put… Read More For Mozaika
The count has not grown as high as we thought it would by now – but we are ok with that. The count got a good boost with Amber speaking at EMERGE in the USA and Matthew still in Canada. February = 6 March = 5 Toal = 11
With our upcoming transition to Poland, we’ve been thinking about what are the essentials of church. Our mandate is to start a community centre, but more than just pick-up hockey, it must be a place where people can come encounter God and develop a relationship with him. The question on our minds has been how… Read More Cliches About Cliches…How Cliche!
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