So last week was completely amazing at Real Action and this week is going great as well. It is a little slow since this week there is another organization using the facility but we are still busy. Monday we helped out with a basketball tournament for them and helped serve some fire roasted sausages (Yum!) Yesterday the girls helped out at the preschool that PROeM started and the guys helped out at the church they planted.
Last night my new friend Christy from Kentucky and I were talking about all of the fruit from this ministry. Its amazing to see....the preschool has now over 100 kids that are non-christian coming and learning the gospel, the families are then also introduced to the gospel through this. God is so good even though what he asks us to do is difficult.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Unity...
So, almost a week is down here in Poland. Currently we are at a "festival" called Real Action. It has been amazing to see the way that God is working here through people from different nations. I have worked on two different projects; one was re-painting a playground and the other was re-painting a fence. Kenji and I have enjoyed working with people from all over Poland and different countries. Every night and morning we gather as a big group and worship, it is a perfect demonstration of unity within the body. We worship in Polish and English and the message is translated from Polish to English for all of us Americans and non-Polish speaking people.
The language is very difficult to learn but I am trying with very small phrases such as "I don't speak Polish". The work is very tiring but worth it to see the Lord glorified in this city. I am so encouraged to hear of all of the stories that are taking place through all of the different projects happening throughout the town. However I am not so encouraged from all of the mosquitoes that are here in Poland. Every day we are eaten alive! I probably have over 500 bites on my body!
On Saturday we are having a concert/party for the conclusion of this festival. So please be praying for that, that people in this town will see Gods love and grace through our work.
On Sunday we leave for Zakosciele where we will stay for the remainder of our time. I love it here and am so excited to see what is next one our trip.
The language is very difficult to learn but I am trying with very small phrases such as "I don't speak Polish". The work is very tiring but worth it to see the Lord glorified in this city. I am so encouraged to hear of all of the stories that are taking place through all of the different projects happening throughout the town. However I am not so encouraged from all of the mosquitoes that are here in Poland. Every day we are eaten alive! I probably have over 500 bites on my body!
On Saturday we are having a concert/party for the conclusion of this festival. So please be praying for that, that people in this town will see Gods love and grace through our work.
On Sunday we leave for Zakosciele where we will stay for the remainder of our time. I love it here and am so excited to see what is next one our trip.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
First day!
Hello Everyone!
If you have read Chrissy and Larry's blog you heard that we had a great but long flight. The delay in London was not that fun but we made it Poland! Thank you so much for all of your prayers it was very evident on the flight. David was amazing and sept a good portion of the way and when he wasn't sleeping he was, as usual, the best baby ever!
I am so excited to be here with this group of people. The Polish people are so amazing and friendly. We are still getting familiar with the language and the culture but so far so good.
Tomorrow we leave for another city (I have no idea how to spell or pronounce it) for the week where we will help paint and renovate a building. It is going to be great so please keep us in your prayers. The land is so beautiful here it is so easy to see the Glory of the Lord. I can't wait to start building relationships with these people!!!
On another side note...while on the plane to London I got a call from the Dog Whisperer (in December I sent in a film about my dog) and they want to shoot my story!!!! So in the next season you will see me and my dog!!! I am so excited.
Hope all is well! Love you all
Heather
If you have read Chrissy and Larry's blog you heard that we had a great but long flight. The delay in London was not that fun but we made it Poland! Thank you so much for all of your prayers it was very evident on the flight. David was amazing and sept a good portion of the way and when he wasn't sleeping he was, as usual, the best baby ever!
I am so excited to be here with this group of people. The Polish people are so amazing and friendly. We are still getting familiar with the language and the culture but so far so good.
Tomorrow we leave for another city (I have no idea how to spell or pronounce it) for the week where we will help paint and renovate a building. It is going to be great so please keep us in your prayers. The land is so beautiful here it is so easy to see the Glory of the Lord. I can't wait to start building relationships with these people!!!
On another side note...while on the plane to London I got a call from the Dog Whisperer (in December I sent in a film about my dog) and they want to shoot my story!!!! So in the next season you will see me and my dog!!! I am so excited.
Hope all is well! Love you all
Heather
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
2 day count down!
A little over 24 hours and we will be heading to LAX to take off for our trip! Thanks again to all of you who have supported me and the rest of our team. It really is an amazing experience to see how the Lord is providing. I am getting really nervous, but also very excited to go to Poland. So please keep us all in your prayers.
The Lord is so faithful in all things!
The Lord is so faithful in all things!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Amazed
I am in such awe of how faithful the Lord is! This whole journey of raising support to go to Poland has been so amazing and encouraging to see how He is providing the funds for me to go. The way the body has surrounded around the 4.5 of us has shown Christ's love in a way that I have never seen before!
Please continue to pray for us as the Lord prepares our hearts to ministry to the polish people!
Please continue to pray for us as the Lord prepares our hearts to ministry to the polish people!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
understanding to love
Someone once said that in order to love someone you must understand them. As I think about this statement I question how I can understand someone else if I don't even understand myself.
Is it even possible to fully understand another?
God calls us to love our neighbor, love the nations and to love Him. However God is so infinite that we can't even begin to understand His entire Being -- how are we to love Him then?
What is required of us is to expand our hearts to a selfless realm where we want so badly to understand the one beside us that our own understanding becomes minuscule, and through that we will better understand ourselves.
So now the hard part is to lay down our own struggles, pains, frustrations and even joys to see our neighbor's struggles, pains, frustrations and joys and walk with them in understanding loving them in Christ.
It amazes me sometimes as I drive on the freeway and notice the other drivers. I try to look at their faces and imagine just what kind of day they are having, who they are and what they have been through. It is so easy to see them as just an object that makes an appearance in your life for a moment as you pass. But they are real people who could be losing their mom to cancer, lost their job or committing their lives to the Lord. We have no idea but what if we all desired to know? and even if we never speak, at those moments we lift them up in prayer, in love?
Is it even possible to fully understand another?
God calls us to love our neighbor, love the nations and to love Him. However God is so infinite that we can't even begin to understand His entire Being -- how are we to love Him then?
What is required of us is to expand our hearts to a selfless realm where we want so badly to understand the one beside us that our own understanding becomes minuscule, and through that we will better understand ourselves.
So now the hard part is to lay down our own struggles, pains, frustrations and even joys to see our neighbor's struggles, pains, frustrations and joys and walk with them in understanding loving them in Christ.
It amazes me sometimes as I drive on the freeway and notice the other drivers. I try to look at their faces and imagine just what kind of day they are having, who they are and what they have been through. It is so easy to see them as just an object that makes an appearance in your life for a moment as you pass. But they are real people who could be losing their mom to cancer, lost their job or committing their lives to the Lord. We have no idea but what if we all desired to know? and even if we never speak, at those moments we lift them up in prayer, in love?
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Moving on
Graduation has come gone and so has my undergrad college career. A moment that is commonly noted as a milestone in our lives. I am trying to remember each year and treasure the moments of joy, sorrow and contentment as I continue on in this journey. The Lord has been faithful through every season whether I realized it not and I am trusting that He will continue to be faithful in the years to come.
In a month and a half I will follow Him to Poland where a team of us will minister to polish children and staff of a Christian Organization. I am excited and anxious as this trip will be yet another milestone in the scrapbook. Larry and Chrissy Soderlund as well as Kenji and myself will be there for several weeks preforming any task that needs to be done and loving these precious children.
He is so faithful and full love.
I am eager to see the fruit from this time.
I will be using this blog as a way to communicate to my family and friends in the states and give updates on our work in Poland.
Your prayers are greatly appreciated as this is my first international missions trip!
In a month and a half I will follow Him to Poland where a team of us will minister to polish children and staff of a Christian Organization. I am excited and anxious as this trip will be yet another milestone in the scrapbook. Larry and Chrissy Soderlund as well as Kenji and myself will be there for several weeks preforming any task that needs to be done and loving these precious children.
He is so faithful and full love.
I am eager to see the fruit from this time.
I will be using this blog as a way to communicate to my family and friends in the states and give updates on our work in Poland.
Your prayers are greatly appreciated as this is my first international missions trip!
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