Volunteer Group from Georgia

This week we had a volunteer group here from Georgia. We had the chance one day to advertise for coffee house in our downtown square and we thought we'd grab some attention by making a video and here it is!

LA Tech Group

Thank you so much for praying for our time with 18 students from LA Tech. They were here for three weeks and they did so much. They helped us so much with Coffee House and the International Church. Their two greatest projects were a day camp in a school and campus blitz at one of the universities here in Krakow. At the day camp they taught English using Bible stories and got to meet students and parents. On campus we had three culture exchanges. First the group taught country western line dancing (over 400 people came), next was karaoke and finally was a rap concert by Kola, a Polish Christian rapper. The group was incredible at building relationships with Polish young people and sharing the gospel through that relationship. We have so many good contacts for our family and university work. We thank the Lord for such good volunteer groups and for your prayers this summer. Thanks!

How Coffee House Works

I wanted to take this chance to explain how Coffee House works. Erin and I help set up a Coffee House once a week. We don't have our own building, we rent a meeting room from a Hotel every Friday night and serve the hotel coffee there (which really isn't that good). But people don't come for the coffee. They come to be a part of an English speaking environment. We invite American and local artists to perform at the coffee house and interview them in English. We guide those interviews into spiritual conversations. American artists spend time inviting people from the city center. Local artists invite their friends. So we have a crowd for a few hours and our people get a chance to meet them, get to know them, and share the gospel with them. Every Friday, at least one of us is able to share our testimony and invite someone to either church or Bible study. But all this happens at the tables in a natural conversation, not from a presentation from the microphone. We're always looking for musical artists but also for painters, poets, and actors. If you are interested in our Coffee House ministry just contact us. We would love to talk to you about it. Please pray that God will continie to bring new people.