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.

Hey everyone! We can't believe we've already been here for over 7 months! It has been amazing to see God work in so many different ways since we've been here. Today is an important day for us because our first volunteer team for the summer arrives. We will have 17 college students from Louisiana Tech here for 3 weeks and they will be doing some day camps and university campus outreach. We've been busy trying to schedule their three weeks here but God has done some truly amazing things. Erin and I have started a second Bible Study with young adults. God is doing so much in this group. Please pray that He will make everyone in our group into fruit bearing Christians. Here is a picture of them. We also have received two summer missionaries that will be working for the Coffee House ministry. They are great. Thank you for your prayers and make sure you look at the schedule to the right. It would be a great prayer guide for our projects.

Krakow Tigers

This past month has been amazing! Two members on our team, Mark and Shea, are coaching an American Football team here in Krakow called the Krakow Tigers. All of the players are Polish and have a passion to play football. It has been great to see the relationships that have been built as they work together. In March, we had a team of coaches come from Arkansas to give the players some insight into the game by providing a week long of training. Along with the football training, many of the coaches were able to share their faith with the team all together but also with many of the players individually. God used them in a MIGHTY way and many seeds were planted. We are so thankful for their willingness to come and share their hearts with the team. Please pray for Mark and Shea as they continue to deepen their relationships with the players that decisions would be made to follow Christ. This is the video Seba prepared for the team that they watched at the coffee house on Friday night before their big game day on Saturday!

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I had the opportunity to share my testimony in the Polish Baptist Church that Sebastian and I have been attending on Sunday mornings. I was nervous but God worked through the nerves and was able to use me. I was unable to share my complete testimony in Polish but I did as much as I could hoping they would understand me through my American accent and thankfully they did. We are so blessed to be apart of a fellowship were Christ is glorified. Please pray that we would be BOLD in sharing our faith to the people we encounter everyday.

Tom Sawyer?

Yes, you read it right, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is popular in Poland. At the coffee house one Friday night I met a girl who is in acting. As we continued to talk she told me that she performs at the Rotunda (the equivalent of Casa Manana in Ft. Worth). Of course the teacher in me went nuts and I asked if I could go to one of her performances. She thought I was crazy but was excited that I asked. So I sat in the midst of 250 fourth graders and enjoyed the show! We talked after the show and she asked if we could get together next week for coffee. Please pray that our relationship would deepen and that we would get to talk more about a personal relationship with God. In the play she portrayed Aunt Polly. Here she is talking with Tom.