Friday, October 31, 2008

October Update!

Hey everybody! I am sending this update from Marbella, Spain where Seba and I are vacationing with his parents. This time together has been amazing. Being here near the ocean and the mountains reminds me of how powerful and how wonderful God is. His creation is so breathtaking-so refreshing. This past month was a neat time for Seba and I because Rick White and Jeremy Dane from Cityview Church came to visit. We got to share what's been going on in Poland and how they could pray/partner with us. It was a very encouraging time to feel and see the love that Cityview church has for us. It was awesome to hear our pastors brainstorm different ways to reach the lost here in Europe. We were encouraged by their hearts! A special thanks to Cityview for all the wonderful treats!! We are truly blessed!! Here is a picture of Rick leading our weekly home group Bible study and an interview pic between Seba and Rick discussing how pastors can get involved with ministry in Eastern Europe in general and with our coffee house ministry in Krakow, Poland to be specific. Thank you for your support and prayers!!

Monday, September 29, 2008

September Update

Hey everyone! First we would like to say thank you for your prayers for our Women's Conference. It was amazing! We had over 50 women come and hear our speaker, Frances Worthington share her heart. She talked about how God is not about religion but about relationship and how this relationship is about our fellowship with God every day. She challenged, loved and listened to these women and it was powerful. Praise God she came and was obedient to share! Please continue to pray as we search for a new building. We not only want this for our coffee house but also for all the other ministries we do. We are very excited about this upcoming year and look forward to all God has in store! Below is a video Seba made by using pictures that our teenagers took. This is our prayer as we serve in Krakow that God would be exalted in Poland and to the ends of the earth.

Friday, August 29, 2008

August Update

Hey everyone!! Just wanted to give you an update on what has been going on this past month! The first week of August we had a team from Charleston Southern University come to Krakow and do a sports camp for kids/teens during the day and in the evenings the CSU team played exhibition games against Polish teams. The coach, Barclay Radebaugh, was an amazing example of how to serve others and share Christ's love with boldness. The theme verse for their week was Matthew 20:26-29 and the players did a great job serving the people of Krakow. On Friday night at Coffee House, Seba was able to interview the players and ask some funny/serious questions of them and the Coach was able to share the Gospel. It was a great time hearing their hearts. We were blessed to have them here and excited about the doors that have been opened because of their willingness to come and serve!! Also this past month, Seba and I, along with our friends who are serving here in Krakow were able to go to another city, Wisla, to have a three day retreat. There we were able to evaluate this past year and plan for the upcoming year. We also just had a great time of fellowship and exploring the city!! We rode a ski lift to the top of a mountain, then walked about 20 more minutes and made it to the Czech Republic border and in the picture is the view!!

Friday, July 18, 2008

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!

Thursday, July 10, 2008

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!