Floods, landslides wreak havoc in southern Poland Shared by TravisM Poland’s isn’t out of flood trouble yet. A lot of our friends are in these regions, thanks for the prayers. Heavy rainfall in southern Poland has brought rivers back up to alarming levels, with continuing landslides and a bridge collapsing. Click here for the original[…]
Poland’s ‘Generation Y’ becoming more entrepreneurial Shared by TravisM This rings true for us, a lot of our Polish friends do free-lance work or side business, some of them full time self-employed! New research shows that depending on generation, more and more Poles want to trade in full-time employment for freelance work. Click here for[…]
Zakopane priest arrested on Brazil pedophilia charges Shared by TravisM The widespread accountability issue across the world, not just in the Catholic church but in all areas of the Church goes wide and far. We must fight to remain above reproach, society is far less trusting now, more than ever. The comments on this article[…]
Poles distrust entrepreneurs Shared by TravisM Seems like a lot of distrust has been built up over the years. The comments on this story say a lot. Almost eighty percent of Poles believe that Polish entrepreneurs are thieves, cheaters and swindlers, shows a survey by PBS DGA. Click here for the original and full post
Church attendance down in Poland Shared by TravisM Some numbers which may be interesting to some people. Nothing surprising though from our own observations and conversations with people. Congregations in Poland are falling, says a new report by the Polish Roman Catholic church. Click here for the original and full post
Unique Online Museum of Lost Cultural Heritage Shared by TravisM 75% of art and other historical artifacts lost durring WWII. Poland’s history is full and rich, I hope to explore this online museum a lot even if it’s all in Polish. The Online Museum of Lost Cultural Heritage will be launched this weekend as part[…]
40 years illegal immigrant netted in Krakow Shared by TravisM Wow 40 years?… The full article leads us to think there are random checks now? A routine check by border guards from the Kraków-Balice airport discovered a Japanese man who has been illegally living in Poland for 40 years. Click here for the original and[…]
The number 2 question we get, is “what will you do there?”, this is right behind “why?”. So, below is a brief answer to to “what”. Why, is already answered, in detail, on our “why Poland” page. Our number one motivation for doing ministry in Poland (in fact any ministry we are involved in), is to help[…]
One of our strongest values we hold dear to our hearts, one that we feel is God inspired, and God entrusted to us, is to be always focused on the strengthening of God’s Church. We believe that all people, who have recognized the forgiveness of God in their lives, are called to leadership in the Church. We believe that[…]
Today the citizens of Poland experienced a national tragedy of significant size. You can read an excellent article about the plane carrying the Polish president, which crashed and killed all aboard. The toll cut a swath through Poland’s elite. The 97 dead included the army chief of staff, the head of the National Security Office, the national bank president, the[…]
Hey everyone, Been a while since we wrote about our fundraising progress. So, here we go…. We need your help! We know this is a rough time for many people, including ourselves, so much up in the air, a lot of financial unknowns, etc. So we ask anyone thinking of supporting us to please consider[…]
Recently we were in Seattle for about two weeks, catching up with friends and family. One of the things we did was meet with Jeff Roper the Foursquare Missions area missionary for Europe, pretty much he’ll be our “boss” once we leave next fall for Poland to live there! We took the oppurtunity on our[…]
The radio silience of this blog has certainly been an indicator of our real life, but finally we have taken the time to make a newsletter. Check it out. Hopefully some more action will take place around here.
Another quick update, we are in the process of finalizing with Foursquare what our ministry in Poland will look like. We are excited and looking forward to the months ahead. We have a lot of faith steps to take, however we are so thankful for our church family, our friends, and all of the support[…]
Just a quick update from the training – check out some pictures on the Foursquare Missions‘ blog of our training time here in Los Angeles. It has been an incredible time here, amazing people, and we feel so blessed to be a part of such a great work, and a great family of people whose[…]
In April we will be going to Los Angeles to Foursquare Headquarters for a missionary training intensive. It is 10 straight days of all-day instruction, much like a college intensive. We have a number of reading materials to get through, such as: Ministering Cross-Culturally by Sherwood Lingenfelter and Marvin Mayers. Please take tests on pages 29[…]
This past week has been a lot of prepping for paper-cuts. Next week we will be printing and stuffing over a hundred envelopes full of the plans for our future. This is a very important first step into our official fund-raising phase, getting the word out. Our goal is to have at least 100 monthly[…]
This new year marks the beginning of a very important phase in our ministry. Beginning this month we begin our long-term mission campaign! Our church council and missions team have cleared the way to send us as long term missionaries to Kraków, Poland. From this point forward we’ll be seeking at least 100 donors to[…]
Back in October when we took our 2 week trip to Kraków we had 5 hours a day, Monday through Friday of intensive Polish language lessons. As of today, we have practiced all but a mere 5 minutes. We are creating a new schedule which will make practicing Polish a priority, and one of our[…]
Sometime we wish we could hire (or better yet, find a very nice person to donate some time) to take care of the details of fund raising, reconciling accounts, and communicating with our support network. We have a lot of details to get through, and sometimes the job is smaller than we imagine, it just[…]