We’re not confused, we know Portland is not Poland… The road to Poland for us has been marked with false starts, heartache, and frustration. So here’s why we’re still in this, why we will make it there. God called us. Maybe he’s calling you to help us with the following: Monthly budget Living expenses: $3,455/month[…]
One of the things that we struggle with a lot is seeing people (especially our friends and other Christians) buy things which probably are not “needed” – yes that’s a judgement call, and we’re fine that people are buying un-needed things, but what bugs us is that we see this and yet no desire to[…]
Yes, there are dragons of all kinds in Poland, particularly Kraków… although I’ve only seen two, the one above which spews water… and another one near by which at one point use to breath fire if you sent him a text message! Then there is the most real dragon of all, the enemy to our[…]
So often when we are thinking about ministry in Poland the topic of culture comes up, this can be a delicate thing to address because it isn’t easy to be objective since we’re attempting to see Poland through our American lenses. The ultimate goal is for us to capture in our hearts what Kingdom culture[…]
We have not been very good at updating this blog, there are not really any reasons or excuses just focusing on family life! Please remember November 1st, 2012! Why? Because that is the day two things are “due” firstly and foremost our new baby daughter is due! Secondly we are believing for that to be the[…]
“No matter where you move to, you better like some of the food. Other wise you’re toast.” Just some special very wise words I got from a missionary friend. 🙂 But this got me thinking about my, me being Alexis, first couple trips to Poland. I went to some of the traditional places that basically[…]
Cannon Beach, Oregon There’s something about the ocean that just makes me stand in awe of who He is (I think there’s a song along those lines). Prayer can be so mysterious and also very tangible. We are strong believers in the power of prayer (and fasting) as we have experienced the amazing and life[…]
Well the holidays are not the best time to start raising support, but hey what is God’s timing is His timing right? We will be going to Los Angeles next week for a support raising seminar that Foursquare Missions International (our sending agency) is putting on. It is three 8 hour days of focus on[…]
I once had a vision about the streets of Kraków. I was standing in the main square (pictured above) looking down Floriańska Street, one of the main walking streets leading to the main square. I remember I was prompted to close my eyes and begin praying. As I prayed I felt a warm breeze begin[…]
Seems like this is almost a bad word these days. There’s a lot of different ideas about what evangelism is and how to “do” it. One of the problems we have witnessed is a general fear of evangelism, it seems more people than we think are afraid of rejection and disapproval. Even myself (Travis) run[…]
For us community is important, in fact we try to be intentional with engaging our community. Both our physical community and our church community is very important to us. But we find that all to often it’s “just easier” to be amongst our church friends, yet we state a value is for our surrounding neighbors.[…]
We have made many intentional decisions for the coming year to focus ourselves on the call ahead. As we focus on learning Polish, studying Polish history and culture, and listening to God’s voice. We are filled with a new kind of love for Poland; this love must be something akin to what God feels all[…]
One of the lifestyle changes we plan on making when we move to Poland is living without a car. I’m sure from time to time we’ll rent a vehicle, but for the majority of our trips, we’ll go by public transit, and/or bike – I just found this web page about a bike sharing program[…]
We can’t explain enough, and we won’t be embarrassed when people laugh at how much we talk about you. You are what God has put on our hearts, and you are beautiful. With history, both beautiful and tragic, and people who have endured far more than most westerners could try to imagine. Poland, you are[…]
We have so many bridges to cross in the coming year, currently I can count 11 different “bridges” we need to cross. We’re currently about halfway across the first… and there’s so many details I don’t want to burden everyone with them, just know that we could use a lot of prayer, wisdom, and guidance[…]
Poland is a place of many amazing things, good, bad, and ugly. There’s not a shortage of water or food, nor is there an overwhelming need to help in the orphanages, and it’s not a place struggling with war. But it is a nation of 38 million people, 38 million people who, for the most[…]
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[…]
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[…]
I (Travis) use to do all kinds of tech work on the side, random things from fixing people’s internet connection issues, removing mal-ware, and simply helping people get more from their computer to putting together small and medium sized business networks and helping them plan for their technology needs. I stopped doing those things when[…]
Trav and I were driving home from a football game today and as we were enjoying the silence I was propelled back in time through this past year. I thought of all the different ways we had great conversations with people in LA, were encouraged by other missionaries, discipled by those who know all about[…]