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Language language language

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Travis

In realty it’s all about location, location, location. In missions it’s all about language, language, language. Language is an incredible thing, it’s the substance of cultures and the wall between them. One of the key items and first hurdle for us is to learn and hopefully master Polish. Of course we know this will take[…]

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Portland Polish Festival

Posted on September 26, 2009September 26, 2009 by Alexis

We just came back from the Polish Festival and boy are we exhausted. It was a lot of fun though. Tons of amazing food, singing, dancing and little trinkets that people want to clutter their houses with…it was nice. We invited a few friends with us and they loved it! They especially liked all the[…]

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When Polish creeps up on you

Posted on August 10, 2009August 10, 2009 by Travis

Today I was doing some work for a company called “Nova Wealth” – which isn’t odd or strange… it’s just that when you’ve been studying a language that uses “w” instead of “v” for the same sound, it kinda confuses the head.  So I was kept typing “Nowa” instead of “Nova” – and “Nowa” in[…]

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Staying connected

Posted on November 6, 2008 by The Mielonens

It’s been a couple of weeks now since we returned from Poland, and at times it feels as though we were never there, which deeply saddens me.  Then other times we seem to have such grief it’s hard to move on with life here.  We go back and fourth as if on a see-saw and[…]

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