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The next trip!
Posted by Travis in Family News, Fund Raising, News, Poland, Trip updates on November 9, 2009

We have been fairly low key about some plans which have been brewing for a little while… a trip to Poland in January! It will be from January 11th to the 28th, God has provided essentially all of the funds already, so no fund-raising! We are excited and at the same time in a lot of prayer, we will be meeting with friends and leaders learning about many of the details it will take for us to make the big move. We ask for you to intercede with us now, as we know there will be many details and more obstacles which can seem overwhelming.
The goal of this trip is two fold. First, take as much opportunity to observe ministry, with our friends in Kraków and in Wrocław (we’ll be there too, more on that in a minute). We’ll be attending every event we can, having coffee with every person we can, and praying a lot. We need to begin making these appointments now – which can be difficult, so please be praying that people’s schedules allow us to be used by God.
Second, we will be meeting with other Foursquare friends, leaders, and missionaries in Wrocław (about 3 hours west of Kraków). They are the leaders of The Rock church and we are excited to share with them what God has laid on our hearts, to learn from them, and simply fellowship and glean what God is doing through them.
We covet your prayers and look forward to what God is doing! If you’re Polish and reading this, let’s schedule some time for coffee! :)
Video Recorded!
Posted by Alexis in Alexis' Thoughts, Family News, Fund Raising, Personal accounts, Poland on October 10, 2009
So last night we were able to do the video. Lets just say that Travis was made for this and me…not so much. I think I prefer the stage. One good thing is that there will be bloopers at the end of the video so make sure to wait for it. It will be 95% me and the rest maybe Emma. (Yes, she is on the video and did fabulous. Here are some pictures of our adventure last night. Enjoy.
Trip to Seattle
Posted by The Mielonens in Family News on August 22, 2009
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 way to Alexis’ cousin’s wedding on Bainbridge Island to take a family picture on a ferry.
An update! Finally!
Posted by The Mielonens in Family News, Fund Raising, News on July 18, 2009
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.
The heart of our missions family…
Posted by Travis in Family News, News on May 30, 2009
I finally took the time today to check out some videos that our missions organization (Foursquare Missions International) has posted on Facebook and my heart and soul were filled with joy at the great things God is doing through our church “family”. There are a lot of amazing organizations out there, and we plan on working with all of the Church and Foursquare is just a small piece of what God is doing – we’re just excited to be a part of something has held onto the importance of relationship over structure.
Check out all the videos here. My favorite and most exciting one for me is this one.
Moving forward
Posted by The Mielonens in Family News, Poland on May 17, 2009
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 we have received to date.
Many days we feel stuck in some kind of no-mans land, we know life will be dramatically changing and we know God is preparing our hearts for this. Some days are so full of excitement for the future and other days we dwell on our friendships and relationships here that we won’t be in day to day contact with, in many senses the grieving process is beginning.
Continue to pray for us as we walk both in the now, and into the future.
April Missions Training
Posted by The Mielonens in Family News, News, Poland on March 21, 2009
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 -35 prior to training and bring these with you to Orlando.
- Doing What Jesus Did by John and Sonja Decker
- Cross-Cultural Conflict by Duane Elmer
- Disciples of All Nations: Continual Mission Until He Comes by John Amstutz with workbook by Gary Matsdorf Please complete workbook responses prior to training.
- Re-Entry by Peter Jordan
- Culture Shock Poland
Some of it is required before the training and other parts are before we are deployed. Eitherway it’s a lot to get in for a fully invovled family. We are also scrambling to find someone to come with us (airfare & expenses paid, thanks to our Church) to baby-sit Emma while we are away during the days. We’ve had a few people be interested but it just hasn’t worked out for anyone.
So that’s a quick update on what’s going on with our missions work.
Emma’s dedication
Posted by Travis in Family News on August 17, 2008
Emma was dedicated last night, see pictures and read more about it on Travis’ blog.








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