Celebrating Ministry !!!

We have had a great week this past week ! We got a couple more language lessons, practiced a few more Polish conversations, and apologized for limited language skills countless times !! But we are excited to be able to understand more written words out and about in the city and we can pronounce some of the words we sing in church! (It's the small victories that count !!)

Albert was able to join in on the very first FCA Bible Study..........they had 7 in attendance!!! Albert was able to share his testimony and they dug into the Word of God together! Even more exciting, some of the football players have been asking Albert when they are meeting again!!! This is WHY we are here............to bring Poles face to face with their Creator! The foundational work for setting up this FCA group and building relationships with athletes who are seeking the Lord has been in the works for over a year by 2 of our colleagues here, so it was such an exciting culmination of hard work that Albert got to be a part of and celebrate !!!

We ventured out to another great park here in Krakow this past Friday !!! And we think we've landed a great spot for a joint B-day party for Kaleb and Arin!

We have family plans to celebrate each birthday at a fun Krakow site, but will invite all our friends to join us at this Park Jordanna some day between the two birthdates as well !!! We're celebrating big!!! We'll get all the updates to you in the following blogs !!

The other highlight of our week was a package from Nana and PawPaw!!! Mommy and Daddy had to filter out the birthday gifts from the box before the family could open it.............but we had so much fun opening up all the goodies from America like RANCH DRESSING, VELVEETA, MAPLE FLAVORING, and MIRACLE WHIP!!! Oh, the simple joys of life !!! We celebrated with Mommy's first attempt at homemade pancakes and homemade syrup !!!

Answered prayers for this week include Kirstin's divine deepening of an acquaintance at Coffee House this past Friday, one accepted invitation to the Mother's Tea this past Saturday, and the continued health of all 4 members of our family!!!