Random Memories

We have had a busy and great past week and a half. We have some great pics that we wanted to post although many of them are unrelated. There are just so many "new" things to capture................so, we hope you enjoy and can make sense of the random memories we are making daily !!!

We had a chance to help some Canadian believers with their ESL ministry and kids' camp. Kirstin got a chance to work one on one with a woman named Malgosia. The class was based on the movie, "The Prince of Egypt" and stimulated a great deal of spiritual conversations as we compared the truths of the film with the truths in the Bible about this man named Moses. If you have not seen it, I recommend it !!! Malgosia has a faith, rooted in her country's identity, but I don't know that she has a personal relationship with a Savior named Jesus. But she was more than willing to hear Kirstin testify of Jesus and participate in the application to her own life. We had some amazing "Aha" moments. Please pray for a personal-ness in Malgosia's faith as she learns about her God and how much He loves her personally !!! During the kids' camp, our kids got to participate since we were helping............and they loved it !! It was titled "Power Lab", so we learned about the power of our Lord Jesus and did lots of science experiments! Here are some pics of the fun times...........like being enveloped inside a bubble, and walking on water (and sinking) like Peter in the Bible:

This past week, Krakow had its annual Great Dragon Parade !!! The kids got to go to the parade where the school kids have a chance to make their own dragon to put in the parade. We got rained on toward the end, but it didn't matter to Kaleb and Arin!!!

Last weekend, Kirstin invited the Polish friend from Coffee House to a "learn to make American cookies" outreach event at another missionary's house. Aldona usually has classes until 7:30 on Saturdays, but this particular Saturday, her classes got cancelled !!! So, she accepted the invitation!!! We had fun making cookies with the kids (both Polish and American), then we got a chance to join in on a "Soul Food Cafe" devotion. Aldona was very confused about what a devotion was, but participated so much during the discussion. She was able to hear the story about how different Jesus can make our lives, how much we as sinners need His saving grace, and how to personally make Jesus king of your life. Her background instinctively made her very defensive, but she stated at the end of the evening that the discussion had given her lots to think about. Please pray for her as she processes the truth she heard !!! Aldona is the young blonde in the following pics.

On another random note, we went to the park today as a family, with tons of sunshine...........and Kaleb successfully rode his new bike with NO training wheels !!! He did great...........and we were so proud of how quickly he got the hang of it all !!! He's getting so big these days.........and fast !!!

Another park prayer request...............Kirstin met a girl named Anetta this week at our neighborhood playground while Arin played in the sandbox !!! Anetta was so friendly and invited Kirstin and Arin to a picnic right there at the playground to enjoy the fresh strawberries her and her kids had just bought at the open air market! Please pray for more divine meetings at our playground with opportunities to build a friendship with this sweet family !!!