The Hesskew Adventures: Great News for us !!!!

We have been praying since this past June about where God would have us serve when we return to the field in June 2012. There is a new team of missionaries starting in a city 3 hours west of Krakow, in Wroclaw. Although we've loved this city when we visited, and we enjoyed meeting the team leader who will be in Wroclaw, we never felt God calling us away from Krakow. Our heart is here among the people we've invested in for 2.5 years. We've shared our hearts with our leadership, and have waited on their decisions.

We found out last week that we have been approved to return to Krakow for this next term !!!!

We are SO excited and thankful for this answer to our prayers !! My heart rests a little better each night knowing that we don't have to say permanent goodbyes to our Polish friends here in Krakow. And we are excited to see how we can continue to join Him in his work here in Krakow, Poland !!!

Here are some shots of our happenings over the past couple of weeks:

Once a month, our church has one service geared toward the children. Here are our kids leading in worship one Sunday morning:

The kids' school has a "Bible Day" holiday program. Here's our kids singing in the program. I'm afraid our kids sing more in Polish than in English.
(church may be an adjustment for them while we are in the States.)

Our team went on a retreat over a weekend in October. It was a great time to get out of the city, enjoy God's creation, and fellowship time with each other.

Our view of the drive

We got to do a ropes course together.

They are ready.........bring it on !!!

We got to do alot of other things together, like carve pumpkins, play pool, sing, and go fishing!

As a family, we went to the cemetery on All Saints' Day so that we could show our kids part of the Polish culture and pray for the eyes of the Polish people to be lifted in hope to Jesus Christ instead of religious rituals which leave them without hope.