Thursday, November 03, 2005
i'm well again...
i just noticed that last time i wrote i had just recovered from a cold. this time i'm recovered from the stomach flu! last weekend, Sunday 4:03am i woke up with the stomach flu which kept me up for the next few hours. fortunately, by 8am the worst of it was over and i was able to perform at the church we were scheduled for. unfortunately, my teammate Stuartt caught the stomach flu too and he wasn't thru the worst of it by the time we had to go to church. Petra was sick too but hers was a bit more mild. what a unit-- unified even in sickness, you see. anyway, it was quite a Sunday morning. we had to revamp the entire program and didn't really have time to re-rehearse. i knew God would have to give us the strength to make it through-- and He did. my host told me i was shining for God the whole time i was up there and she knew that was the Lord at work cuz she saw how awful i was in the morning. it must have went well cuz they rebooked for May 2006.
today we had a day off and we visited one of the biggest castles in the world in Malbork, Poland. it's incredible. i told my teammates "That's not a castle! That's a small country!"
i can't believe how fast this mission is flying by. we have our days/times of clashing but really, this has been a great unit and a great mission. in some ways i don't want it to end. ministry has been so good- so vital here. we've been able to invest in so many relationships here and churches/schools have been so happy with our work. we've really filled up the rest of this mission's calendar. it's gonna get crazy busy starting this monday (-- a total of 13 school lessons, two programs at a rehab center, a youth group program, plus possibly a performance in a town culture hall). boy, God's been really blessing us like crazy here. His hand and his favor have definitely been on us.
well, i've gotta go. my time at the internet cafe is quickly coming to an end!
i just noticed that last time i wrote i had just recovered from a cold. this time i'm recovered from the stomach flu! last weekend, Sunday 4:03am i woke up with the stomach flu which kept me up for the next few hours. fortunately, by 8am the worst of it was over and i was able to perform at the church we were scheduled for. unfortunately, my teammate Stuartt caught the stomach flu too and he wasn't thru the worst of it by the time we had to go to church. Petra was sick too but hers was a bit more mild. what a unit-- unified even in sickness, you see. anyway, it was quite a Sunday morning. we had to revamp the entire program and didn't really have time to re-rehearse. i knew God would have to give us the strength to make it through-- and He did. my host told me i was shining for God the whole time i was up there and she knew that was the Lord at work cuz she saw how awful i was in the morning. it must have went well cuz they rebooked for May 2006.
today we had a day off and we visited one of the biggest castles in the world in Malbork, Poland. it's incredible. i told my teammates "That's not a castle! That's a small country!"
i can't believe how fast this mission is flying by. we have our days/times of clashing but really, this has been a great unit and a great mission. in some ways i don't want it to end. ministry has been so good- so vital here. we've been able to invest in so many relationships here and churches/schools have been so happy with our work. we've really filled up the rest of this mission's calendar. it's gonna get crazy busy starting this monday (-- a total of 13 school lessons, two programs at a rehab center, a youth group program, plus possibly a performance in a town culture hall). boy, God's been really blessing us like crazy here. His hand and his favor have definitely been on us.
well, i've gotta go. my time at the internet cafe is quickly coming to an end!
