Can you tell I have some free time on my hands tonight? I figured I might as well get caught up while I can!
Wednesday afternoon, Amber and I went out to the University where we'll be primarily trying to meet students. Our primary job right now is language study, so we won't begin going out to the University and meeting with students full time until the end of February. However, we can definitely pray, so we decided to head out and prayer walk (which is basically just praying for a place while you, um, walk) at the University, also hoping that we'd get a little more familiar with the University and maybe even begin to meet some people or make some contacts. It was a great time and I wanted to share some of the pictures with you, so you could have an idea where we will be working and to ask you to pray for the students here.
Wednesday afternoon, Amber and I went out to the University where we'll be primarily trying to meet students. Our primary job right now is language study, so we won't begin going out to the University and meeting with students full time until the end of February. However, we can definitely pray, so we decided to head out and prayer walk (which is basically just praying for a place while you, um, walk) at the University, also hoping that we'd get a little more familiar with the University and maybe even begin to meet some people or make some contacts. It was a great time and I wanted to share some of the pictures with you, so you could have an idea where we will be working and to ask you to pray for the students here.
There's a picture of the main gate with the University name on it (pronounced Universitet Varminsko-Mazhurski V Olshtinya)--please pray for the students, that their hearts would be opened and drawn to the Lord and that they'd find the entrance of the One who says "I am the gate; whoever enters through Me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture" (John 10:9).
There's another picture of one of the many dorms on campus--please pray for all of these students in the dorms, that they'd be drawn to Christ, the One alone who satisfies and loves them
Last, this is a picture of a lake on campus. As you can see, it was a dark, dreary day, which seems to be the norm here in the winter--but also seems to reflect the general hopelessness that prevails here; please pray that the eyes of these students would be opened and that they'd meet the Light of the World, the One, True Hope of the world, that they could trust in and know:
"The God of all hope (who) fill(s) (them) with all joy and peace as (they) trust in Him, so that
(they) may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." (Romans 15:13)
4 comments:
hi! How close to The University is your flat? Do you walk there? Have you experienced any public transportation trips yet?
Aunt Barb
I googled university in Olzstyn, Poland and got some pix and info. Did you know that it only started in 1999? Are there many dorms? you'll have to send more pix when it's spring or summer. Good luck making your sandwiches.
Yay for a little snow! For some reason I assumed you'd have snow all the time. Did you know our TX weather went from tornado to freezing, and we even missed school Wed? That happens once every few years here. After 5 days of 30 degree temps, the news said it was the longest cold spell in 30 years. I'm sure the Ohio readers have no pity on us Texans reading that!
Just curious....I'm sure Poland is a rather large country...but where is Krakow in relation to you? My 3rd graders read a Polish folktale last week about how Krakow got it's name and I thought of you every time we read it. :)
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