Hello Mother, Hello Father, Here I am at Camp Platyny

Well, a few days have passed, but we've closed the books on the camp in Platyny. What a great week. Exhausting, yes, but wonderful. We finished up with the camp on Tuesday and filled the days in between with a kielbasa roast, a volleyball game (against the same beastly MEN that showed up to play soccer--once again, for some odd reason, I wasn't recruited for my mad volleyball skills...I was camera girl this time around), more crafts and music, games with water balloons, an impromptu English lesson with some of the older girls and some of the women of the village, more DDR, and just more general FUN! The final day was rainy and cold, so we spent the time inside with DDR, watching the Jesus Film for Kids (in Polish) and watching a DVD of the week that Sean had put together. It was great. All of the kids who came each got a copy of the New Testament to take home with them, which they were really excited about. We're also planning to follow-up with the kids and their families by taking a copy of the DVD Sean put together. It was an awesome week that, in many ways, went NOTHING the way we envisioned it. I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll say it again: living here in Poland I sometimes feel a bit like Gumby (you know, being flexible and all...not that I'm green, plastic, and have a horse named...what was that guy's name???). But, as Bryan put it, it's usually when things go exactly like we've planned them that they are just that....exactly as WE planned them. However, when we're allowing God to have His way and have things to His liking, things may indeed be a bit unexpected, but we see Him at work and are forced to lean on His power, not our own. So, in that sense, the craziness of the week was definitely good.

Anyhoo, here are some pictures from the remainder of the week. There are so many I'd love to show you, but I'll settle for these for now!