Operation Christmas Child in Jemiolowo

This past Friday, we all piled in the two vans and headed out to Jemiolowo, one of the two villages where we've been teaching English to the kids. We went out to pass out Operation Christmas Child packages and a few of the people from the church here in Olsztyn put on a puppet show, which the people loved. There were quite a few people from the village there, and the kids put on a brief presentation for us, which was really great. Of course, pastor Marcin organized the whole event and did a great job. He's such a neat man and just genuinely loves people. It's been great being able to help him in any way as he finds different ways to minister to people and show them Christ's love.

Amber and some of the girls we've been teaching and hanging out with. The three girls sitting in chairs are at a winter camp this week (they have 2 weeks of break from school). Please pray for them, and for the other kids who are there and for Marcin, that they would have a great week and have an opportunity to meet Jesus and know His love for them.

Me and one of the cute little girls...and Ethan hanging out in the background!

Alethea and the Soltys of this village having a conversation...in Russian! This lady is so kind and so helpful to us! She is definitely a blessing and a "person of peace" who has welcomed us into her village. Please pray for her (I'll be real honest here...I have NO IDEA what her name is!) and for the people of this village. We are planning to do some block party type things this summer and are hoping that they'll open up connections and opportunities to start Bible studies for those that are interested.

This is kind of a dark shot, but here is pastor Marcin introducing the puppet show. You can see some of the kids in the background.