Hey everyone!
We arrived safely in Poland soon after one o'clock on Saturday afternoon. (We have a six hour time difference, so for you'd it would have been seven in the morning.) We were extremely jet-lagged after three flights and over ten hours spent on layovers. Most of the team did manage some shuteye on the translantic flight and during our Frankfurt layover. Emma has been doing great with the traveling and time adjustment. Praise God! She is the sunshiny element of our team, and we have all been caught up in the happenings of her brand-new butterfly, whom she took considerable care and time in naming Twinkers.
We have been around the city of Wroclaw, into which we flew on Saturday, looking around the town square and the old city. Wroclaw was originally built on an island in the middle of the river that cuts through the city, and all of the buildings there now have some sort of religious affiliation. This part of the city, then, is very valuable to its inhabitants, particularly because, as Wendy told us, the Catholic Church was for decades the only means of preserving Polish tradition and culture during the Cold War era.
We leave for the conference center tomorrow. After a crash course in Polish phonics we finally figured out how to pronounce "Jugowice," where the center is: You-go-VITZ-ay. Suffice it to say the Polish and American alphabets are really different!
Other than fatigue from jet-lag we are all doing quite well and looking forward to engaging in the ministry that's brought us here! Thank you so much for your prayers and support!
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