Tonight was the night i had been waiting for, for so long! And it was, *sigh*...So blessed! These girls....i just love them. :) We sat in the cafe and just talked for two and half hours. Sharing stories and opinions and laughter. And i have more reason to praise because not only did i get to know them better, but both of them want to come to church! What is really amazing is that they both study Hebrew at university, so they read the Old Testament regularly, and are interested in it. :) Talking with them about church, they had never heard of someone who was "just a Christian". "You say you are just a Christian," Dagmara said, "I do not understand this; it is very strange to me." I looked at Dagmara and Agnieszka as i told them that i am just a Christian, because i simply follow Christ and love Jesus and follow His word. I don't need to call myself anything but His, and that is why i am a CHRISTIAN. i think they are open to and desiring something of real value in Christ , but have been put off by the artificial substitute they have experienced in their lives. Agnieszka herself said the Bible and religion was something she felt is very personal and should change your life. She believes in God, and i believe her to have the same heart as the scribe whom Jesus tells, "You are not far from the kingdom of God" in Mark 12:34. i look forward to the work that God wants for their hearts--whether it be in the short time i am here, or far ahead into the future. :)
So yesterday was my first day at eh public school to teach English. IT WAS MARVELOUS! I have discovered that my teaching philosophy can best be summed up in the song "Getting to Know You" from the classic musical, "The King and I". For this reason i subjected my new students to a youtube video clip...to which i was very tempted to sing along, but i did manage to restrain myself. They actually seemed to enjoy it! I showed them lots of pictures of Prescott and Prescott Valley and told them about what it was like to grow up there. they really enjoyed my demonstration of "MASH"--a game i use to play in Jr. High where you pretty much map out your future. They have an equivalent...of course, adolescent minds are universal. I think i can actually remember all of their names! the get to know you game we played really helped me with that! And of course i had to share with them about Tie-Dye! They were very interested in this and requested to watch a youtube video...which we did. i think i will surprise them with some Tie-Dye at the end of the year.... :)
Oh, so about my running experience.....yeah. I chose the wrong bus--right number! Just wrong direction. :( Well, i realized and got off at the first stop i could--Zeromskiego. I remembered that there should be a second bus coming shortly after the first, so i knew if i ran all the way back to Ogrody, i could possibly make it for the bus i was actually supposed to take. And yes, i ran, the WHOLE way. Not a big deal you say? aha. aha. aha. Well, any day you want to go running down a cobbled and block walkway in -6 C temperature at 7:30 am with a 20 pound backpack floppin around on your back, wearing a white coat that is so insulated it makes you look like marshmallow and little tassels of your cap goin wild for the length of about 3 football fields, be my guest. i was seriously about ready to give up, and then i saw the bus come up along side of me.....I don't know from experience if Red Bull gives you wings, but i know that eggs seem to do the trick for me. :) I suddenly was on the wings of eagles! lol, i was gonna make that bus if it killed me--and it nearly did--when i ran into the street at the light with another guy who was trying to catch the same bus. The locals make a habit out of it when they see their bus or tram pulling in and about ready to pull out. Everything was...good. I could breathe again....or maybe not. hte bis was SO crowded, if i had not been in the front of eth enter line, i would have not been able to shove myself inside with all the other sardines. But i was not about ready to let that amazing feet of endurance go to waste. No sir, i was gettin on that bus, so help me...and He did help me. :)
Waiting for Jason at Most Teatralny to meet up with Coralanne and Erik for FOF movie night, i was greeted so pleasantly by two young boys trying to take my rice cakess i had bought for the party. I hugged them to my chest, "NIE!" As they literally tried to take the bag from my hands! They jabbered a bit in Polish and then i told them, "Angielsku, nie Polski". "Aww! I speak English!! he said. "Yeah, how good?" i asked. "I speak perfect English", he was quite charming i must say. In the end we struck a deal, i would give them each ONE rice cake and they would tell me a little about themselves. I'm not sure the situation accomplished anything, lol, but it was very, hmmm, how to describe it....it was just different and unexpected. And a memory i will have forever. Two little boys tryin to snatch my rice cakes and their exclamations about perfect English--which his English was actually really good!
Today i was working on a video announcement for the ALIVE retreat! I have it finished and posted on my youtube videos so you can take a look if you want! Next i begin work on a skit for our "Missions Month" in March, which i found while i was doing the inventory of the books of PIC's library!
Tonight Pawel asked me to read an article and give him my ideas on it.....oi, the images American celebrities project about God is enough to make me sick. But he is asking questions, and it is opening doors for me to share the TRUTH! So praise the Lord!
"Therefore my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain." 1 Cor. 15:58
wow! that's alot...very cool!
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