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Day Two and Three in Poland

Well, 

The first night of sleep was disturbed by me waking up about every 2 hours, with my body thinking it is time for dinner... At 830 to Anje (our partner, and I don't know how to spell his name, so I am trying a phonetic spelling)

We discussed the activities for the day, and we then left for the retreat center where we are spending the majority of our trip.  The retreat center is beautiful... It is about an hour away from Warsaw and what a beautiful drive it was...  Driving through the small country roads of Poland, looking through the forests, thinking about how much

modern history took place here.  From the Holocaust to the Iron Curtain, more thought and culture shaping events have taken place in this country then many of the other countries of Europe. 

Well, after we got to the retreat center we had a lunch full of beets, cabbage, and potatoes... Yeah... really light stuff... As we ate we got to know the pastors we are working with this week.  And all I have to say is that I am incredibly impressed.  This very well may be the first country I feel like the pastors are properly equipped, emotionally healthy, and are battling to become be more like Christ.  They have continually impressed Bill & Monte in their pursuit of understanding the gospel of grace and how discipleship fits in.

Last night before the night session I had a chance to walk around and take some pics... 

Here are a few...

Polack Jokes

So far this has been an amazing trip.

The flight was a little tough, a large dutch man with a persistent case of Sleep Apnea decided to keep me, Bill, Monte, and the 3 rows around me awake 90% of the time... I can't deny that I fell asleep my rhythmic snoring joined his to make a wondrous choir though...

After our first leg of the trip, we wondered around the airport wondering if we should grab Starbucks or try to sleep on the following flight to Poland. We decided against the Starbucks and I subsequently fell asleep on the flight to Warsaw. The only bad part about that flight was that I snapped awake at some-point and a Polish couple sitting next to me immediately starting laughing... who knows what I was doing...

Well once we landed we were off to experience Warsaw... It's decently cold, snow is everywhere, the sun comes up at 745 and then goes down at 330... Honestly tho... All I have to remember it by are my photos... We were very jet-lagged and I don't remember much except for the excitement of going to bed 6 hours later...