Meeting with the Mayor of Drawsko

The following is the translation of the text on the official website of Drawsko. As you can see and read, the meeting went very well.

Visit from US volunteers

On June 16th, 2008, the mayor of the town and district of Drawsko Pomorskie met with three American volunteers – Katie Yates and Carol Lynn and Craig Rucin. These Americans have run a free six week course in English for all that were interested. The aim for the Monday meeting with the mayor was to talk about a plan, which a group of 10 American volunteers will complete in Drawsko Pomorskie from June 30^th to July 4^th 2008 .

Everyday the volunteers will perform mimes, organize sports at the playing field on Chopin park (among these will be volleyball, baseball and ultimate Frisbee). In the evenings for all who are interested, the Americans will teach country line dancing. Meetings with the Americans will provide an excellent occasion to speak English.

Generally the timetable of organized activities by the American volunteers will be published at the earliest possible time on posters or on the general city website.

Caching up since February

We as a team have been very busy, as seen by the last entry on February 1st. Since then, Katie has arrived in Szczcecinek, we have participated in an open air concert in the central square in Szczecinek, we put on an outreach for the national holiday of Children's Day at the church and have been teaching English in Drawsko Pomorskie for a six week course in preparation for the summer team coming. We will put up pictures later and also describe more of what is going on, but I just wanted to update this before it was too late.

For the team,
Katie

Anybody Want A Jelly Donut?

Yesterday, was a special holiday here in Poland. It was Jelly Donut Day. No, this is not an April Fool's note, the day before the first Friday of Lent, is a national holiday for eating jelly filled donuts. They even gave them to the kids in school. We hear that one of the elders of our church ate ten donuts (And he has a heart condition!)

Yesterday was also a day which was reminder of our need for people to join us. Carol Lynn and Amber were helping some friends with studying for English when one of Katrina's friends came by, she is a first grader, who also needed help with her homework, so I worked with her in the kitchen. So besides a reminder that we need to have a larger apartment, it was also a reminder that we need others to come join us. Unlike other areas in Poland where English teachers are a dime a dozen, here they are rare, and it has in the past been a method that has lead others to Christ.

So, pray for the people we are reaching that we would be able to share the gospel with them, and pray for others to come and join us.

Praise

Andrew was back to school today after an overnight trip to the hospital on Thurs. He is feeling fine and is as ornery as ever. We think he fainted because he was fighting a stomach bug and simply overexerted himself in W.F. He didn't suffer any concussion. We are so thankful to the Lord.

Under Construction

Sorry for the lack of information, we are currently working on creating this blog, be sure to check back soon.

Katie - for the Western Pomerania team