Category: BLOG
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come on to Zagreb!
It is time for another trip. Zagreb, Croatia. Dave and Betsy, put on the coffee. No need to pack your bags. It is a short, 3-hour drive from Budapest. Grab a drink and a snack for the ride, your passport, and let’s go. We will be seeing Dave and Betsy Scott and their sweet cherubs JJ…
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silent beauty
There is a soft murmur of bed time voices mingling with the pitter patter of an autumn shower in this dark house tonight. After an eventful day in two separate countries, God has brought us home again. Sometimes we forget to be thankful for the simple things.
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extravagant
After all of the excitement of Poland and a prayer of thanks because airplanes really can stay in the air and then miraculously and safely land on solid ground, we are home. Funny; home seems bigger than a house on a street. Places and people easily take root. Though our bodies are in Budapest, a…
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home
We want to thank you for traveling with us this weekend to Polznan, Poland. We are home now with our precious girls who also had a very full weekend. A little later today, we will be writing another blog about Poznan and missionary life. One of the challenges to this weekend’s plan was a fussy…
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old town beautiful
Colors. Everywhere. Each narrow color strip represents an individual domicile. People fill the square and at 12:00, the clock on the square chimes while a trap door opens to reveal sheep. Check back later to hear the story.
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Christianity
At the Peter and Paul church in Poznan. Christianity in Poland was born here with the baptism of the king in 966.
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finding their sweet surrender
It is an early morning, pre-kawa (coffee) moment. We are staying in the apartment of Dave, Marybeth, and Makayla Giles and I have snuck into the living room of their typical Polish apartment to blog. The Giles live in the student area of the city just one tram stop from the Sweet Surrender coffee shop.…
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a little about sweet surrender poznan
Start your day with a good cup of coffee at Sweet Surrender. The sign greets you upon entering the cozy atmosphere of this Nazarene coffee shop tucked into a Polish community. A quick walk around reveals a varied clientele soaking in rich aromas of coffee, friendliness, and the intangible presence of the Holy Spirit. He…