Goofing off and preparing turkey!

During this last weekend, We, I, mostly God, pointed out that the kids just need some time to have fun and build relationships. The next post shows you a little of what we did but here are some fun clips of the camaraderie...

As it always does, when you add new snow, youth age kids, and a wee bit of fun... A huge Snowball fight broke out! Here are Melvina and Ola trying to duck and throw.

Martynia, Olga, and Marta walking to the next clue in our scavenger hunt!

I suggested that each student should say hello to someone in the park they didn't know... Well like all great plans it backfired. I was dared to run up to some one and exclaim how I have missed them and what a surprise it is to see them.... Well these are the boys I ran up to. They were classmates of Olga. It was fun and it built a bridge between the youth and me. Hey... Anything for the Ministry! (don't tell my students, but it wasn't that hard cause they couldn't understand what I was saying... and they can always say , "shalona Americanka" (crazy American girl)

Here is Ania and her mother helping me make things for our Thanksgiving meal. I can now say I have made whip cream by hand, and some extra muscles from Ania's Mom!

A Crazy Youth Group on a Crazy Friday!

Last week... It was decided that our Youth Group needed some bonding time. So what better then to do a photo scavenger hunt around Wloclawek! These photos are the result of that night.

The first challenge was to go to Bill and Marti's home and Sing "Just one Way to God..." A song that is a favorite of our group!

Next The students needed to go to our town "Sklep" (small store in our block) and ask for some Yi-yikos. Olga and Marta thought this was really funny... because they were with me when I did go and ask for some "Yi-yikos" which is a bad prounceation of the polish word for egg. They really are called jiko (yiko).

There was a love song sung to a single women in our church... Madzjae, and trying to fit everyone on the side in our playground.

The youth students even looked very patriotic in front of a war memorial.

The night went really well... It was fun to see the relationships of the students grow with each other through out the night.

Games at Youth Group... Find the gummy bears in the whip cream! I love being a Youth leader!

The Winners of the competition!

Ania, Bill, and Tillie's kids club at zacrent. We were out side lookin in the windows!

Again... hangn' with Melvina, she has agreed to do a language exchange. We are going to meet once a week where she speaks only english and I only speak Polish! Uffda!

After our english class... we went to build a snowman... That is what Pershemic is sitting on. Lets just say a snowball fight happened insted! You have to love snow! these kids do.

First snowball fight! Watch out... These kids can throw! Playing with kids in Zacrent.

Ania, Me, and little Etna (our dog). This is by our block... And the years first new snow! Yea!

Here is Mr. Smiley... (remember those old books?) well... he was made for a Pumpkin Object lesson for Youth group.... and now he has become Pumpkin Pie. I am sure, if he had to choose how to go...Pumpkin pie would be the way! :)

Here is one of my English classes that I teach at Oxford school. This is my favorite class to teach... The kids are really fun to work with.

The Beautiful town of Wisla, Poland. I went with some of the church ladies to a woman's confrence here. The best part, besides the scenary, was the main speakers were american so I got to listen to the confrence in English! Yea hoo There was 1300 women from all across Poland, It was amazing to be there! God really moved.

The Ski jump that Polands #1 long jump skier learned to jump on... Trust me its some where in the photo. Long jump skiing is the most popular sport here in Poland for the winter. Emagion that?

The flags of Poland.... The Polish flag, white and red, and the European Union flag. Poland joined the EU last year in May. There still are big changes happening because of that. 

Birthday Girl Ania - cutting her beautiful cake she made! Everyone needs to come to poland to just tast the cakes here .... ummm. 

Marti and Etna were bonding! 

Ania had our team over to celebrate her birthday with her. Bill, Marti, Birthday girl Ania, and Tilliy. 

The Wloclawek bridge in fall! 

A view of Gods splender! 

the typical colors seen here in Poland durring the fall! Beautiful.. arn't they! 

The park in fall near our Block! 

friends tied to gether! - playing in the park before our slumber party. These tree girls stayed over on saturday then went to church with us in the morning. IT has been a great way to get to know the kids more. And there is Etna our dog! 

One saturday night, we had the kids make their own pizza... except I suggested doing it the american way, putting the sause on first. Here in poland they make the pizza's with no sauce then pour on cold sauce wonce it is baked! It takes som gettn use to!