Poland Part 6

On Wednesday, for our large group game time, we had an idiom photo scavenger hunt. What that means is that every group is given a list of English idioms (the same ones for every group), and they have to figure out some way to represent that idiom in a picture. For this, our groups are the same as for Bible Study time. Here are some of our results. The students are very creative...

This idiom was "A bird in hand is worth two in the bush." That's Veronika Snyder trying to look like she doesn't want the birds in the bush.

Jola (pronounced Yo-lah) acting out "Against the clock."

Ok, you see how it works. I want to see how good you are at deciphering some of these. Leave a comment with your guesses, and I'll post the answers in a couple days. This is your test question #1 (yes, there are more). The "To be or not to be" on the board has nothing to do with it.

Test question #2. I'll give you this one, even though I thought this one was one of the most creative. It's "A chip off the old block." The two taller people are the parents, and the short one is their kid. The child is taking after her parents by reading the magazine upside down. No, Polish people don't subscribe to "Nebraska Life;" Tim brought them to show the students.

Last one. This is #3.

On Friday, instead of playing games, we had a banquet for the students and gave them all certificates saying they had completed this English Workshop. We didn't have a meal, just snacks. We also gave everyone the chance to stand up and say what this workshop meant to them, and to say thank you to anyone they wanted to. Some of the students would stand up and say a quick "Thank you to all of you who came to teach us." Some of them would go into more detail about how God had changed them that week. One girl said that this week studying the Bible had given her hope. Not too long into it, I was teary eyed. It was very touching. In such a short time, God had brought about amazing changes in some of those students. Anyway, back to the pictures, above is Bob's English class, level 1.

Vera taught level 2.

Lee had level 3. Linda and Hannah had level 4.

Laura taught level 5.

Greg and I had level 6.

Tim and Andrew had level 7.

Everyone at the banquet.

Singing together was always special. The students tried so hard to learn all the English songs. Their favorite was "Mighty to Save." Whenever Marek asked which song they wanted to sing, they would all say "Savior, Savior!"

Saturday was Hannah's 19th birthday. It was also our day of debriefing as a team at the Snyder's. We went and bought panczkes for everyone. Hannah's goal was to eat 6, and she did!

We took a little break during our meeting, and Andrew and Lee decided to catch a few winks.

Some of the girls from the church surprised Hannah with birthday cakes that evening after our meeting. They were good cakes!

Vera and Bob Hageman. They were part of the team the first time I went to Poland in 2004. At that point, they had been to like 15 or 20 camps, and they moved to Radom about a year and a half ago.

The Snyder family. L-R: Steve, Veronika, Daniel, Bernatka. On Sunday, the church put held a potluck for us.

Marek was holding his daughter and Lee was sitting next to him making her laugh so hard.

On Monday morning, we left Bob and Vera's apartment at 3:30 (yes, a.m.!) and drove in a rented van to the Snyder's to pick up the rest of the team and Veronika. We said goodbye to the rest of the Snyder family then and drove to Warsaw. Veronika took this picture. L-R:Vera, Bob, me, Lee, Greg, Tim, Hannah, and Andrew. Linda had taken the train the night before to go visit some other missionaries in Poland, and Laura was going to stay in Radom for a couple more days.

We were too early to check our baggage so we had to wait about half an hour. When they opened up the counter, we checked our bags and said goodbye to Bob, Vera, and Veronika.

Our flight was delayed 30 minutes, which was why I missed my flight from Munich to Brussels like I mentioned before. We went and got some breakfast, and then we passed time listening to Andrew reading us random facts from some book about useless information that Greg had brought. Tim is laying down on the floor by the window because I think the guys stayed up most of the night before playing cards. And this brings me to the end of the pictures from my trip. Thank you for all your interest and prayers. I still look back at that trip and am absolutely in awe of all that happened. I am so thankful God let me be a part of it!