Inspired by Jeremy, I dug up an old Facebook tag. For those of you used to expecting distinguished and profound posts from me, you’ll be so disappointed… For those of you who know me, this will assure you that I am still not distinguished and profound. I intercepted a note in 5th or 6th grade [...]
Krakow Day 1
Posted By Jeff on October 11th, 2008
After a 9 hour flight from Atlanta to Prague, Czech Republic and another hour from there, we arrived in Krakow, Poland at 12:30 p.m. local time. It’s 7 hours ahead of CST in the States. We’ve been orientated tonight, and it’s amazing to see the network of sharp folks that God has led to Poland to minister.
Poland is 90% Catholic, but conservative estimates say that less than 5% of the population are devoted followers of Jesus Christ. Of the SBC leader-visionaries here, there is a strategy leader of Central and Eastern Europe, a Regional Leader that travels between Prague and Krakow, a journeyman (recent college graduate who is on a two-year mission here) and several families who are either career missionaires or ISC (International Service Corps).
They are actively engaged in several ministries seeking to impact the local culture and minister to Poles. Those ministries include childrens ministry, coffee houses, work with orphanages (the interim regional leader has adopted two Polish children), sports ministry (the IRL also helps coach the professional football team – the Krakow Tigers), and church planting.
There are two members of an International Mission Board media team here with our team this week to film, interview and follow us around to hopefully produce a resource that is going to help connect other church planters and innovative churches to the ongoing work here. That is also our team’s mission – to find ways to connect our churches and our people to the work that Christ is doing in Poland.
One stunning fact I learned in researching the country: Poland lost 6 million of its citizens – the most of any country – during World War II. It also had the fourth largest fighting force against Nazi Germany – behind Russia, the U.S., and Britain.
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October 11th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Glad you arrived safe and sound. The IMB organization of resources is impressive. Have a great time.
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October 12th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Wow.. it’s crazy that you’re in POLAND! What beautiful pictures!
We all prayed for you this morning in church, and I think we were all slightly jealous of all of the awesome things you are getting to experience while away. We can’t wait to hear more about it all!
Have fun and make sure to try some crazy Polish food and document it in pictures for us. (ever watch that “Bizarre Foods” show? lol)
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