The Unexpected

So little and so much is going on all at the same time! Even though this is a down time for the camp I still feel like I'm running around 90 mph with everything being new. God is so good as always though! There's a church right down the street from camp in Zako that is about 1,000 yrs. old. Zakosciele actually means "town behind the church", because that is where the town was built. After my run this morning I was walking around the churches cemetary, which is obviously similar to ours in America, except for the tombstones are COVERED with fresh flowers and lanters. Many of you probably know this already, but Poland is primarily catholic and they believe that flowers and such will help the person who has passed away to be release from purgatory quicker. It broke my heart to see all of these graves and realize that their families were still trying to help them work their way to heaven, but it also gave me a greater burden for the people of poland and those that I know that don't have a personal relationship with Christ. The great thing is God is an awesome and mighty God, that can save anyone, anywhere, from anything. Even when the circumstances seem may seem unlikely, my God can do anything. There are many challenges to working in a foreign country, not knowing the language or the culture and just the general adjustment, but God will help me within and through these challeges. When I am weak, His glory shines.