The Week...

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are all doing well and soaking up some sun! The weather has been gorgeous here and I was able to catch some rays this past Saturday. An interesting note on that, whitey tighties are perfectly acceptable at the beach at any age in Poland... lol... I wanted to take a picture, but thought that might be a little inappropriet.

Other interesting facts I've learn:

• "No" literally means "yeah" in Polish. ("Nie" is "no")
• The Olympic Polish Training Center is 10 min. from where I presently live.
• Instead of chasing you with flashing lights, Police officers wave a flag if you are speed and you are supposed to stop (I'm not sure what happens if you don't stop.)
• Polish people don't do ice cubes. (I never realized how much I love ice till now :)
• To roll down the window in a car you push the up arrow instead of the down.
• The bride and groom sit for the ceremony at a Polish wedding.
  
• Hot coffee/tea are always acceptable no matter what the temperature.
  
• Polish people make fun of Ukrainians and Lithuanians like we make fun of people from West Virginia
  

I'm sure there will be more to come throughout the rest of the summer.

All the schools in Poland have a program called green schools, where parents sign their children up for basically multi-day field trips. During the school year Proem has different green schools come and rent the camp. Right now we have 2 greens schools here, about 80 children altogether, till Friday. The schools have their own programs, but each day there are different activities that we do for them, like the climbing wall, zip line, baseball, mini-golf, etc. Also, this week we are having a men's conference. I'm not exactly sure how I'll fit into that, but I know I'll be finding out soon.

I've been able to take a couple Polish lessons and hopefully will continue that for as long as possible. I'm sure when camp starts things will get to crazy to continue, but then I'll have 12 little teachers/kiddos running around me all the time telling me how to say things. I can't wait! really!

Oh! and to update you on my sickness status- I'm still sick... lol... but I'm feeling better. The good news is there is a doctor that goes to the church in Tomy, who was able to check me out. I have a lovely sinus infection, but thankfully I now have antibiotics that are supposed to start helping me feel better in 3 days. Being sick for almost 2 weeks has taken a toll on me but I have a greater heart for those who are sick all the time. Thank you so much for your prayer, but I would appreciate prayer for me to get better.

You all are greatly miss and loved! I wish I could hug everyone of you!

The Poland Team (a.k.a. Team Jo)