Rain Rain Go Away...

Before I came to Poland I was under the impression that it rained a lot here, so I packed an umbrella, rain boots, and two raincoats, because who doesn't wear 2 raincoats at one time. I think I was on something when I packed, because one of anything was rarely ever good enough. Three must be my lucky number though, because I packed 3 pairs of tennis shoes, jeans, jean shorts, running shorts, and I'm sure there's more. Anyway, we're done with random Joanna facts, back to the rain. When I say rain, I mean torrential down pour, flash flood warnings, tornadoes... just kidding, minus the torrential down pour, that part is true. Last Sunday started out as a beautiful sun shiny day, which is exactly what I dressed for. No jacket, no rain boots, and no umbrella. On our way to church the rain starts to pour, we drive through a few large "puddles" and Marysia says something about how life is always an adventure when Molly and I are around. :) Little did she know what was coming... lol..A few minutes later water started seeping through the car floor. Then, I don't know exactly how it happend, but the car died in the middle of the intersection. So there we were- 5 girls dressed for church, in the pouring rain, with no other option but to push the car out of the intersection, which is exactly what we did. lol... It was one of those priceless moments. We did end up making it to church safely and looking slightly like drowned rats. ;) Awh... good times...
This week is the first ever International Fish Art camp with people from 4 different countries- Poland (obviously, but I had to say it), USA, Ukraine, and Belarus. It's been a pretty simple week with part of the Southeast Christian Worship team is here leading workshops, worship and the morning challenge. During the meetings the music has been in Polish and English with a little Bella-Russian thrown in the mix. Side note- Bella-Russian is crzy! They have numbers and a stars for letters. It's just a little strange, but it's all good... Anyway, it's been really awesome to have people from multiple different countries all worshiping together; and also being able to worship again in English. It's another one of those little things that I didn't realize I would miss so much. Last night instead of having a normal meeting we had a worship service, which was very refreshing. Then they had something like America's Got Talent and Just Dance combined. Oh, and for those of you who know Brian Sites, you should invite him over to play Just Dance... lol... He's got some awesome moves ;). If only I had remembered my video camera to share it with everyone... Not that I really have any room to speak. I can keep a beat, other than that I'm a straight up white girl :).
I think thats about it for this week. I'll leave you with a few random/interesting facts:

• To be baptized in Poland the person must be at least 18, otherwise they must get permission from their parents, which is very difficult most times.
  
• No one really knows what hand-sanitizer is.
  
• According to Molly K. the toilet paper here is whole wheat... lol
• Poland has a "what's yours is mine" policy about food. If you don't want to share you're food you must find a secret place and eat quickly j/k.
  

Hugs to all! Miss you much!

Joanna "Power-ta-the-House"