Węgrów week 3

This last week has been quite an exciting one:

• I started some pieces of ministry. I had my first English Club in the church with 4 kids! It was fun, although I had to change my plan in a very spontaneous manner! Then on Monday I was in a local school where I did 5 English clubs, 2 in the Kindergarten, 1 in the primary school and 2 in the junior school. They all went well apart from the the primary school one. There must have been about 40 kids and it was a classic case of no one really understanding anyone = CHAOS! But I survived and am now making up a cunning plan for next week!
• On Saturday I went to Warszawa, the capital with a friend. Warszawa is about 1 1/2 hours from here. The city was pretty much completely destroyed in the war but has now been rebuilt. This means that the "old town" although it looks ancient is only about 60 years old! We visited the royal castle, a museum about the Warsaw uprising and also the national museum. All in all it was a good and fun day! Unfortunately I forgot to take any photos :o(

Węgrów - Week 2

So this is what I experienced last week!

• Starting Monday morning with a highly motivated jog! Unfortunately in true Sally style I haven't been since!
• Went with Pastor's wife and the Nun who lives next door to buy some new carpet for the church. Learnt what a benefit it is to have taken "Sister" with us as the lady in the shop offered us a 10% discount!
• Help the Pastor do his english homework. It took us 1 hour only to lose it all as the internet cut out whilst submitting it to his teacher :o(
• Going for a walk to the nearby lake, getting lost and never finding it! I'm sure I was somewhere near!!
• Spent some time weeding and thinking about the parable of the sower.
• Learning how to cook polish style - yeah!
• Doing my first piece of ministry - helping out with the bible bus and having 5 classes of teenagers come and visit.
• Heard a funny joke told by my Pastor: There were 3 Sons, the son of a lutheran pastor, the son of a adventist pastor and the son of a pentecostal pastor. The son of the lutheran Pastor says " My father prepares of his sermon for 1 hour and then speaks 20 minutes". "That's funny" says the son of the adventist pastor. "My father prepares for 20 minutes and then speaks for 1 hour". "Well", say the son of the pentecostal pastor, "my father speaks for 20 minutes before he even knows what the topic of his sermon is"! So true and what made it funnier is that he was there, a pastor froma nearby adventist church and me!
• Celebrating the Pastor's (erm, I don' even know what it's called) becoming officially the Pastor of the parish. The service seemed very long and I didn't understand all that much!

Węgrów - Week 1

I've now been here in Wegrow since last Wednesday and have already experienced so much! Here are some of my highlights/first impressions:

• Singing crazy english songs about colours and body parts whilst dancing around the flat with my two host brothers, who call me "Auntie"!
• Visiting a place called "Owl mountain" which was no more than a bump!
• Almost visiting a nearby living museum but it was closed for the filming of a movie.
• Having to rely on the help of my 7 year old host brother when going to the post office... He is a treasure!
• Playing lots of UNO and learning to count and learning colours!
• Being completely bewildered whilst trying to find a shop to buy shampoo from!
• Going to my church the first time and having God speak to me eventhough the service was very different to what I'm used to!
• Men holding car doors open, and letting me go first (now I know where all the gentlemen have been hiding!).

Thank you for your prayers and messages!

S :o)