"As your train left the station Jillian turned and told me "I really like that team, Mom. They should come again next year - every one of them". She mentioned it 2-3 other times yesterday.
Thanks for coming and giving yourselves to Poland and to our family." -Heidi

Thanks everyone, you made this team great, for the glory of God.

Been spending the last day and a half in Prague, wish I could upload pictures but the internet is super duper slow here at the CzechInn. Tomorrow morning we fly from Prague to Heathrow and from there to Phoenix. Reaching the final leg of our journey has been difficult but debriefing has been great and our team still feels as strong as when we started. It has been great to take a few days off and just soak up the culture here in Prague. Looking forward to free refills and mexican food back in Phoenix, AZ.

Cheers,

Connor

Today was our last day at the worksite, as I speak the teams are wrapping up the final clean-ups and putting away the equiptment. Today i spent the first four hours of the day at a Polish clinic getting x-rays on my ankle that i sprained playing basketball..typical. So now i'm in a Ghetto European cast and am hobbling around on only one crutch because in the entire city we are in there is only one crutch. Anyway Bri had to go the the clinic today also because she got some stuff stuck in her eye; she is fine now but is doing eyedrops pretty frequently. The weather here is awesome, it sprinkles almost every day and is about 70 degrees all day long. The joke among the team right now is that we all are beginning to pick up a wee bit of the irish accent without trying, so you all can make fun of us when we get back. Tonight the teams are having a talent show and Jono is doing an Irish Jig. More pictures will be put up before we go to bed tonight. Peace and Love in Christ Jesus,

Seth

Witam!

this is seth talking today, right now its nine thirty in the morning, or twelve AM for you all in AZ. Our team is having a blast. nuff said. yesterday we only worked a half day because the Poles took us on a tourish thing to a little city about an hour away where we tried to do some shopping. The shopping in poland isn't very exciting and the majority of the team ended up just buying food because what we are eating at our camp is pretty repetitive. For example, i bought gelato, cotton candy, and a swiss chocolate bar; you know, good work project food. it was an interesting experience because nobody on our team speaks ANY polish so we felt pretty naked and awkward every time we went to buy something. If you don't already know, we are working side by side with a polish and irish team here at the camp on the worksite. The funny thing is, however, that the majority of both the irish and the polish teams are not Christians. As a team we are doing our best to be intentional about being examples of what it means to follow Christ to both teams, however it is much easier in dealing withe irish since they speak english. the irish team leader, Dan (who is actually a missionary from California), has told us that two of the irish boys (they are 16 years old) in particular have said that 'the americans' have really helped them in understanding the Gospel and understanding what it means to be true Christian: a desciple of Christ. Our team is praying that we will not only leave an impact on the Poles we are serving but that we will also be a light to the teams we are working with! Praise God for giving us such opportunities!

Seth

Hey all,

It's Emily and Bri this time. Or as the boys (men of God) have been calling us, Bremily. Our team has been having a great time and have so many inside jokes. We've been working hard and have gotten a lot accomplished. Today we continued to paint a roof, insulate the walls, and more demolition; the boys are really enjoying that. Even though us girls had some fun with it yesterday. The weather has been amazing. Nice and cloudy and cool. The meals are getting repetitive because breakfast and dinner are the same. They consist of bread, meat and cheese, if we're lucky we get strawberry jam too. Not a normal breakfast. The lunches have been good and very filling. We also get a pastry break during the work day, that is a great break. After lunch today we traveled to a little town called, Wisla. It was fun to get out and see more of Poland. We ate very large cotton candy, and lots of Polish sausage while we were there. There was a little fair going on, so it was interesting to see what the fair there consists of. The fair wasn't far off from a traveling fair back home and a swap meet combined together. Our team has been interacting a lot with the Irish team. And we've been trying to interact with the Polish team, but it is slightly difficult with the lanuage barrier. It's been fun listening to the translations at every meeting. We've even been learning some Polish. Our team has been tired and we still have two full days left on the worksite, please pray for strength and a good night's rest for tonight.

Thanks!

-Emily and Bri

Hey Family, Friends, and Supporters!
It's Bri this time! We have just finished our second day of working here at the H2O camp in Poland. We had a bit of a challenge at first due to some rain, but it stopped shortly after we started working and we were able to continue some painting started yesterday. The rain decided to start back up 30 minutes before quitting time, but God gave us a good chunk of time to get work done today. We have several different projects going on, but all of us are getting so much work accomplished. We have been painting, digging, insulating, and just plain doing some demolition (the boys love it). We are getting along very well as a team and even with the other kids from Ireland and Poland as well. The language barrier isn't so bad since we have several people who can translate. Last night we did worship in both English and Polish and it was really cool. I think worship songs in Polish sound so pretty! This experience has just been amazing. I definitely think I will have to take another short term trip out of the U.S. (don't worry mom!). Thanks again for all of your prayer!
-Bri :)

Hey everyone,

It's Emily. The team is having a great time here and we are constantly growing closer together. On Sunday we got to go to the church here and experience Polish culture. It was different than Grace, but still very enjoyable. It was difficult to not know what was being said, but Gregg, Josiah Venture leader, translated for us. Thomas gave a great lesson on humility and Seth and I shared our testimonies, and we even got to lead a couple worship songs in english. It was a great service. After the service we went to Gregg's house for lunch. It was nice to get to know Gregg and his family better and eat Polish food. Surprisingly, everyone on the team has been enjoying most of the meals. After Greggs house is when the day got tougher. We traveled to Auchwitz for the rest of the day. It was a difficult thing to see, but also very interesting. We walked around together and got to see how the people lived who were sent there. We also got to see Burkinau, the other death camp near by. While there we got to journal for a bit to try to process through what we saw. The hardest thing most of us struggled with was why God would let that happen. We still don't have the answer and very well may not ever have it, but it's something the team has somewhat talked through. Seeing these two camps was super hard and I think it shocked most of the team. I know I was speechless most of the time. After spending about 2 1/2 hours at these camps it was time to come back to H2O(the place we are working). The other teams were here when we got here. There is a team from Ireland and a Polish team. It's been fun eating with them and working with them as well. Please keep the team in your prayers as we still have lots to do here. Specific prayer requests are that we are kind and compassionate towards each other and that irritablity is at a minimum. Thanks!

-Emily