prayer points

Please pray for...

energy during the long days and the early mornings when its cold and wet outside and I dont to leave my bed :)

the English lessons that I will be teaching, that the kids will have fun but also learn something!


...also send me your prayer requests if any...i'm starting a prayer diary so let me know if you want anything in there :)

End of first week

It's now been a week since I arrived, and I'm happy to say its been a good week! :) I've now had a taste of the work I'll be doing and I' really enjoying it! I've met some great people and am beginning to find my way around a bit more, with things starting to look a bit more familiar and not so new!

The language is obviously still very hard but I've started Polish lessons and I'm beginning to recognise a few words and phrases! In my lessons I'm back to basics learning the alphabet as some Polish sounds are very different to English but its beginning to make sense! I'm also learning from the kids at preschool...it maybe the vocabulary of toddlers usually referring to wanting to toilet or their mummy but at least its in Polish :)

I've taught two English lessons so far and really enjoyed it, its a small class with a nice group of students who are happy to do their work and seemed to have fun (maybe because I bribed them with chocolate) so its a good class to have! Tomorrow I will teach short English lessons at the preschool, filling in for the regular teacher so it will be interesting to see if I can hold the attention of toddlers for long enough to teach them something!

Church on Sunday was really good, thankfully I had a translator :). Its a very active church with a mix of age ranges, good music and good teaching so I think I will be happy there! Everyone was very welcoming and I was taken to lunch with some other volunteers so got a home-made Polish meal :)

That's about all I have to bore you with at the moment...time for bed as I have early mornings and longs days to look forward to!

Today I had a day off, its very quiet here as camps have finished but i got to go exploring a little bit. I walked into the local village and got some lunch ( played it safe with food that i recognised)  and then had a walk around the camp grounds...all without getting lost, which should impress those of you who know how bad my sense of direction is!

I am now trying to teach myself some Polish, which is needed after sitting at a three hour long teachers meating last night during which all i could understand were the days of the week! not sure what was happening on those days though haha! Polish lessons start on monday so hopefully I should improve soon! :)

Then tomorrow will be the first Sunday i attend a service at the church so im looking forward to that!

so this wasnt a very interesting post but i had some spare time so i thought i'd tell you  things :)

prayer points

please pray that...

I can start to get used to the language...polish lessons start on monday!

I will settle into the new surroundings and roles and connect well with the kids.

first day!

This is my first post for the blog I will try to keep it updated whilst here in Poland, so here it goes....

First of all, Thanks to everyone for the support and prayers in me getting here :)I am so glad to finally be here and excited to get stuck in with the many different opportunities here.

I am working with an organisation called Proem which includes a camp ground, a church (converted from an old cinema) as well as elementary and preschools. The church building also includes a café open to the public. Proem's focus as one of the few evangelical churches in the mainly Catholic area is to reach out to, connect with and serve the surrounding community.

I arrived yesterday evening and am settling in at the camp site, which is very busy and very beautiful, with large grounds including a lake and wooded areas (when I figure out how I will add pictures). There is a probability that I will move from the camp site to an apartment in the town closer to the schools where I will be working...but more on that when it happens.

Today I was introduced at the elementary school where I will be teaching English to a small class of 10-12 year old students a few times a week, it will be an after school class for children who have already learnt some English in their main school. While the focus in the Polish school is usually on grammar the lessons at the school will focus on the spoken language.

I then had my first day helping at the pre-school where I will be most of the day during the week. They are very sweet kids, today was spent getting to know them and the other workers. I'm there to entertain and talk English to the children so they get used to the English at a young age.

There is also a chance that I can get involved with some media work at either the church or the camp site which has recently installed a new media room!

And hopefully I will be able to have some Polish lessons as at the moment the language seems very strange but I'm sure it will improve as I am here longer and pick up more words.

That is it so far, I will try to keep this updated.

Hope everyone is well!

P.S get Skype!