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| Hello everyone! Well, it seems like some troubles have hit and they hit hard. It doesn't mean that I don't praise God because he is wonderful and just and holy. I just ask that you please talk to God about my dear friend Iza. She is in the hospital and really needs prayers for the baby insider her. Pray for the health of the baby, her strength, her trust in the Lord, for God to comfort her and bring her close. Also for her family; her husband Arthur, sisters, brother and parents as they all love and care for her. "He will wipe away every tear from their eye." Is. 25:8 "I look to the mountains; where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth." Ps. 121:1 Yet another prayer to lift up to the Lord is John Martin. My friend who is filled with cancer and in a lot of pain. He feels sad that projects have gone unfinished and he is unable to take care of himself. Yet God understands pain and suffering. Please pray for John to know that he has life eternal in the Lord because of Jesus sacrifice. Pray for peace as he seems to be facing the end of his life here and the beginning of the world to come. Thank you so much for your prayers. love heti | | |
| New Chapter....
Hello everyone! I thought it was high time I write to you about this new chapter that God is writing in my life. My job is wonderful and I am so thankful that the Lord brought me here. I have posted some pictures of MOST Ministries and my office. Right now we are working on the schedule for the 2007 teams, and I am still hoping to have a short-term trip to Poland (maybe 2008). Included in this journal is part of a text from Pastor Neuendorf's daily blogs. I encourage you to read along with them :)
Secondly, I have moved into a townhouse and am still working on cleaning everything and settling in. Yet another blessing has been the arrival of my friend Kasia Hussar. It is so nice to have someone here to talk with and spend time with. I am enjoying her presence and company very much :) Last weekend we went to Chicago for Independence Day. I have never been there and actually toured the city. We went to museums, the aquarium, the beach, and listened to the orchestra while the fireworks were exploding above us. Thank you for your prayers as you can see that God has been pouring out his love, mercy, and blessings.
July 3: Mark 8:22-26
I’m not even going to attempt to explain why this particular blind man was not immediately healed by Jesus. It’s certainly not because his blindness was more difficult. (Not like the demon possessed person that the disciples brought to Jesus because they could not cast out the demon.) Jesus very intentionally gives him partial sight – asks him what he sees – and then restores his sight completely. I have no idea (that is, no idea that I can justify from Scripture) why. God doesn’t tell us.
Frankly, if my optometrist could give me perfect vision, even if it were in 10 steps, I’d be ecstatic. Not even the new laser treatments can reverse all the things that happen to our eyes with age.
Sometimes when Jesus blesses me he does so suddenly and completely. But more often I do not receive everything I desired at once. God asks me to trust – and wait – and be patient. And I receive what he decides in his time.
In what area of your life has God partially blessed you? What would have happened if the blind man walked away with still imperfect vision?
Our nation was given great blessings by God – but it is still not perfect. There are many things that still dissatisfy us – even in just material terms. (high gas prices, etc.) What will happen if our nation turns away from God because we do not have all we desire?
Blessings, Heather
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|  Now that's a lot of missionaries!! Kristen Smith, Amy Krenzke, (my predecessors in Cieszyn) came to grace me with their presence for the past two days. Add on the Bennings and we had a glorious time. We all meandered over to a local park where we taught some of my younger Polish friends to play baseball. Jon really did a great job teaching the kids how to play. He is so patient. Too bad I didn't get any pictures :( Kristen was a great catcher/translator and I think our overall inability to hit such a small plastic ball showed that we were not professionals either.
My good friend Mariusz asked that I stay to play more ball......so we played till the sun went down. The kids were really good at it and it was such good exercise for a "stara babka" old lady, such as myself. More than playing ball I hope the love that comes from knowing Christ was shared through us, by simply caring. Please continue to pray that the we are led by the Spirit and walk through the doors that the Lord provides to share the Gospel.
In my classes we have been studying honesty, Bible verses connected with it, what it means, and being "too honest".
My dear friend Iza's grandma is really going through some troubles right now. She needs to have her leg amputated and is really in need of prayers. Please lift her up in your prayers, ask for her to be strong and trust God. For her to hide in the shelter of the Lord and for comfort as she faces such challenging times.
Well, two weeks...that's 14 days and the next chapter begins. Thank you for your prayers about this as I have more peace. In this blog I thought I would post a few pictures of those who have become my family here in Poland......just a few.
   
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|  What is Confirmation? Well, it is "the opportunity for an individual Christian, relying on God's promise given in Holy Baptism, to make a personal public confession of the faith and a lifelong pledge of fidelity to Christ." Yesterday I was able to watch the confirmands, (some being my students and friends) do just that. I was so proud of Sebek, Andrew, Lukasz, Agnieszka, and Adrian. What are these promises of God, given in Baptism? Forgiveness of sins, it rescues from death and the devil, and gives eternal  salvation to all who believe! Afterwards, I was invited to Iza's house to celebrate with Sebek. As you can see....we have silly time together :) Wow, just as I was writing this I realized the need to be back in an English speaking country.....did you notice my Polish mistake of leaving out articles? Ahhh....I think I'm forgetting English? Is this possible? Anyways, please keep these confirmands in your prayers...that they continue to stand firm in their faith until life everlasting :)
"Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven. But whoever disowns Me before men, I will disown him before My Father in heaven." Matt. 10:32-33
P.S. Check out the Bennings' super blog....the link is on the left :) | | |
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