Distracted

My last blog post was in June.  It's now September.  Yikes!  I'm not doing so well on keeping this up to date and I need to do better.  The one thing that I've noticed lately is that the devil is working overtime right now trying to keep me distracted and unfocused on getting to Poland.  He continually steals my attention to unimportant things.  He's been trying to fill me with anxiety about things that I cannot control.  He's made sure that I've kept my focus inward.  I could use prayer in this area!  It's easy for me to get wrapped up in our family, in busy schedules, in schooling our children, etc.  While life still happens and the every day needs are important, I have to keep my focus upward and outward.

We've had quite a month of transition.  Our oldest three are trying out Indiana Connections Academy which is an online tution free public school. This has the potential to be a great thing but we aren't there yet.  It's requiring a great deal of energy to make adjustments and manage expectations. Thankfully, we already had a getaway planned out a year ago to head down south for a few days.  We needed the break!  We spent some days in Gatlinburg as a family just relaxing and enjoying the mountains.  We are back now and ready to hit the pavement.

So where are we at in the process right now?  When are we leaving?  These are the most frequent questions we receive.  As far as where we are right now in the process, we are seeking prayer support and funding for our one year commitment in Poland.  Our budget for airfare, and living expenses is around $50,000 for the year.  We do have a good portion pledged towards our support but we are not there yet.  If you are interested in supporting us with prayer or financially, we'd love to hear from you.  Please contact us by email at petroskyfamily@hotmail.com and we will send you a letter.  We are also seeking out churches that may want to join with us on this journey and we will be focusing in on that more.

As far as travel dates, we haven't set any.  Once we have the support pledged or given, we will make our final arrangments.  We'd love to leave as early as January or February of next year.  But the truth is that God's timing is perfect and good and we want to be faithful to his timing and the needs in Poland.

A friend of ours started something cool while he and his wife were living in France (Jay & Deb Hocking).  He ended his update letters with a piece of French culture that was cool and something that wasn't so cool (pas cool).  I always looked forward to that last part of his letter.  So I think we shall continue his tradition into Poland with a section called "Super y Nie Super."


Super 

The tea selection in Poland was fantastic.  I don't like mint but I gave this Lime & Mint a try.

This hot summer berry tea was the best tea I've ever had.  It tasted exactly like eating berries.

Nie Super

No flavored coffee, no flavored creamers.  Just plain coffee with or without milk or cream.  The coffee isle was a sad place at the supermarket.  I've only been drinking coffee for about a year and I'm a bit of a coffee snob.  I only drink Michigan Cherry with Italian Cream creamer.  It's ridiculous I know but it's as good as it gets for now.