Support Raised . . . to date

It's been almost a month since my last post and I want to stay true to keeping up to date.  As I mentioned last post, it's been hard lately finding balance with so much distraction.  We are still working on finding balance with a new school format for our older three children, four kiddos participating in four sports, working and staying involved with our church and small group.  God is working and I am thankful for His presence as we navigate each day.  I pray God daily reminds me of my true priorities and that I can learn to let go of the rest!

I truly feel after visiting Poland with Dustin this summer that we are meant to be there and each day I long to be back in Lubin.  The new school year for Polish children started at the beginning of September and that means that the English school attached to the church is back up and running as well.  While we were in Poland, Dustin and I had the pleasure of participating in eight separate English classes among five teachers.  I had such a great time in the classes and found it difficult to even fall asleep after the first day I attended classes.  It was such a joyful experience for me personally meeting the students, and speaking with them and I'm so looking forward to getting back and teaching!!!!

Dinner with one English class where we practiced talking about food.

The English school visited a local school to share about the American west.

Linda and Bogusia and some students.

So how do we get back to Poland???  Well to date, we are at 40% of our support.  We need approximately $50,000 to support our family for the year we are gone.  This includes travel, food, shelter, and required international health insurance.  The support we have so far has included some pretty generous one time donations from our friends and family as well as our home church's commitment of 1/3 and we are so thankful for this support.  We are still seeking out supporters willing to pledge monthly.  If we could get 25 people to support us at $100/month, we'd be on a jet plane tomorrow.  Okay maybe not that soon.  Or if we could get 50 people to commit to $50/month, we'd be on our way.  How about a 100 people at $25/month?  You get the idea.  Point being, once we know that there are commitments of support for our year, we will be on our way.  We cannot do this on our own, this is outside of our capabilities and we know we have a pretty big God that has already counted our support and appointed our team.  We are working on trying to seek out and connect with those people that God is calling to us.  Please continue to pray that we pursue God's direction and timing.

If you, someone you know, or a church you know may be interested in being a part of our support team, you can connect with us through our family email of petroskyfamily@hotmail.com or through Facebook messenger.  Contributions towards our support are tax deductible and are directed to our church which is acting as our sending agency.

Super

Forests in Poland are double super.  All forests are accessible to the public at all times because the government retains control over all of them.  This means if we see a forest in the middle of a field, we are welcome to explore it.  Could make for some fun hiking adventures.  Secondly, NO poison ivy!  It doesn't grow in Europe.

Most common trees we spotted everywhere in Poland.

Hiking trail we explored on the edge of Lubin.

Nie Super

Air conditioning isn't the norm in Poland.  Polish people do not like to be cold.  Thankfully, Poland tends to be cooler generally speaking but that doesn't mean it doesn't get hot.  This will be a huge adjustment for us with no air running in the summer but it should make for cheaper utilities.