In my last blog, I left you wondering what our last month of ministry would look like…
On October 26, we caught a train from Kiev all the way to Warsaw, Poland. There we met up with a wonderful family who has taken us into their home for free and basically gave us a whole floor of their house to use while we’re here. We all have beds, and there are two bathrooms with plenty of hot water! It’s hands down the best place we have stayed in to date. We have a full kitchen so we can eat whatever we want. Our ministry is revolving around Bible studies with Poles of all ages and giving talks about our missions trip to high school and university students. I believe this will continue to evolve until we leave here on November 3.
From Warsaw, we’ll be heading down to Prague (we’re not sure how we’re getting there yet) for a few days of ministry. We have a few contacts there but we’re not yet sure who we’ll be working with. On November 6, we take a flight from Prague down to Milan, Italy. We will either stay there and do ministry or continue south to Florence, where we also have a contact.
We’ve talked a bit about going to Switzerland, but when we reach Italy we’ll have to see if that door is still open. Worst case, we finish up our ministry in Italy and head to Vienna on November 16th. That will give us one week in Vienna to relax and spend time together as a squad one last time before we head back to the States. I can already tell that day will be bittersweet. Who needs to think about that now, though? We still have a lot of ministry to do!
We all want to finish strong with our eyes focused firmly on Jesus. With everything going on, this is definitely a challenge. This is a month of ministry like any other, and I know God has big plans for it. After all, this is the last page of this chapter of life. It certainly can’t be anticlimactic, can it? I know we’re prepared for the challenges God is going to throw at us, and we all expect to return home completely exhausted. It’s a really exciting feeling though to know that I was able to give it all for Jesus. Now I just have to make sure I put this into action. Please pray that this happens, and that we have safe travels and that we can have peace of mind in the midst of all the chaos.
