Poland has been an incredible
place for us the past four days. I
wish I could stay longer. We have
met incredible people and witnessed God work in amazing ways so far. God has truly set everything up for us
on this trip. We had smooth
travels from Kiev through L’viv to Krakow, Poland. Got to meet up with friends from mission to the world in L’viv. We had a really nice train to
Krakow. We found out that we had a
free place to stay in Krakow with a girl named Lee. Lee was amazing and we loved the time we had staying with
her. It was filled with God
stories and laughter. Jeremy is an
independent missionary here in Krakow working with Compass International and he
is the one who set everything up for 
us. This ministry does a coffee house, English classes, and brings American
sports to Poland. Lee does the
media for this ministry. I loved
the time we had hanging out with both of them and encouraging each other. Krakow is a beautiful city that we got
to explore some. I can’t wait to
come back again.
We went to Auschwitz one of
the days. It was a sad learning
experience. There was one part of
the tour that hit me the hardest. We were in a room that had a whole room length case of human hair. It was the hair shaved off of the
people killed in the gas chambers. This hair would be shipped to Germany to be used to make textiles, rugs,
blankets, and clothing. Can you
imagine wearing a murder victim’s hair as your clothes? Our tour guide kept mentioning that the
Germans made sure that 
they did not waste anything. It was heartbreaking to look at hundreds of kids shoes that
were left from all the kids killed.
It was one thing to know about concentration camps and another to be at
the location visualizing what happened. It is so hard to express what it was like being there.
ministry in Krakow. Some Americans
came to Poland to open a cookie shop and use that has their ministry. Welcome to More than a Cookie, which
has two locations in Krakow and gives a portion of their profits to
missionaries and different ministries. They also offer cooking and baking classes. We met one of the founders, Stephen who shared his testimonywith us. It is an incredible story
of God’s power. Their
cookies are amazing and taste like home.
We are now in Katowice,
Poland, which is about a hour or so from Krakow. WE are staying with the Hash family who lead Josiah
Ventures, a ministry to youth in Poland. They are a great family and have an amazing house that we are able to
stay in with them. It is great to
be around families. We also met
with another family, Greg and Erin Skrobarczyk who run Kings Kids, a YWAM
ministry to kids in the poor areas around Katowice. They have two beautiful little girls that we just fell in
love with.
This month has been about
meeting people and sharing about what God is doing through the World race. I have loved the people we have gotten
to know so afar and have been amazed at how God has connected all of us
together. It is a hard month to
blog about because so much is happening and I just don’t even know how to share
it all with you at home. If you
want more details about Poland check out Liz’s blog.
