Today...project wrap-up
Can I just first say I'm exhausted?! Wow...what a great week...and I'm sure I slept more than the group staying over at the hostel!!
No slideshows today...actually it was pretty strange for me to be with the whole group this morning without my camera. It was a lot of fun watching people fly down the Malta Ski hill on inner tubes and show off their "mad skillz" (as one person said) on the putt-putt course.
On a very exciting note, I heard today that around 12 people gave their lives to Christ yesterday. Half of those were in the Lazarz area (although most of you have no idea where that is) and the other half actually last night back at the hostel. From what I understand, the translators did an incredible job making sure that all of these (mostly youth) understood exactly what was going on...the implications of this decision.
For those of you that have no previous ministry experience in Poland, it's difficult for you to understand how phenomenal this is. I've already talked to several missionaries this week who have commented on how encouraged and fired up they are to hear about God moving in this way. I can' tell you how often this kind of street evangelism is talked about here as ineffective...and thus it generally just isn't done. But both Polish believers and international missionaries have seen how God can work through this and I'm sure that Christ followers will be hitting the streets of Poland much more frequently now.
Thanks to all of you who have helped us feel good about the way we've used media to help you connect with your family and friends who have been here ministering alongside us for this past week. After our upcoming stateside assignment my family and I will actually be returning to Krakow, Poland where I will be responsible for the media and communications work for our field (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland). We're all extremely excited about it and it's been great to use this project as a sort of trial for the slideshow/blog combo to keep that connection live and vivid between what is going on here and you all back in the states. That's a difficult challenge for missionaries but with today's technology and a lot of work we can see that it's definitely something we can tackle!
I've loved having you all stop by our blog the past few days (are stats have been incredible this week!) and I definitely welcome you back anytime to see what's going on with our family and ministry here in our area. Thanks for your prayers for our city and country...and for sharing your loved ones with us for this time.
With prayers for many rich blessings on you and your families...
Michael Shattuck
No slideshows today...actually it was pretty strange for me to be with the whole group this morning without my camera. It was a lot of fun watching people fly down the Malta Ski hill on inner tubes and show off their "mad skillz" (as one person said) on the putt-putt course.
On a very exciting note, I heard today that around 12 people gave their lives to Christ yesterday. Half of those were in the Lazarz area (although most of you have no idea where that is) and the other half actually last night back at the hostel. From what I understand, the translators did an incredible job making sure that all of these (mostly youth) understood exactly what was going on...the implications of this decision.
For those of you that have no previous ministry experience in Poland, it's difficult for you to understand how phenomenal this is. I've already talked to several missionaries this week who have commented on how encouraged and fired up they are to hear about God moving in this way. I can' tell you how often this kind of street evangelism is talked about here as ineffective...and thus it generally just isn't done. But both Polish believers and international missionaries have seen how God can work through this and I'm sure that Christ followers will be hitting the streets of Poland much more frequently now.
Thanks to all of you who have helped us feel good about the way we've used media to help you connect with your family and friends who have been here ministering alongside us for this past week. After our upcoming stateside assignment my family and I will actually be returning to Krakow, Poland where I will be responsible for the media and communications work for our field (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland). We're all extremely excited about it and it's been great to use this project as a sort of trial for the slideshow/blog combo to keep that connection live and vivid between what is going on here and you all back in the states. That's a difficult challenge for missionaries but with today's technology and a lot of work we can see that it's definitely something we can tackle!
I've loved having you all stop by our blog the past few days (are stats have been incredible this week!) and I definitely welcome you back anytime to see what's going on with our family and ministry here in our area. Thanks for your prayers for our city and country...and for sharing your loved ones with us for this time.
With prayers for many rich blessings on you and your families...
Michael Shattuck
posted by Michael Shattuck at
1:10 PM
1 Comments:
Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed seeing our "kids on a mission" this week. It doesn't matter how old your children are, they are still precious gifts from the Lord and I was so excited to see the pics of her as she ministered this past week. Thanks again and please know you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers. Blessings!
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