Krakow

nobody@vox.com(Bliss in Poland) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:03:54 -0800

David's dad and mom are visiting from the U.S. this week. Earlier this week we took the train down to Krakow to show them one of Poland's most beautiful cities. The whole family came along, and we had a great time exploring the down town area to...

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Extra Weight

nobody@vox.com(Bliss in Poland) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:07:52 -0700

I (David) gained 15 pounds when we were back in the US last year. I had been warned that this could happen, but all that time away from some of my favorite fattening foods caused me to eat too much garbage. Realizing that I was at an unhealthy w...

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How to Respond

nobody@vox.com(Bliss in Poland) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:55:43 -0700

I was sitting at my computer chatting with my brother over skype when little Sophie strategically placed herself next to my right arm. She does this a lot. It is a good way of getting my attention. You see, it is very difficult to type with a f...

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Bigger Group

nobody@vox.com(Bliss in Poland) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:39:38 -0700

Friday we had two new people join our house church. We are going to combine with another group to make one large group. We are also changing our meeting location. We will now be meeting in one of the student dorms. Hopefully this will give us ...

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Cute story and pictures

nobody@vox.com(Bliss in Poland) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:56:14 -0700

We recently started homeschooling Sophie for preschool using the Sonlight curriculum. This is a Christian based program and every week we memorize a Bible verse. Well, I was never sure if she was understanding what she was memorizing until yesterd...

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Philippians 2:3

nobody@vox.com(Bliss in Poland) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:42:09 -0700

This week we had a great house church meeting. We were discussing Philippians 2 which is one of my favorite Bible chapters. We had gotten pretty deep into the whole concept of being willing to serve without complaining and not looking out for o...

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Full Circle?

nobody@vox.com(Bliss in Poland) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:45:43 -0700

This week I (David) am hoping to meet with a missionary who works with international students here in Lodz. One of the international student groups here is largely made up of African students, and we may end up working with them this year. I kno...

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Annual Planning

nobody@vox.com(Bliss in Poland) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:33:45 -0700

Wednesday is the big annual planning meeting for team Lodz. Charles and Dave will be meeting for several hours to review what we have been doing over the past year and plan what we hope to do in the year to come. Of course, like in everything we...

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Back to Meeting

nobody@vox.com(Bliss in Poland) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:43:19 -0700

Over the summer, our house church stopped meeting because most of us were on vacation at different points and when we were not there were other big projects going on. With most of us back, we are going to start meeting again this Friday. It will...

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Home Again

nobody@vox.com(Bliss in Poland) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:23:49 -0700

For those of you who check this blog on a regular basis, you have probably been disappointed in the lack of posts over the last three weeks. Then again, if you are a regular reader you probably also remembered that we were on vacation in Bulgaria...

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