It is amazing to us that we are already into the New Year. What this means to us is: we have finished moving back into our apartment, we had a terrific and terrificly busy Christmas with 21 people in our apartment on Christmas day (most we've had) for more-or-less traditional North American Christmas dinner, and we have been here for nearly a month.
We didn't plan it, but Kaleb saw fireworks for the first time last night. He was woken up by people setting them off out his window. So we stood in his window watching them go up and burst a little above us (we are on the 7th floor so they don't go that much higher). He absolutely loved it--both the burst and the sound of the explosion.
Things are going well here as we ease into the Warsaw scene. Things change so rapidly here it takes a while to get caught up after a prolonged absence. We've met with some church leadership in the city and will continue to do so in the months to come as we look at what our role should be and what is next for the Church of Warsaw.
We are reconnecting with a lot of people right now that we have not seen--in most cases--for years. We are looking forward to practicing the gift of hospitality and establish meaningful relationships through which we can be Christ to others.
Pray for this city. It is growing very very quickly (1000 people a day move to the city) and there is so little in terms of Christian witness.
We wish you a happy new year and hope it will be even better than the last.
