Today is Tuesday, August 14th, 2007; Karen's Korner #1126
We are back after a wonderful trip to Poland (there were nine of us!). I will probably be writing a couple of my thoughts while there, in upcoming Karen's Korners.
Here is a brief one:
We did basically two different things: helped with a Vacation Bible School in the mornings from Monday through Friday and helped with the English Camp in the afternoons from Sunday through Saturday. There were 30-plus kids at the VBS and 150 kids at the camp.
Each morning to kick off the day, the leaders and counselors had an early devotions, prayer time, and touched bases for activities for that particular day. One of the nine traveling with us was our minister, Tim; he was asked to lead the devotion time each day......in English. Because there was also a group from a Springfield, Illinois church, someone would always translate English into Polish or Polish into English.
Prayer time was for anyone to pray aloud. The first day I can recall listening to a Polish prayer, a Polish prayer, an English prayer, and a Polish prayer. I could only understand one of the four. But I can remember thinking, "Prayer is God's language and He can understand them all."
All of us knew we were in His presence whether we understood the words being said or not.
Dear Father God, thank you that you are who you are. Thank you that you are greater than all we can do, be, or say. Thank you that you are Father, Creator, Sustainer, Listener, Helper, and care about every detail of our life and the lives of those in from around our world. Be with me and be with them, just for today. In Your Son Jesus' Name, Amen.
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