Day 6 - Saturday...

A small group of six, three each from Mount Pleasant Christian Church and Southport Presbyterian Church, were the first to leave the camp lodge and start their day. They arrived at the Tomy Community Center to help with distribution of food supplies delivered the day before.

More than one-hundred families were served in this effort.

God is generous.

The remainder of the mission team loaded up and headed out to a park with the Tomy Church to host a community picnic. A basketball tournament was conducted, pick-up volleyball games were enjoyed, kayaking was available, and other various children's activities were provided. After a morning of activities, a camp-fire was lit and polish sausage was provided for roasting on the file. Later a small parachute was opened and billowed by children old and young.

While a grey, somewhat cold day was provided for the activities, the turn-out was good and a lot of fun was enjoyed by all.

Tonight, in the middle of the night, most of the Southport Presbyterian members of the mission team will depart for their return to the United States.

From Blair Schier:

I can't even begin to explain the blessings we recieved while working in the preschool at Centrum Tomy. As soon as we entered the building the children ran up and greeted us with the usual "Dzien Dobry" and kisses. The first group we worked with were the 3 year olds. We were teaching them "The wheels on the bus" song in english. They would perform this song for their parents at the picnic hosted by PROeM and the Tomy Church.

It amazed me how similar the children were to those in America. Although we could barely communicate with them, they were happy to just play with us as the language barrier seemed to make no difference. Following the three year olds we worked with the older children on songs such as "Baby Shark", "Five Little Monkeys", and "Mary Had a Little Lamb" .

The children at the pre school seemed to be truly happy. You could tell they enjoyed their lessons and their teachers. God's presence is definitely evident in the school. Centrum Tomy is working miracles in the lives of people in the city of Tomascow, Poland.

Please continue to pray for the people and the staff at Proem.

God Bless

blair