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| The gate Wroclaw |
From Berlin (see our previous post) we drove to Wroclaw in Poland. A beautiful city with a colorful historic center and lots of students: about 120,000! Last October we visited The Gate, the youth work of Teen Challenge in Wroclaw.
The Gate is run by young people from local churches and is known among students as an 'alternative club' because of the alcohol-free zone. The club offers opportunity to talk about the more serious things in life.
The Gate organizes worship evenings, mini concerts and workshops, as well as meetings on the university campuses and they are active during festivals and theme weeks.
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| Book signing |
Every week a growing group of students comes together. For some, a visit to The Gate is the first introduction to the Christian faith.
The Tuesday night we were there, it was a full house, how wonderful! We had many interesting conversations, there was music, singing, prayer and we were invited to share bits and pieces of our life stories. We were able to give away many copies of Łaska dawania, the Polish edition of Marja's book Grace of Giving.
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| ETC annual board meeting |
We had the privilege of supporting The Gate earlier this year by sending a donation and it was great fun to visit them again. We would like to continue our encouragement.
The next morning we walked around the historic city center and then we left for Krakow to participate in the annual Europe Teen Challenge conference.
Every year, staff, students, volunteers and interested parties from around 30 countries come to the conference. Most are involved in Christian rehabilitation work. Traveling Light also attends the annual board meeting.
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| With Janusz and Bogusia |
We come together for encouragement, fellowship, sharing stories, strengthening the various friendships and praying with and for each other.
For Janusz & Bogusia of Teen Challenge Winiarczykowka we collected 1,300 euro in our secondhand shop Twinkeltje in April. Well, that's a way to make people happy 😁
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| Gesi from TC Albania |
Well, we could share for hours about all the beautiful encounters and the gratitude we receive for you (the donors)! At such a conference we see and hear how all donations have been used and how the support and encouragement from the Netherlands is appreciated.
THANK YOU!
👉We are currently collecting funds for Teen Challenge's women's home in Lithuania. We have planned a short visit beginning of August. Please, send your gift to St. Traveling Light, Papendrecht IBAN: NL91RABO0118582275 BIC: RABONL2U. Make sure to mention: LITHUANIA.
When in the USA you can donate to: Eastern Europe Outreach Inc, make sure to mention: LITHUANIA.
When in the USA you can donate to: Eastern Europe Outreach Inc, make sure to mention: LITHUANIA.