Tour 2014- Sunday, August 3

Flexibility–that was the name of the game for Hope Singers today. We left for Nowy Tomyśl at 8:00 AM for our first service at 10:00 AM. We arrived at a beautiful church to prepare to sing. Plans kept changing and by the time we reached “Plan F” we were ready! The congregation of 140 was welcoming and ready to worship. One of their elders was an awesome translator. The hot …muggy weather continued today and we dripped while we sang. After the service, we had a time of fellowship and were served “coffee and cakes” . . . wonderful “real” coffee and beautiful yummy pastries. We still had room for a delicious lunch served back at our home base at 2:00 PM. Lloyd was flexible enough to give us some time off after lunch. Sleep? Shower? Practice music outside someone’s window? launder sweaty clothes? Quick decisions were made because we needed to be back on the bus at 3:30 for an hour’s drive to Gorzów Wlkp. We drove through a storm of pouring rain and hail. the temperature was 31.5 C. Our awesome bus driver manoeuvered us close to the door of the community building so we wouldn’t get wet. We prepared for the service by walking on and off the stage (the ladies really got their excercise!). Plans for the flow of the service kept changing and Lloyd kept his cool and flexibility. About 50 people were in the audience. As we headed back for supper, the temperature dropped 17.5 C. Praise the Lord! Singing “Amazing grace with Polish believers this morning and “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” with the congregation this evening was the highlight for me today.
–Twila Brenneman