We spent the first half of the day practicing our choir songs in the girls' hostel, handing out more flyers, street evangelizing, and ending it by eating lunch at KFC. During our flyer distributions, most of us learned how to say the words for "We invite you to the concert," but several of us had trouble remembering the phrase. We have learned many basic Polish words over the course of this trip, thanks to Pastor "Bubu" Jarmulak's son, David, and his sister, Sarah. They love to laugh at us, though, when we say the words wrong.
After filling our stomachs with food, we marched out of KFC and handed out as many more flyers as we possibly could. Everyone split into small groups and we had fun saying our new Polish phrase to people as they went past and we held out the slips of paper. A couple hours went by and then came the time for us to return to the hostel to prepare for our first concert at a small church near the town square. We freshened up, dressed appropiately for a concert, and then walked down to the church while shivering because of a lack of warmth.
The concert itself went extremely well and we had a pretty good turnout, about 25 people. Pastor Vanderveen delivered a brief sermon while Bubu translated it into Polish. The Lord answered our prayers by giving us the voices to sing, returning Nathaniel V's lost luggage, allowing Benjamin F. a safe journey to Poland, and bringing more than just a few people to the concert. Some even stayed afterwards to talk more about the gospel with members of our team.
Following the grand success of the concert was dinner, which we ate in the mall at a restaurant called the Sphinx. It was delicious food, but the meat was a little dry. Afterwards, the weary travelers made their homeward, or rather hostelward, march back to rest their aching feet and close their eyes for a time.
Loved the church. The acoustics were awesome and so different than what we've been dealing with on the street!
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