"Kim,
Your father forwarded an email that showed you are in Poland. I saw your blog, but I could not get a clear sense of why you are there. Is it a solo christian mission, or are you there with a touring company? You seem to be enjoying yourself there......... "
Well, this is not the entire email, but he put into words what everyone has been asking in a round about way.... so here it is
STEP ONE: (WATCH THE CLIP BELOW)
I have a friend and mentor named Allen Wiltshire who founded an organization called Mission Minded Artist. (check out a previous blog and you can connect to his link) Below you will see pictures of when we hosted Gospel Joy as they were on their "Transformation Tour" in the United States from Poland. They had one day left in the states and Allen thought it would be great for them to just fellowship with a choir since they had been singing and performing their entire trip (check out the couple of pics below)
(In this pic is Allen on the camera and the leader Andrew is 2nd from the right)
(In this pic is Vernelle and Fiona jammmmming at our praise party)
SOOOOOO, while they were at our Monday night rehearsal, we ate and they sang for us and we sang for them. Then the most awesome thing happened. God showed up. I began to sing songs of worship and they joined, some sang in Polish, some sang in English and some didn't sing at all, they just cried (my English Patti lol) and God began to do what He does best. He began to connect believers, different in everyway, through praise and worship thru music. It was SO AWESOME!!!!! At the end of the night we sang "I need you to Survive". We began to look at one another in the eyes, some having language barriers and somehow we just knew we needed each other.
(SIGH....) GOD IS GOOD.
So here is a little history..... VERY long story short. Poland has been out of communisim for 20 years now. It has an unbelieveable impact on the people. Lots of oppression and poverty. Now.... because God has set them free, lots of Poles are looking for another way to express their JOY that God has given them.... and the choice is GOSPEL MUSIC! Cool huh!
You would not believe how they get into it!!! It's like hip hop in the states.... for most of they choir, they love the music, ya know the beat and some don't have a clue of the words, but can truly feel the love of Jesus Christ. Check it out below.....
But when they came to PLEASANT HILL they were impacted more than they could even express. So much so...... THEY FLEW ME TO POLAND!
So the question is WHY IS SHE THERE ANYWYAY?
ok.... I am here to teach 4 songs at their Gospel camp. We are staying at a university in Skoski, Poland with an extremly full schedule that starts Monday July 6th.
Here is my schedule:
8:45am Breakfast
9:20am Coffee or tea (this is cultural will explain in later blogs)
9:30am Morning devotion
10:00am Vocal warm ups/ vocal training
10:30am Session one (Brian Fentress)
12:00pm Coffee/tea
12:15pm Testimony time
12:25pm Session two (Patti..leader in choir)
1:30pm Lunch
2:00pm Break
2:45pm Staff meeting (camp workers and instructors)
3:00pm Activity time (games/ice breakers/etc)
4:00pm Session three (Kimberly "Sky" Wright)
6:30pm Dinner
7:00pm Worship team rehearsal
7:50pm Slide show
8:00pm Worship Night (unlimited worship and praise....so fun!)
9:30pm Cafe opens and unlimited fellowship with each other
This is a tight schedule but its sooo worth it. The whole point for me as a teacher/trainer/instructor is to teach music. My ministry call here, obviously is to just sit and talk and fellowship with the campers. Sharing experiences and love.
Talking with people and just organically discipling (thanks Allen) with people. Being transparent is so hard but so nessasary to be a true representation of Christ.... wow yall, I'm changing!!!
Well, I will have more updates on my trip! Love you all!
Well, this is not the entire email, but he put into words what everyone has been asking in a round about way.... so here it is
STEP ONE: (WATCH THE CLIP BELOW)
I have a friend and mentor named Allen Wiltshire who founded an organization called Mission Minded Artist. (check out a previous blog and you can connect to his link) Below you will see pictures of when we hosted Gospel Joy as they were on their "Transformation Tour" in the United States from Poland. They had one day left in the states and Allen thought it would be great for them to just fellowship with a choir since they had been singing and performing their entire trip (check out the couple of pics below)
(In this pic is Allen on the camera and the leader Andrew is 2nd from the right)
(In this pic is Vernelle and Fiona jammmmming at our praise party)
SOOOOOO, while they were at our Monday night rehearsal, we ate and they sang for us and we sang for them. Then the most awesome thing happened. God showed up. I began to sing songs of worship and they joined, some sang in Polish, some sang in English and some didn't sing at all, they just cried (my English Patti lol) and God began to do what He does best. He began to connect believers, different in everyway, through praise and worship thru music. It was SO AWESOME!!!!! At the end of the night we sang "I need you to Survive". We began to look at one another in the eyes, some having language barriers and somehow we just knew we needed each other.
(SIGH....) GOD IS GOOD.
So here is a little history..... VERY long story short. Poland has been out of communisim for 20 years now. It has an unbelieveable impact on the people. Lots of oppression and poverty. Now.... because God has set them free, lots of Poles are looking for another way to express their JOY that God has given them.... and the choice is GOSPEL MUSIC! Cool huh!
You would not believe how they get into it!!! It's like hip hop in the states.... for most of they choir, they love the music, ya know the beat and some don't have a clue of the words, but can truly feel the love of Jesus Christ. Check it out below.....
But when they came to PLEASANT HILL they were impacted more than they could even express. So much so...... THEY FLEW ME TO POLAND!
So the question is WHY IS SHE THERE ANYWYAY?
ok.... I am here to teach 4 songs at their Gospel camp. We are staying at a university in Skoski, Poland with an extremly full schedule that starts Monday July 6th.
Here is my schedule:
8:45am Breakfast
9:20am Coffee or tea (this is cultural will explain in later blogs)
9:30am Morning devotion
10:00am Vocal warm ups/ vocal training
10:30am Session one (Brian Fentress)
12:00pm Coffee/tea
12:15pm Testimony time
12:25pm Session two (Patti..leader in choir)
1:30pm Lunch
2:00pm Break
2:45pm Staff meeting (camp workers and instructors)
3:00pm Activity time (games/ice breakers/etc)
4:00pm Session three (Kimberly "Sky" Wright)
6:30pm Dinner
7:00pm Worship team rehearsal
7:50pm Slide show
8:00pm Worship Night (unlimited worship and praise....so fun!)
9:30pm Cafe opens and unlimited fellowship with each other
This is a tight schedule but its sooo worth it. The whole point for me as a teacher/trainer/instructor is to teach music. My ministry call here, obviously is to just sit and talk and fellowship with the campers. Sharing experiences and love.
Talking with people and just organically discipling (thanks Allen) with people. Being transparent is so hard but so nessasary to be a true representation of Christ.... wow yall, I'm changing!!!
Well, I will have more updates on my trip! Love you all!
