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Published: February 21st 2006
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I have finally reached the point where I can’t tell you exactly which city I am in right now let alone which city I was in last night or which city I will be in tomorrow. All I know is that I am somewhere in Poland and have been for a little over a week. I guess that is what happens when you travel to a new city each day. I hope by the end of these eight months that I can still at least identify my location by the country.
So far we have spent a night in Estonia, a week in Latvia, a week in Lithuania, and now a week in Poland. We have officially been on tour for a month now. We are scheduled to be in Poland for five weeks and then we will move on to Slovakia.
I don’t know if it is because we’ve only been to small towns in Poland but this week of the tour has gotten most people a little down. Alternatively, maybe it is just all the snow that is affecting my fellow Texan and me. I have not even really thought of leaving other than a random joke
about just opening the door to our VW van while we are stopped at a gas station and just running until I can’t run anymore. The only reason I even entertain leaving for those brief moments is because at times I miss my alone time. Constantly being with nine people can wear on my nerves at times, especially ones that are much younger than I am. I have not participated in pillow fights while driving in a car for many years now, so dodging pillows has become a new skill of mine. I know I am developing new people skills through all of this and by the end of these eight months it will probably take quite a bit for a person to irritate me.
Here are some things I’ve seen or experienced that I can forgetting to tell you about:
In Latvia I saw a huge frozen lake covered with ice anglers. It looked like there was barely enough ice left to support the fishers.
In some concerts children ask us for autographs and for our pictures.
We’ve had some very interesting stages. It seems like each concert location has some new challenge. We have
performed in big culture houses, school gyms, old churches, new churches, and places I am not sure how to describe. The sizes of the stages and the material they are made of has been one of the added challenges. Some stages have been so small we’ve had to cute down on the amount of dancers. We’ve even used the stairs and the floor below to have enough room to dance on. The carpeted stages have made dancing a little hard but have been very helpful for me to do the backbends. One of the carpeted stages had two pieces of carpet. We taped together one area of the carpet but unfortunately not where I was dancing so when I had to drop backwards on my butt the carpet went up my back. Then when I had to do a handstand, each hand was on a different piece of carpet and they started to slide in opposite directions. I think the old wooden stages have been the worst for my body. I have not counted how many splinters I’ve gotten but one in my calf, my butt and many in my hands.
One of the really big halls we performed in
had it’s own screen that when we were standing behind it we could see the performance and the audience but they could not see us.
We also performed in an building adjacent to the largest castle in Poland.
I’ve prayed for the following illness: cancer, unsaid, blind in one eye, and a man who had lost some of his short term memory. When I was praying for that last man it really hit my how much people need God’s healing power in their life and I feel so unworthy to pray for them. I know I have nothing special nor any power of my own. All I can do is go before our Father and ask Him to fulfill the promises from His word because of His love for His children. I may never know the results of these prayers but I know God heard them and is with each of those people.
In one city the local news came to video the first part of our concert. They also wanted to interview our leader and one other person. I happened to be the only one around so I was the other person interviewed. I was asked
how we were giving this message, if I believed in what we were doing, and if there is anything that can eliminate or alleviate the evil in the world today.
We've also had many school visits. I've had the pleasure of sharing with them about the States because we can't talk about Jesus just invite them to the concert. At one school though they asked if I have ever drank & since they opened the way I was able to give my testimony.
We danced on an increadibly small stage the other night and one of our girls (Dora) fell on her knee wrong. We spent half the day in a hospital yesterday and she now has to wear a cast for 10 days. Please be praying for her.
Prayer requests for the team:
All of our minds - just to truly make our minds captive to Christ (so we all maintain positive attitudes)
To keep focus
To treat each other well and humble ourselves to each other
Protection of our bodies!
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kathiekent
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thinking of ya!
Hi Brandy! I was just thinking of you this morning and decided to write. I'm proud of you and will be praying for you and the whole team. Enjoy every moment while traveling and savor any alone time you get. God is good and He's a big God! Blessings, Kathie Kent