The Massengales: Busy and Blessed!!

We had the privilege of having our second volunteer team here. They were a group of 12 from Harvest Baptist Church in Covington, Georgia. They were involved in several of our ministries such as coffee house, sports night, tract distribution, and Polish school involvement. They were a great encouragement to us and God really blessed their time here. I was able to take them to an "integrated" Polish school one of the days they were here. This school was one in which there were very good students, troubled kids, and disabled students. We were able to meet about 80 students, have English conversation with them and even perform a few songs that the team had prepared. It was a great time and the principal even invited us back to do more (uncommon to do so). The team also participated in our International Fellowship. They brought us some good 'ol southern gospel and Pastor Richard Culpepper preached a great message!
In the midst of this team being here, it was also very exciting to have a great friend from high school come for a visit. Lance Posey and his wife Kathy are currently living in Manheim, Germany working for the DOD as an assistant principal and teacher on the base there. They have lived in Turkey and Japan and were recently transferred to Germany. This was their spring break week and so they decided to come for a visit. You know, there are some people in this world that we will always have that special friendship with...someone that you can be open and honest with, someone that encourages you, prays with you, and someone that you can always have a good time with and share many, many laughs and it doesn't matter how far away you may be from them...for me, Lance is one of those friends!!
Also, one other blessing...and prayer request, The coach for McKenna's basketball team asked me if I would want to help with practice, and of course I agreed. Thursday was the first practice where I was involved and it was really great! I get to practice my Polish with the girls (which seemed to be very funny, for them) and it puts me in a great position to reach out to the parents and coach!
Below are some pics from the week...