#Thisishowweroll#Planningparty#Brainstorming#Lotstodoinoneweek

My new friend and brainstorming 'ninja,' Ola Nikodem

I'm pretty sure Church of Glory Warsaw deserves a t-shirt that says, "I survived the conference of 2015." The week after the conference, everyone seemed to be in post-conference mode. It was really great, and I was so proud of this church. Man, the ushers were on 'fire' during the conference, and everyone worked so good together. It was the power of all on full display, and it took this church to a new level. You could feel it during our regular weekend services, that the ushers were at a new level. So, without missing a beat, I was back in action doing what I do best...working hard. We now have three good shows recorded, and it's time to go into post-production. Since Church of Glory has never had a TV show before, there's a lot to establish. So in addition to setting up post-production, we're also going to upgrade the entire media ministry. Their media ministry has needed an upgrade for sometime, and that time is now. So, I get the privileged of not only managing the TV Show, but consulting in establishing a church media department. My friend and all around good guy, Paweł Ciosmak will be the 'David Belich' of this ministry or head of the department. I'll be working with him to establish a world class media team, that will help bring the message of revival to Europe. I believe Pastor Marcin has been faithful with the seeds of revival that Pastor Steve and Kathy have sown into his church, and now God is raising him up to touch more lives. So it makes sense for the media department to come up to another level.

This week I had lots of emails, a planning party with my new friend Ola Nikodem, and brainstorming for the Voice For Europe. Of course I've never done this before in my life, but that has been the story for me being in Poland. Each month I've been here, I end up doing something I'm not qualified to do, nor have the experience to do. Though despite not ever doing any of these things before, the job gets done, and I walk away amazed. Such was the case this week, as Ola and I poured over different options to promote, and prepare the TV show.  Ola Nikodem works on staff under the direction of Marta Wrobel, and assists primarily with PR work. She does a incredible job, and has also has become a good friend along the way. God is placing the absolute perfect people in place to accomplish all these God sized adventures.

This Sunday, I'll be starting a brand  new middle school ministry, called "Kingdom Kids" or "Kingdom Disciples." It's for ages 11-14, and it takes place every Sunday morning. For the month of November, I'll be raising up a team to work with this age group, and help form these kids to become active participants in God's Kingdom. They'll be learning about their identity in Christ, having godly character, and so much more. As I was developing this ministry, I wish I had this when I was 12. It would have confronted and changed my life. Again, I've never set up a middle school ministry before, but everything just came together. I'm excited to see the fruit it will produce in their lives, and the foundation it will lay in their spiritual walk with God.
I'm also working again with the youth and young adult ministries on top of it all. The youth are having their Fishing meeting next week, and I'll be meeting with the young adult leadership to develop our next meeting. So this is how I roll, and I'm having a good time doing it. I am amazed at what has been jammed packed into this year. At ten months being in Poland, there has been so much establish, and I wouldn't say that this has been a boring experience. Nope, I've been flying fast each month, maxing myself out for God. The people who have come up along side of me to step into ministries, have no clue how much history they are making. There's two months left in the year, and I know I'll finish they year off with a bang! As soon as the clock strikes midnight here in Poland on New Years, it's time to run hard all over again. I'm so excited about coming to Kansas City in January, and flying back to a youth camp in Poland. Whooooooa!!! I can only imagine what 2016 holds for all of us. If 2015 was the year to arise, what will be the theme for 2016? I don't know exactly, but I'll tell you right now...it won't be boring!

This week in review: Dreams Coming True

Wow, last week and weekend was power packed! We had three guests come into town for our conference. Then straight out of the conference, I went into the new TV program. There was lots going on during the week, so that's why I didn't post a blog. I wanted to wait until the weekend was over, so that I could give a good report of what I saw.


The Conference
The conference was at the same location where Pastor Steve and Kathy Gray first came to Poland. There were three sessions, and the conference was an evangelistic crusade. Dr. Peter Gammon's, who was just in Warsaw this past March, was the main speaker. Dr. Peter Gammon's has been in the ministry for over 40 years, and has ministered to millions. His simple message of good news, mixed with the demonstration of the Holy Spirit, touched many lives. There was a girl in her early 20's who was working at the event location. She was hired to work for the building, not for the event. I happened to walk past her, and she was obviously being touched by God. It was the part of the service where Dr. Gammon's was praying for miracles. People who were deaf were hearing, legs were growing out, and people lined up to receive a healing touch. Something drew me to her, and I just struck up a conversation. She had given her life to Jesus for the first time, and had tears in eyes. She had never heard the gospel like this before, and was very touched by God. In addition to this, there was a huge line of people who gave their lives to Jesus for the first time. I even had a friend come to the evening service, that I had been giving English lessons to. So it was a great day to be doing things for God.
In addition to all this, we recorded four songs in English on video. It was so much fun, and there was a great blast of freedom. I got to sing with Pastor Ula and the worship team, and we just had fun. The fun we had been having in practices, came out there in the room, and enveloped the crowd. Most people understand bits of English or speak it fluently. So we all just jammed, and praised God. It was a great way to end the night.
The rest of the weekend was so powerful with my friend Pastor Nobin Samson taking the Sunday morning service, and preaching with power! He called up people who needed to be set free from fear, and the alter swelled. I know that Poles deal with fear and rejection very deeply. It has a lot to do with their history of being so brutally defeated by the Nazi's and the Russians. There's almost a second-class citizen mentality or victim mentality on some people. It hurts my heart to see this, but gives me extreme joy to watch them get free.

TV Show???? Where did that come from?

Dr. Peter Gammon's and I on the set of "Voice for Europe."

Back in June I shared how God gave me another dream come true, my trip to London, England. To those who've known me over the years, besides a trip to Paris, London was tied in my heart as a dream vacation. Now God has granted to me another heart dream, one I didn't have to chase after. Ever since I was very little, I always dreamed about being on TV or having my own show. My friends and I would pretend, dance, and wish we could be on TV. Hey growing up and watching Kids Incorporated, Mickey Mouse Club, and Nickelodeon probably had a lot to do with that dream. I would see ordinary kids get to be on TV, and it was so cool to me. My mom emailed me this week, and said she remembered when I was pretending to be a news reporter. Do some of you remember when camcorders just came out, and how big they were? Well, my dad had borrowed one just after my sister Jessica was born. He brought that thing out into the backyard, and was filming my sister Michelle and I; we were such hams!!! I grabbed the end of the dog leash, and proceeded to interview right there in the backyard. So, deep in my heart, I've waited for this opportunity probably since Back to the Future came out!  This was a deep dream in my heart, one that I don't recall really sharing with many people. Psalms 37:4 states:

"Take delight in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.

I want to say how great God is in fulfilling the desires and dreams of your heart. I am amazed at how God has supernaturally fulfilled the deep desires of my heart. A lot of these desires, like coming to Poland, were things I kept to myself. I kept serving God, and enjoyed doing it. Just like this scripture promises, God has gone overboard with giving me my dreams. I remember Pastor Steve Gray stating at one time, that God had fullfilled all of his dreams, and he needed to get some new dreams. I think that is a benefit of serving God faithfully, that you would run out of dreams, because they are being fulfilled by God himself.

Since July, I've been praying and preparing with Pastor Marcin for this moment. We knew that it would be in October when we would film, and we also had guests to interview. I would email Pastor Marcin with ideas, we would work with Pastor Janusz to get things done, and then I would email some more. Just a few weeks ago, I was in Ikea at least 5 times in one week, and various other shops being a mini version of Christine Nelson. I helped develop the set design, and had the best people to work with. Then we picked people to run cameras, assist for the day of filming, do a test run, and Pastor Marcin gave his ideas as to what questions to ask. Monday rolled around, and we filmed three shows back to back.

On set with Pastor David Themba Ndlovu

"The Voice for Europe" is the name of the program, and it is geared to Europeans. It is formatted similar to Sid Roth's program, "It's Supernatural." I'll be interviewing ministry leaders, and those who are being a voice in Europe. We are also interested in doing testimonies of regular people who are experiencing God activity in their lives. I believe God is raising up this program to open the hearts of people in Europe. That the testimonies from these leaders will call some into the ministry, and strengthen many. There is a great need for strong pastors and leaders in the church here. There are people getting saved at crusades, but the churches are in need of help. What Europe desperately needs though is a powerful revival. It needs to be awakened from sleeping in the light, and to be set free from the clutches of religion that doesn't work. I believe that this show will help awaken many, and prepare people for the next move of God. For now the show will be internet based, until bigger doors open to us. Please pray that TV networks would pick this up, and broadcast it. Once the show is ready to be published, I'll make an announcement so that those who follow the blog can watch. Thankfully the show can be watched internationally, and enjoyed by all.

*I wanted to give special thanks to Pastors Marcin and Ula for their heart and vision for this show. Also to those who worked with me over the past few weeks, I am so grateful for all you did. Thanks also to the camera team, makeup artist Pitor Matan, and those who helped me shop all over Warsaw*

If I had wings, I would fly

Preparing for the program with my guest Emil Onyszczuk

This has been an incredible week, as I have poured myself out. I literally felt that if I had wings, I could fly, because I'm running so fast. Since last Thursday, I've spoken in the school of ministry, lead our first young adult group, preached the next morning, and have been to IKEA at least five times. I've been shopping till I've dropped, put furniture together, bought new dresses for the TV shoot, and bought TV makeup (thanks Pastor Kay Samson). I think we're about ready for a TV show.

Not only am I going to host a TV show, I was also involved in set design. I wished at least twice that my friend Christine Nelson was here, because she is the decor queen of the world. I was only her humble set assistant during the filming of "Three Blind Saints," and am not nearly as creative as she. However, at the end of the week, both Pastors Ula and Marcin Podżorski were very pleased with the results. The room is filled with peace, and is ready to host the ministry leaders of the world. Thanks to my good friend Jesse Weedman, I have been given permission to use the title "The Modern Voice" for our TV program. When I was at the Baltic Sea on holiday, I began to imagine what the show was going to be like. Pastor Marcin has given me a lot of room to help develop the show, and my media background was coming in handy. So as I was walking on the beach, I felt in my heart to call the program, "The Modern Voice." I immediately contacted Jesse, and he gave me full permission to use the name. I loved the idea of being a modern voice to Europe, because that is the point of being filled with the Holy Spirit. John the Baptist was a voice, Jesus was a voice, the disciples were a voice, and today we are a voice.  The show will be for a European audience, though it could be accessed internationally. It will be in English, and have Polish subtitles. After next week's conference, the more techincal side of the TV program will be developed, and the footage will go into editing. This means social media marketing, creating a website, and developing a logo, and the works. So helping plan and host a TV show, plus set it up is a lot of work. If I had wings, I would fly.

Working with lead camera man Roman, on shots for the program

There has been a lot of planning behind the scenes, emails going all over the place, people being put in position, and meetings to steer us to our goal. Today we did our first dry run of the program, and it went absolutely fantastic. There was a great flow, lots of peace and order, and I personally learned a lot from the experience. Our theme for the show today was, "fighting for your destiny." My friend Emil volunteered as my first guest, and his testimony was very touching. Even though we were just practicing, it was still very powerful. Testimonies are my favorite, because they have the power to unlock the heart. You cannot refute a testimony, and therein lies its power to touch lives. As I mentioned in my previous blog, the show will host ministry leaders, and people using their voice to advance God's Kingdom. Starting next Sunday, I will be interviewing three ministry leaders, and capturing their testimonies. I'm expecting that all three of these men of God will be used to powerfully touch hearts. I especially am hoping that those who are meant to rise up as leaders will catch the program. I feel deep inside that this show will call people into the ministry, and help awaken the church of Europe.

Next week I'll be putting the finishing touches to the TV show, the young adult group, children's ministry, and youth ministry. Plus, we'll throw in a huge conference, and TV show tapping. I was not meant to live a boring life. I have been fully equipped in every way to step into what I was called to do. It doesn't matter that I'm a girl, that I'm single, or that I'm in my 30's. Those things matter not. I am willing to run, and fly like an eagle. I always remember when Pastor Kathy Gray talked about getting knocked out of your comfortable eagles nest, and realizing you were meant to soar. I had been knocked out of my nest a couple of times in Kansas City, but this is where the rubber meets the road. Sometimes it's good for us to be knocked out of the comfort zone, and into the God zone. It's the place where you're not in control, and you just got to flap those wings. Either you fly or you fall. In my case, if I had wings...I would fly. What about you? Would you fly too?

Is it really October? Naprawdę?

I can't believe it's October already! I tried getting a pumpkin spice latte at Costa Coffee in Warsaw, and it took three people to understand what I wanted. Pumpkin? Pumpkin spice? "No worries...can I please just have a chai latte?" Nie ma problemu. So, I'm on the hunt for my favorite 'fall in a cup' drink. If I don't get one this year, I will live...I hope. I remember when I was in college, and getting a pumpkin spice latte was a big deal to me. That meant escaping from homework to Starbucks. Oh being an American missionary! I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to celebrate my first Thanksgiving outside of the U.S. That's another blog for another day. Speaking of being an American, I was at another Costa Coffee in Old Town, and I bumped into three Americans. I can tell the Polish people were rubbing off on me, because I noticed how 'American' they were. We were complete strangers, and I was just trying to let them know where the bathroom was. That was me being a polite American. Of course when they found out I was American, it was like we were long lost relatives. We talked and gabbed over American things, and why we were in Warsaw. I'm pretty sure we were the loudest and most friendliest people in the cafe. Nie ma problemu! It was free entertainment, it was good to speak 'American,' and it was fun to notice the differences in culture.

This past week or so I've been busy tightening things up in the children's ministry, as well as creating some new things. I had a chance to observe both the toddler (Explorers) ministry, and our two children's ministries (Club Adventure and Kids in Action). I was very pleased to see how these teachers grabbed hold of the vision, and made it their own. Pastor Marcin and I desire to take the children to a deeper level in God. So we came up with the idea to have pre-service prayer for our kids. They will meet in their room, and they will be responsible for praying each Sunday morning. They did a fantastic job this past Sunday, and are building 'spiritual muscles.' The idea is to get the kids comfortable praying as a group, in front of each other, and praying with power. We are hoping to use the kids in one of the regular services to minister. This would be a first for this group, and I feel in a few months they will be able to do this. I saw the kids of World Revival Church pray for adults with power, so I am confident we can duplicate this here in Warsaw.

Already I see good changes in their lives, and now it's time to take it to a new level. My next plan of action is to get them to start taking the offering in Kids in Action. The point of Kids in Action is to raise them up to do the works of the ministry. I want them to have a lot of training, and exposure to moving in the things of God. I'm a firm believer that the more we give our kids opportunities to minister, they will want to be at church. They will feel that they have a purpose, because they do. They are participants in the movement of the Holy Spirit, and play a huge role. For these kids, it's just a matter of building their spiritual muscles at home and at church. If we can give them more of God, they can be used as kids to do great things.

A new and fun development, I am working with team to start a young adult group. Our first meeting is this Saturday, and our goal is to bring strength to the 20's and 30's age bracket. I know from personal experience how the young adults of World Revival Church helped carry revival to the nations. We were trained in advance, and God did use us. When revival broke out in 2008, we were on the spot ready to go. We ran cameras, greeted, ushered, responded, and gave all that we were. Again, Pastor Marcin and I collaborated on developing a young adult ministry. It will be led by four people, including myself. Each of us will lead a service, take offering, and help pray. I feel that just as the kids are going to go to a deeper level, our young adults are going in the same direction. God is preparing this church for revival, and is getting things prepared in advance.

Finally, I think it's time to officially announce this. I will be hosting an internet TV program, much like Sid Roth's program. I'll be interviewing ministry leaders, and focusing on certain topics per show. We start filming this month, and the shows will be released in the following months. I'm thankful for the camera experience I had, and working on the Steve and Kathy Show. Looks like I was getting set up for this opportunity, and didn't even know it! Can I say that I have 0 experience being a TV show host, but I'm willing to do it. Pure grace! So I'm really excited for this experience, and that will make October even more of a faith adventure. I'll have more information on the TV program in the next few blogs, and how that is developing. For right now, we're getting the studio finished, and I'll practice a dry run tomorrow (October 2nd).