Kristen's graduation!

Brenda and I were both blessed to be a part of seeing Kristen graduate and receive her diploma. Kristen had worked so hard and so long. We are very proud of her accomplishments.

I (Jerry) am very thankful to a sweet couple who gave me a ticket to the USA and back to see Kristen graduate. (I know God will reward them for their love and sacrifice they made.)

We were also able to see Jacquelin and Tara & Will & Keren and Kristen's husband Chris. We also saw our sweet friends Gene & Charmaine from Roanoke, Va. who were a blessing at Kristen's home.

The winter weather and airports where a bit challenging, but God blessed all of our travels.

Thank you Jesus and all who prayed for Kristen & Chris and our travels.

My youngest brother, Perry (above photo, with a white beard) was at the graduation also. During the graduation ceremony the gospel message was clearly shared by Dr. Danny Akin. Perry prayed to receive forgiveness for his sins and he trusted Jesus as his savior!!!!!!

We have been praying for Perry for 18 years!!! God is faithful to save!!!

What a great day December 17th was in our lives.

Z Bogiem, Jerry and family

St. Petersburg, Russia

Had a great meeting with Baptist brothers who want to begin a Roma ministry in St. Petersburg.
It was a fruitful trip. Exciting flights with canceled flights and last minute dashes to the gates to catch my flights. A blizzard with a lot of snow. Spinning, sliding and extreme driving were also part of the adventures.
This is a monument to the Russian defeat of Napoleons army in 1814. This monument marks the place of the furthest advance Napoleon made into Russia.
Due to security reasons I can not write to many details on this blog.
Praise God for this time. Pray God will open doors and hearts of the Roma people in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Update on a September prayer request

This past September we asked you all for prayer about the ministry center we have in Nowa Huta, Poland.
We will have to move out of the center at the end of this month (December).

Pray the Roma school program will be able to find affordable room to continue the program.
The Roma church group will return to meeting on Sundays in their homes.
The Roma donations of clothing, household goods and food distribution will be located in our garage where we kept our van.

We thank you all for your prayers. I was really worried the city would throw our stuff out on the street and we would have lost all of our ministry supplies.

Praise God nothing happened while we were in the USA.

Z Bogiem, Jerry and family

We are back in Krakow!!!

This is a photo of Krakow's medieval old town square. Today it is covered by snow.

Our family is smaller here in Poland. We had to leave another daughter in the USA.
Jacquelin, we miss you! We know this is the next chapter God has for you in your journey with Jesus.
Roma ministry update;
Many Roma have moved to England. Those that are still in Poland are doing the same as when we left on September 7, 2010.

Wednesday I will be flying to St. Petersburg, Russia to meet with Russian brothers who have a desire to reach the Roma there.
Pray God will use my words and experiences to motivate our brothers to reach cross culturally.
God has a plan for the Roma people. His plan is that the Roma people will become disciples of Jesus and go and make more disciples. All of this being done for the glory of God!

We thank you all for praying!
Z Bogiem, Jerry and family

Back in Krakow, Poland

Hello everyone,

It has been a long time since my last post. We had just spent 9 weeks in America. With intermittent internet availability and on the road a lot, left me with little time to post.

We drove a little over 8000 miles by car and flew from Ky. to California also.

Our time with family and friends was great. We were able to share in a couple of churches about what God has been doing in Eastern Europe.

God's people are great and the best family to be in.

It was a bitter sweet time in the USA. We have to leave another daughter behind (Jacquelin) in the USA. But we also got to hug or new Granddaughter for the first time also.

Our time in the USA was busy, but fruitful.

Now that we are back in Poland, it is time to roll. We have a busy schedule with a lot of places to go and a lot of work ahead of us.

I like the fast pace of life. No time to get bored. The only down side is that time flies by to fast.

Thank you all for your prayer support and love for the Roma people and our family.

Z Bogiem, Jerry and family

I have a special prayer request.

The Mayor of Krakow is pressured by the Catholic church to evict us from our ministry center for having prayer meetings in a Government owned building. We rent from a private man who rents the whole building from the city of Krakow. The city has sent out control officers to validate the claim that we are praying and worshiping in our ministry center. Of course the claim was found to be true, now the Mayor told our land lord of our ministry center to evict us or they will evict him from renting the entire building. We fly to America on Tuesday, so we may loose our ministry center while we are in the USA and I don't know what will happen to our ministry supplies??? Pray that God will allow us to continue to rent this space for our ministry center and that the government officials will not evict us or remove our ministry supplies while we are not here in Poland to save our stuff or to defend ourselves. Thank you for praying!!! Z Bogiem, Jerry and family

update

Sorry it has been a long time since my last post. We had moved apartments. We have been in Lithuania and Brenda was in Budapest, Hungary.

We are packing and ready for our flights back to America the beautiful on Sept. 7, 2010.

We are looking forward to seeing many of you again in America.

Thank you for praying for us and the Roma people.