Today is freezing! When I left my apt this morning I knew it would be a little cool but 50F whith summer clothes is cold. Ha. Jerry said something about the wind and when we turned the corner I found out what he was talking about. It was this chilly strong wind that cut through my pants.
It's been a good day though. We took the train to Warsaw at 8a. At 11a we were in the city center getting something to eat. Then a coworker in Warsaw picked us up and I helped navigate us to the address that henryk had given me for the Roma. We found it without much trouble. We walked into a small concrete room in the back of the building and saw the family that I'd met the last time I was here. The woman recognized me and then the man. Jerry was able to share the gospel with them and invitenthem to one of our Roma camps. They don't have a car much less electricity or running water. So if they are interested in coming to a camp then we'll have to find a way to get them to the camp.
Please pray for this family. Pray that God would work in their hearts and that he would use this as an open door to new Roma communities in the Warsaw area. Pray also that we would have wisdom in how to minister to them.
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I went to ursus again today. This time I walked around. Pretty soon after I started walking it started raining. Ha. So I just walked and prayed for about an hour after my friend left. Sometimes I wish I were a needy American who can't be left alone. Sometimes I'd rather be taken care of. I work hard to prevent looking like the needy foreigner. Anyways. So my friend introduced me to a new game! You can take the train with a city transit pass. Ha. Of course I had to try it out. It was easy. It dropped me off only a couple of blocks away from starbucks. Ha.
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After passing out about 100 presents to kids in the Radosc area, Henryk took us to this place behind an abandoned building. He'd heard that there were Roma here but had never contacted them. When he found out that I was looking for Roma, he decided to take me to meet them. We walked in with a couple of big bags full of presents for the kids and immediately the adults and kids started to flock around to see what was in there. We asked if we could take pictures and the man who seemed to be in charged told us we couldn't take pictures. Then he picked up a big stick and started waving it around. One of the ladies was really nice and she said we could take pictures. But this guy waving the stick was more convincing. 
leader shook my hand and kissed me on the cheek and welcomed me to come back again. I'm hoping that before I leave, I'll get to go to a few more Bazaars in the city and pray walk a few more neighborhoods.Saturday I went to deliver presents to kids because today is Children's Day. It was the same foundation that did a children's camp in the mts that I helped with in jauary. While we were riding around, Henryk told me he knew of some Roma in Radość which is a town outside of warsaw. So at the end of the day he took me there. We have out presents. There were about 15 kids and 2 or 3 families living in this run down building. It was a great contact! They invited me back to visit them. Maybe some of them would be interested in going to one of the Roma Family Camps! Pictures to come!!!
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Friday evening I went to a family orphanage in Ursus. Derek told me there are Roma in Ursus. It was too late in the evening to go explore that but it's useful information if I can follow up on it.
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So I've been in Warsaw since last Thursday. I've been looking for Roma here in the city. Thursday I met a woman and gave her a DVD. She was in a place I didn't expect to see her--a nice mall. Ever think of FREE BATHROOMS? Free bathroom alert: Starbucks@ul.Nowy Świat.
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