Piotrków-Trybunalski, Poland
Friday, February 13, 2009
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Midweek Bible Study
Every Thursday evening at 6:00 pm, people from the church here gather in one of the classrooms downstairs for a midweek Bible study. Every Wednesday evening at 6:30 pm is the midweek prayer meeting. It was pretty crammed in that little classroom as more than 20 people from the church came to study God’s word.
Every Thursday evening at 6:00 pm, people from the church here gather in one of the classrooms downstairs for a midweek Bible study. Every Wednesday evening at 6:30 pm is the midweek prayer meeting. It was pretty crammed in that little classroom as more than 20 people from the church came to study God’s word.
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This week, the Bible study was on Psalm 143, which is a Psalm of David who is crying out to the Lord for help in a time of great trouble. I am really excited as I am just now able to pick up on a little of what is being discussed. I almost feel like a burden as Daniel and others take the time to translate for us at this meeting and others. But it is nice to be stretched to really listen to everything being said. I can pick out words here and there that I know, and that feels good, though we are all a long way off of really “knowing Polish.” I heard a statistic the other day saying that Polish is in the top 5 most difficult languages to learn. I must say, it’s the toughest one yet. But we’re up for the challenge, no matter how long we stay in Poland, to learn the language as much as possible so that we can communicate the gospel of Christ to these people in their heart language.
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So the Polish word for the day which I would like to teach you is: “scszęsliwy,” which means “happy.” Here’s how to phonetically pronounce it: [sh-chen-shlee-vih] Ha! Try to say that one as fast as you can ten times in a row.
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This week, the Bible study was on Psalm 143, which is a Psalm of David who is crying out to the Lord for help in a time of great trouble. I am really excited as I am just now able to pick up on a little of what is being discussed. I almost feel like a burden as Daniel and others take the time to translate for us at this meeting and others. But it is nice to be stretched to really listen to everything being said. I can pick out words here and there that I know, and that feels good, though we are all a long way off of really “knowing Polish.” I heard a statistic the other day saying that Polish is in the top 5 most difficult languages to learn. I must say, it’s the toughest one yet. But we’re up for the challenge, no matter how long we stay in Poland, to learn the language as much as possible so that we can communicate the gospel of Christ to these people in their heart language.
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So the Polish word for the day which I would like to teach you is: “scszęsliwy,” which means “happy.” Here’s how to phonetically pronounce it: [sh-chen-shlee-vih] Ha! Try to say that one as fast as you can ten times in a row.
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Christian Young
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