FBC Missions

We have now been here for five days. The last three have been very full days for each of us. We are spread across all of the floors in the building working along side team members from Chicago and the teenage children of the local missionaries. We are each on different tasks; Vern & Mike are up on the top floor installing plumbing for the floor (they have had to run it through brick walls), Randy is also on that floor (or up in the rafters) working on strengthening the air duct connections, Dianna is in the kitchen on the 2nd floor and hauling laundry from the washing machine on the 3rd floor outside to line dry. Ron, with a teenage helper, is assembling kitchen
cabinets from kits with instructions he can’t read,

Pat is down in the basement removing a brickwall he would not let defeat him,

and I had been moved from project to project in the attic until today. I started painting temporarily this morning when the group I was working with ran low on supplies (supposedly until they arrived), I think the project coordinators decided to leave me because I am pretty comfortable with a paint brush in my hand.

Tomorrow we will have a day off to tour around the local area and shop.

Anna, on the behalf of the Poland 2007 Team

Hola Everyone,

The CCF Bolivia team is preparing to leave for South America in ONE week! We will be in Cochabamba Bolivia from June 25- July 10. We are all very excited to see how the Lord will work, and prayerful as we prepare! Please keep us in your prayers, as well as Dan and Daryl Collins who we will be visiting soon!

Adios!

Our team has all arrived safely at New Hope Fellowship. The six of us traveling from Oregon met up in the Munich airport with the Chicago team for the last flight. Upon arrival we met the EuroTeam coordinators for our project (Matt & Esther Bullock, and Bob & Elana Gonzalas) and the local missionary family (Bret & Michelle Hamilton). They took us back to the church and then showed us some of the town in an attempt to speed up our recovery from jet lag. The seventh member of our team (Dianna) arrived from her travels while we were out - everyone has now safely arrived. This morning we worshiped with the church here. They translated the service for us and the songs were all familiar praise choruses which we sang in both Polish & English (I was even able to borrow a flute and join the music team!).

Tomorrow morning we will begin our work… We anticipate the supplies arriving during the morning while we are being oriented about what to expect during this project. I took a couple of before pictures and will post one with a couple showing the progress later on in the project.

Thank you for your prayers!

Anna Fanger, on behalf of the Poland 2007 Team.

Suitcases are out and filling up fast! Most of our small team is just about to depart - and one member, Dianna, has already arrived in Poland!  We will be serving along side a team from Chicago working on construction projects.  We have received a prioritized list of projects - the top of the list is insulating, framing for walls, etc. on the top floor of the New Hope Fellowship building.

Prayer Requests for our team:

• Travel safety - we leave Eugene early Friday morning, June 15th and will arrive shortly after noon on Saturday, Wroclaw time.
• Work safety - while doing the construction work at New Hope.
• Spiritual growth & team unity - while we are working and living in close quarters with another team in the building we are all working on.
• Team members: Randy Becker, Luverne Ritter, Mike Manley, Patrick Quinn, Ron Nelson, Anna Fanger, Dianna Leach

Thank you for joining with us as we take God’s love and serve our brothers and sisters in Wroclow, Poland.

Anna Fanger, on behalf of the Poland 2007 team