Today was our last day in Poland and it was most definitely the heaviest. We packed our things, got on the bus, and headed to Auschwitz, where we explored the history of the Holocaust and World War II. Honestly, I’m still pretty speechless. To think that we were standing where these innocent prisoners were forced…
It’s day six and we are all still thriving! We started the morning with a nice breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, we embarked on what we thought was an hour long journey to Łódź, but it turned into an hour and a half drive due to some unforeseen traffic. We were sent to work…
Hello again! Today, some of the team went back to the campground to help run an event called “Shine!” The objective of Shine is to make people with disabilities feel not different, but special. Our job was to make them feel loved and wanted and beautiful. There were about 54 participants at the event and…
Early this morning, a group of our athletes left the hotel by bus for the Proem Church campus to participate in the “Shine” program helping special needs adults get dressed up and ready for prom. The rest of us went to a local high school to play another game of basketball. Luckily, we were playing…
We started off the day as a group with a breakfast at the hotel before splitting into two groups to work in different places within the city Piotrków Trybunalski. My group and I went to a local high school to play the best high school basketball team in the region. Seeing as they were in…
Today was our first day working Konakt Festival with Proem Ministries. We started off the morning with breakfast at the hotel restaurant and then headed out to the patio for a couple devotions within our group. After our group devotions, we headed down to the conference room where we had a devotional with the rest…
Greetings from Poland! After a long two days of travel, we finally settled down in our hotel in Piotrkow, Trybunalski. We started off our morning with a nice breakfast at the hotel and then we hopped onto the bus and headed to camp! This campground is where we will host the Kontakt Festival, which is…
We are quickly approaching our flights to Warsaw, Poland next Friday, June 7th! We are so excited to serve and grow while half-way across the world. Rising sophomore Jessica Parente has a quick message about why she chose to give up a week of her summer to serve in Poland: There are many ways you…
By Ryan Neises, Coordinator of Academic Services and Sports Ministry Cześć from Nashville! That means hello in Polish, but don’t ask me how to pronounce it just yet. Preparations are coming along for our upcoming mission trip to Poland! Myself, along with 11 Belmont student-athletes, will be traveling to Eastern Europe to work alongside Proem…