NEWSLETTER 12 - MAY 2022 - {blog_title}

Dear partner of Bread of Life,

The past almost two months have been very intense, with plenty of action in Poland and a stay of almost three weeks in the US. Time for a new newsletter with links to a record number of seven blogs, each with a different theme, and a short report from our stay in the US in the family corner.

We hope you enjoy reading, we thank you for your involvement and support, and, hope to hear from you soon!

Maja & Reinier van den Berg

Our warehouse at the Taylors
03/05/2022
Once, in 1996, when Bread of Life still didn’t exist at all, Dale and Asia Taylor, an Anglo-Polish couple, good friends, were hosting the party in their house on the…
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Interviews...
27/04/2022
During our recent stay in Atlanta, we were sent into a studio at Perimeter Church for half a day to also tell our story in front of the camera. We…
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A new van!
22/04/2022
Since our chapters in Kalisz and Pleszew recently got new vans for their various distributions, Poznan had the doubtful honor of having the oldest transport. Our van was from 2001,…
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Distribution (just) continues!
15/04/2022
Before February 24, within Bread of Life we rarely complained that we had too little to do. Our programs grew, and we were happy with the response, happy with support…
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Spread the word!
04/04/2022
We weren’t allowed to for two years. And now it was almost impossible. But happily enough we could make it! While working for Bread of Life we ​​have the great…
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New residents for New Life Center!
31/03/2022
We had such plans for New Life Center, or the Blue House as all villagers in Długa Goślina know our building north of Poznan. After serving as a shelter for…
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Pushing the borders…
19/03/2022
After more than two weeks of working at the limits of our abilities, we felt a growing need to broaden our perspective, which was quite regional for the time being,…
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FAMILY MATTERS

As in the blog “Spread the word!” already mentioned, planning our trip to the US was anything but simple. But in the end it did us very good!

Playing tourist has never really been our thing - traveling to a country with close contact with the “locals” has so much more! And even though we had a very intensive program on the East Coast, in North and South Carolina and Georgia, with continuous presentations, dinner meetings, or any form of interaction, with continuous sharing of what's on our minds, it was so enriching!

For Maja and Jadwiga it was the first time to the US. The journey itself was quite tiring, but none of the three of us suffer from jetlag! First night some additional sleep and on the go!

Everyone we have met and who is now reading this: thank you for organizing meetings, for hospitality, for support, for new contacts, for encouragement and prayer, for commitment and the will to really serve together.

Once again, a deep, deep bow of thanks to our host families, the Freitags, the Hazens, the Webers and Denleys. You were awesome!

And a few days in Arizona at the invitation of the Nungessers: unforgettable! Both all the heartwarming contacts as well as our trip through the Red Rocks of Sedona to Grand Canyon. Never had an experience where our senses absolutely fail to comprehend the magnificence of a natural phenomenon. So, check.

No better idea for an ending than a well-known movie quote: “We'll be back!”

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