In this room I became myself. That’s what I think when I remember little Ania. The one who had huge dreams, reaching far beyond the borders of small Jeziorany. Today, after many years, my family home is a breath of fresh air from these dreams. For me, this small town is like a return to […]
God’s Kingdom
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I’ve seen it many times. A smiling Westerner who embraces and hugs a Mozambican with emotion. But with one hand. Because in the other one he holds a phone and is taking a selfie. I’ve seen it more than once. A Mozambican who can’t say “no” because he’s just been given a gift. So it’s […]
Not much is enough
Eight years ago, I packed almost everything I had into a small basement, and I left for Africa with one suitcase. Since I’ve been coming back to Poland just for a while, I’ve been throwing out bags of unnecessary things. But that time I left them because they seemed important to me. Today, I don’t […]
Uncomfortable missions
It is uncomfortable in Mozambique. I had never thought about this country and myself there this way before. This conclusion was born maybe two weeks after arriving in Poland. At another breakfast together, when the hardships of the last months were just a safe memory. As safe as it was far away at that moment. […]
Why missions?
Sometimes I wake up in the morning and try to remind myself how I got here. As a child, I imagined my future at the desk. Either as a clerk or a writer. I did not dream about long journeys. I dreamed of predictability. When I started following Jesus, my dreams were wider. But not […]
Another day in a village
I haven’t seen them in three months, and they are the same. Real. This is what I like best about meeting them. They are who they are. They bring with them matters they currently live with. They talk about them. And that’s not always the case here. More often not. It is thanks to the […]
What do you usually think about?
I do not think about what could have happened. I think about what God has already provided. Options, ways out, scenarios – stories quickly form in our heads. It’s easy to follow your thoughts – first, second, third, etc., until you find yourself the same as the imaginations to which you have given your attention. […]
I come
I can imagine that the meeting with God in the garden of Gethsemane was the closest for Jesus. Because He chose not what was more comfortable to Him, but what God wanted. Such decisions are made only out of closeness. I. Holy Thursday. Garden I want to return to the place of desire. The place […]
Anger
When I first came to Mozambique, I was curious about everything. But most about the other person. Ready to learn from people here. On their soil, in their home and surroundings. View from their point of view. I came empty, that is, I put aside the world that I knew. As far as it is […]
Take God at His Word
“You will have the year you believe in.” (You will have what you believe is yours. You will have what you take from the Word. What you believe in my Word, you will experience.) For many years now I have been used to asking God at the beginning of each year what this coming one […]