W ubiegly weekend ja i moja sasiadka Heather wybralysmy sie na rekolekcje dla kobiet z naszego kosciola. Byla to trzydniowa impreza pod haslem "Pionierskiego ducha". Rekolekcje odbyly sie w starej dunskiej szkole w miejscowosci Tyler polozonej okolo 25 mil od Marshall. Tyler to male miasteczko, gdzie zauwazyc mozna silne korzenie dunskie. Byly to moje pierwsze tego typu rekolekcje i w tym roku zostalam tam tylko dwa dni (caly piatek i sobota do 16). Na rekolekcjach tych w sobote wieczorem owszem odbylo sie nabozenstwo, modlilysmy sie i sluchalysmy roznych przypowiesci przed posilkami, ale poza tym ten caly weekend nie obracal sie wokol religijnych modlow. Czas ten bardziej przypominal integracje kobiet z naszego kosciola i nie tylko. Kobiety skupialy sie na wykonywaniu roznych projektow indywidualnych i grupowych jak np. szycie na maszynie. Wiele kobiet "przytargalo" swoje maszyny do szycia i tworzyly one naprawde godne podziwu rzeczy. Jednym z projektow, ktory na dlugo zapadnie mi w pamieci jest "Pamiatkowy mis" wykonany z sukni slubnej, w ktorej wczesniej do slubu szla wlascicielka misia. Ja nigdy w zyciu nie szylam, od razu zastrzeglam mojej sasiadce, ktora szyje, ze ja mam do tego typu zajec dwie lewe rece. Moja sasiadka byla jednak nastawiona optymistycznie na uczenie mnie, moze dlatego, ze jest ona nauczycielka i udalo jej sie! Dzieki jej nauce i radom sama uszylam serwetke na stolik, ktora mozecie zobaczyc na zdjeciu ponizej. Heather uszyla dla mnie piekne rozowe kapcie po domu, ktore rowniez mozecie obejrzec na zdjeciu nizej. W piatek wieczorem razem z Heather i jej mama ulepilysmy pierogi z kapusta i grzybami. Heather uwielbia pierogi i bardzo chciala, zebym nauczyla ja jak je sie robi, dlatego wykorzystalysmy te impreze do tego typu przedsiewziecia. Przeszlysmy przez caly proces robienia pierogow wlacznie z gotowaniem kapusty. Robienie pierogow razem szlo niezwykle szybko:) Nastepnego dnia w sobote nasze pierogi miala okazje sprobowac reszta grupy, liczaca okolo 40, a moze nawet 50 kobiet. Wszystkim bardzo smakowal ten polski przysmak:) W sobote przyjechala do nas Ellayne Conyers, ktora startowala na radna naszego miasta w tym roku i jest ona rowniez dyrektorka naszego lokalnego muzeum. Ellayne byla podekscytowana faktem, ze kobiety spotykaja sie razem po to by spedzac ze soba czas i solidaryzowac sie oraz wymieniac doswiadczeniami. Ellayne wyglosila dla naszej grupy bardzo interesujaca przemowe dotyczaca "Pionierskich kobiet" w nawiazaniu do niezwykle waznych rol jakie pelnia kobiety i jak bardzo potrzebne sa one miedzy innymi w zyciu mezczyzn. Czas tych rekolekcji byl dla mnie niezwykle wartosciowy, poniewaz poznalam mnostwo kobiet z mojego kosciola i nie tylko. W niedziele poszlam do kosciola i juz znalam o wiele wiecej twarzy niz wczesniej. Dowiedzialam sie rowniez od Emily, kobiety ktora wraz ze swoja rodzina jezdzi na misje do Turcji, gdzie naucza muzulmanow o Jezusie, ze Koran jest niezwykle agresywny, przepelniony zlem i przemoca z czego czerpie w doslownym slowa tego znaczeniu Panstwo Islamskie. Na szczescie wiekszosc muzulamnow nie chce zabijac i siac zla, wybierajac tym samym lagodna i pokojowa interpretacje Koranu, wystrzegajac sie doslownej i bulwersujacjej interpretacji tej ksiegi. Kobiety na rekolekcjach zajadaly sie pysznymi przekaskami, popijaly kawe i herbate oraz tak po prostu plotkowaly:) W sobote odwiedzilam rowniez muzeum dunskie polozone tuz kolo dawnej szkoly. Mily czas z dala od mezow i dzieci! Polecam!
Milego dnia!
Marta
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Makaron pikantny
Hi!
Last weekend me and my neighbor went for women's retreat organized by our church. It was a three day event under the title "The Pioneering Spirit". Women's retreat took place in old Danish school in Tyler which is located about 25 miles SW of Marshall. Tyler is a small town where you can notice strong Danish roots. It was my first women's retreat like that and this year I stayed there just for two days (whole Friday and Saturday until 4 pm). There was a service on Women's retreat on Saturday, we were also praying and listening to different Bible stories before meal, but in general the whole retreat was not concentrated around prayers. This time was reminding more a women from the church and not only from the church integration. Women focused on individual and groups projects such as sewing on sewing machines. A lot of women brought their own sewing machines and they were making really impressive things. One of the projects that I will keep in my mind for a long time is a "Memory teddy bear" made of a wedding dress of the lady who owns the teddy bear. I have never sewn before and I warned my neighbor who sews that I have two left hands to this kind of work. My neighbor was optimistic to teach me, maybe because she is a teacher and she made it! I sewed a little table cloth, which you can see on the picture below, because of Heather's help and advises. Heather sewed for me beautiful pink slippers which you can also see on one of the pictures below. Heather, her mom and I made pierogi with sauerkraut on Friday night. Heather loves pierogi and she wanted me to teach her how to make them so we took advantage of this event to make them:) We went through the whole process of making pierogi including cooking sauerkraut. Making pierogi together was going really fast:) The next day on Saturday the rest of our group which was about 40 maybe 50 women could try our pierogi. Everybody liked this Polish delicacy a lot:) Ellayne Conyers came visit us on Saturday. She was running for a city council in our town and she is also a director of our local museum. Ellayne was so happy that women meet together, they solidarity together and they exchange experience. She gave us a very interesting speech about "Pioneering women" in reference to very important roles which women play and how much they are needed for example in men life. The time of this retreat was very valuable to me because I met many women from my church and not only. I went to the church on Sunday and I already knew much more people than before. I also learned from Emily, a person who goes with her family for missions to Turkey where she teaches Muslims about Jesus that Koran is very violent and aggressive which in the literal sense of the word ISIS uses that. Fortunately most of Muslims do not want to kill so they pick more peaceful interpretation of the Koran guard against the brutal interpretation of this book. Women on retreat were eating wonderful snacks, drinking tea, and coffee and they were simply gossiping:) I visited on Saturday a Danish museum located just next to the old school. It was a nice time far away from husbands and children! I highly recommend!
Have a nice day!
Marta!
One year ago on blog:
Thanksgiving
CULINARY SPECIALTIES:
Spicy noodles
Makaron pikantny
Hi!
Last weekend me and my neighbor went for women's retreat organized by our church. It was a three day event under the title "The Pioneering Spirit". Women's retreat took place in old Danish school in Tyler which is located about 25 miles SW of Marshall. Tyler is a small town where you can notice strong Danish roots. It was my first women's retreat like that and this year I stayed there just for two days (whole Friday and Saturday until 4 pm). There was a service on Women's retreat on Saturday, we were also praying and listening to different Bible stories before meal, but in general the whole retreat was not concentrated around prayers. This time was reminding more a women from the church and not only from the church integration. Women focused on individual and groups projects such as sewing on sewing machines. A lot of women brought their own sewing machines and they were making really impressive things. One of the projects that I will keep in my mind for a long time is a "Memory teddy bear" made of a wedding dress of the lady who owns the teddy bear. I have never sewn before and I warned my neighbor who sews that I have two left hands to this kind of work. My neighbor was optimistic to teach me, maybe because she is a teacher and she made it! I sewed a little table cloth, which you can see on the picture below, because of Heather's help and advises. Heather sewed for me beautiful pink slippers which you can also see on one of the pictures below. Heather, her mom and I made pierogi with sauerkraut on Friday night. Heather loves pierogi and she wanted me to teach her how to make them so we took advantage of this event to make them:) We went through the whole process of making pierogi including cooking sauerkraut. Making pierogi together was going really fast:) The next day on Saturday the rest of our group which was about 40 maybe 50 women could try our pierogi. Everybody liked this Polish delicacy a lot:) Ellayne Conyers came visit us on Saturday. She was running for a city council in our town and she is also a director of our local museum. Ellayne was so happy that women meet together, they solidarity together and they exchange experience. She gave us a very interesting speech about "Pioneering women" in reference to very important roles which women play and how much they are needed for example in men life. The time of this retreat was very valuable to me because I met many women from my church and not only. I went to the church on Sunday and I already knew much more people than before. I also learned from Emily, a person who goes with her family for missions to Turkey where she teaches Muslims about Jesus that Koran is very violent and aggressive which in the literal sense of the word ISIS uses that. Fortunately most of Muslims do not want to kill so they pick more peaceful interpretation of the Koran guard against the brutal interpretation of this book. Women on retreat were eating wonderful snacks, drinking tea, and coffee and they were simply gossiping:) I visited on Saturday a Danish museum located just next to the old school. It was a nice time far away from husbands and children! I highly recommend!
Have a nice day!
Marta!
One year ago on blog:
Thanksgiving
CULINARY SPECIALTIES:
Spicy noodles
Pracuje nad moja serwetka!/I am working on my table cloth!
Oto efekt pracy!/This is result!
Moje kapcie zrobione przez Heather/My slippers made by Heather
Gotujemy kapuste na pierogi!
We are cooking sauerkraut for pierogi!
Stara dunska szkola/Old Danish school
Pokoj w ktorym spalysmy. Na zdjeciu Heather z jej mama.
A room where we were sleeping. You can see on the picture Heather and her mom.
Wnetrze dunskiej szkoly.
An interior of Danish school.
Muzeum dunskie/Danish museum
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