http://www.roesgarden.com Krista & Courtney Roes are missionaries with Greater Europe Mission using technology to help build the church in Europe Sat, 10 May 2008 14:54:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gina, my sister, gave Alex a camera before we left the states. It's a digital camera made for young people so it has two eye pieces and is rubber coated. Its really nice and Alex picks it up every once in a while and does a series of ... http://www.roesgarden.com/2008/05/photos/alex-camera-download/ Well, I uploaded my photos about our time in Poland in the Photo Album. Be sure to check them out. Also, Durand with GEM's CreativeWorks ministry also did some blogging about our concerts and has his photos (and a video) on his blog here. Guys, can't wait to do it again! ... http://www.roesgarden.com/2008/05/travels/more-pics-of-the-kyle-dillard-band/ Well, we finished the last concert today. All of them seem to have gone really well. Several of the prisoners were definitely impacted (talk to the band members for more info about that). More importantly, the local church we have been working with has really been encouraged. Oh, and ... http://www.roesgarden.com/2008/05/travels/its-a-wrap/ Whenever you're on a short-term mission trip, things are going to go wrong. In an effort to be more efficient, we decided that instead of spending a lot of time figuring out who's fault it is - a person will be assigned to be the fall guy for each day. ... http://www.roesgarden.com/2008/05/travels/its-was-kyles-faults/ Well, we just got back from a long day of concerts. We did two concerts today, one in a high school and one in a juvenile. Both went off really well with a majority of the teens getting really into what was being sung and said. When ... http://www.roesgarden.com/2008/04/travels/no-picture-not-much-said-because-im-tired/ Ok, she is still in her wedding dress and she already has pulled out an axe to chop off her husbands head. Well, actually, the guy behind them does this improvisational stuff to get money on the streets here in the Old Town of Warsaw and the bride and ... http://www.roesgarden.com/2008/04/travels/bride-with-an-axe-to-grind-literally/ Would you know that the above door is to the restroom? Would you know whether or not that that was a men's restroom or a women's restroom? We've been joking about all the different phrases that there are around the world about going to the bathroom without actually saying ... http://www.roesgarden.com/2008/04/travels/visiting-the-triangle/ It's Sunday morning and the guys have gotten into things fast. Yesterday was spent keeping them awake until the evening to get them over jetlag. Today, most of the group woke up at 4 AM waiting until everyone else woke. Then they hurried off to the church ... http://www.roesgarden.com/2008/04/travels/getting-over-jetlag-fast/ I haven't forgotten about all my blogs that I want to write about Ukraine however I'm just so excited. I'm sitting in Warsaw, Poland waiting for the "Kyle Dillard Band" (Kyle is the worship director of our home church, Lake Forest). I just got an SMS that they ... http://www.roesgarden.com/2008/04/travels/waiting-for-the-band-in-poland/ I know I haven't blogged since getting back from Ukraine and tomorrow I start traveling again. I am working hard on all the different blogs that came out of my time in Ukraine but just haven't gotten the time to write them down. But I will. Anyway, just wanted ... http://www.roesgarden.com/2008/04/photos/alex-suds/