Anna and Ben's Bio

Ben and Anna got married June 18th of 2011.  They are very excited about this opportunity to serve others and share the word of God with the people of Poland.  Anna has been to India on a short-term mission trip and Ben went to Poland with the Rivertree team back in 2009.  God is Great!

In His Name

Love,

Ben and Anna

Team Bios: A.J. Wolnski

Hey everyone -

My name is A.J. Wolnski.  My son David and I will be making the trip to Poland this year for the first time.  In fact I am 50 years old and this will be my first mission trip out of the country!  I live in Birmingham, Alabama with my awesomely spectacular wife Grace and our 8 children.  I have been running my own small business for about 18 years.  I like to build things, fix things, and take things apart.  I enjoy backpacking, mountain biking, working on computers, detailing cars, playing with my kids and collecting antique beer cans.  I also really enjoy playing guitar and mandolin.  I'm really looking forward to our time in Poland.

For more about me just look me up on Facebook under A.J. Wolnski.

See you in Poland!

New Team Member

Since we first posted the names we've added a team member - Daniel Frack. He's a graduating senior from Grissom High School.

Current Prayer Requests

As we continue preparing for our work in Poland we would greatly appreciate your prayers for the following

• Grace and wisdom for Greg Skrobarczyk and others who are already in Poland planning our work
• The timely arrival of funds for plane tickets for everyone on our team
• The preparation of our hearts for service
• Revelation and wisdom for each of our team members
• Protection from the undermining of our work while we are there

Thank you!  We are so grateful for your willingness to support us in prayer.

Team Bios: Josh McClung

Hey Everyone! My name is Josh and I am married to my lovely wife Meg who is also going on the trip. I grew up in Homewood, Alabama and began going to the Shades Valley Community Church youth group when I was around 13 years old. I went to Auburn after graduating high school and studied industrial engineering. Me and Meg got married just before my senior year and once I graduated college we moved back to Birmingham (Leeds) where we have lived for the past five years. However we recently put our house up for sale and we hope to move closer to church/work/friends soon. I work for southern company at the Alabama power building downtown where I am an Engineer in the Market Strategies group. I enjoy hanging out with friends, swimming, running, playing soccer, and traveling. I'm really looking forward to this trip and seeing old friends and meeting new ones in Poland!

Team bios: Meg McClung

In an effort to get to know our team members better, I'll be the first to post a bio blog (for the sake of the Huntsville team, California team, and anyone else...).  I am really excited to be a part of the first team from Shades Valley Community Church to go to Poland!  We have an amazing group and I can't wait to see what happens leading up to and during our week there.  This will be my third mission trip to Katowice, Poland.  We are partnering with King's Kids Polska and Erin and Greg Skrobarczyk, the leaders of KK, are my sister and brother-in-law and it's great to be a part of what they do in Poland.

I am a 28 year old registered nurse and the wife of Josh McClung (who's going on this trip, too).  I grew up in Huntsville, AL but also lived as a MK (missionary kid) in Budapest, Hungary during my 9th and 10th grade years with my mom and dad (Sandra and Blake Rymer) which changed my worldview and whet my appetite for missions.  I went to Samford University in Birmingham, AL and studied to become a registered nurse.  Josh and I got married after graduation and have lived in Birmingham for the last 5 years.  I am a cardiac nurse but surprisingly, none of the mission trips I've gone on have been medical.... maybe some day??  I enjoy spending quality time with friends, hanging out with our families, our small group, traveling, eating and cooking, and trying to figure out some kind of creative outlet!
I look forward to getting to know more about our team members!

Team meeting

Tonight we have a {birmingham} team meeting to talk about fundraising and pray about our time in Poland. We hope to hear from the Lord more about our purpose while we're there and pray for our team, the other teams and the people we'll meet while in Poland. We are getting close! Only 2 months from today we'll be arriving in Katowice!