Young Life Capernaum in Poznań, Poland

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Did you know that Capernaum is in almost 40 countries? There are YL leaders, around the world, building relationships with teenagers with disabilities. Together, they are growing friendships, having dance parties (sounds familiar right?!), making crafts, baking, singing, laughing and learning about the God of the Universe being madly in love with them. We are going to start sharing stories from around the world of these great ministries. Would you stop and pray for these leaders, kids and the ministries that they represent?

Our first story comes from Poznań, Poland.

Since the beginning of this school year the three of us: Zosia, Marysia and Marta - the leaders from Young Life in Poznań, decided to enter the world of teenagers with disabilities. 
We want to go where they are, so the first semester we would visit some girls in the house for kids and teenagers with disabilities. We also take part in dance classes with adolescents with disabilities. What a joy and kindness, and authenticity we observe in them! There’s been laughter and dance improvisation, sharing our everyday lives, playing board games (that also quickly turns into a dance party), doing some arts and crafts, getting together before Christmas, singing carols and taking them out to a coffeeshop.

The most powerful in this experience is by far the way they treat us and each other, how they want everyone to feel included by showing the sympathy without any barriers - by a kind word, touch or a
smile.

The second semester we hope to keep building relationships with those who we’ve met, showing up at dance classes and for afternoon board games activity, we pray and hope for open hearts for us and for them, as well as for their parents so that we could slowly become parts of their world.



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