The ones who turn dreams into reality.

by Lisa Chupryna Ministry Leader at Youth Hub, KJMC Warsaw, and T3O Teammate.

"In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."

Tatry Mountains, Poland

Dear and truly precious friends,

You are not just donors to us. You are the ones who are expanding God’s Kingdom, who invest in raising up the next generation, and who help us dream big and witness how God answers prayers. You are the ones who turn dreams into reality for so many teenagers.

From our heart-of-hearts, we want to send a HUGE thanks to you — personally to each of you and to all of you together — from me, from our entire team, and from every single participant — every single teenager who participated in the youth retreat in the Tatry Mountains in Zakopane, Poland.

Retreat participants — About 40 people, including teens and adults

In total, there were 40 people on this retreat, including our team. All of the teenagers are active servants in their local churches — each one contributing in their own way. Some serve in worship teams, some in dance groups, some in technical support, some help as ushers, and others serve children in Shabbat school. Many of them are simply an irreplaceable part of their small local congregation. We also had children of pastors on our team, who were given this unique opportunity to be part of the retreat together with everyone else.

Ukrainian refugee youth came together with Polish youth to encourage each other, worship and pray together, and break down social barriers.

In addition, this retreat brought together not only Ukrainian teenagers who are refugees, but also representatives of local Polish youth. This was a great encouragement for us and a clear sign that God is expanding our boundaries and allowing us to serve young people here in Poland as well. We thank God for the family-like atmosphere and for the way He removes barriers between us — barriers of language, understanding, and acceptance. We shared our hearts with one another as two countries, as two nations united by God.

Some of our kids at basecamp preparing for the slopes.

We stayed at a wonderful base where we spent three nights and almost 4 full days. We had a rich and inspiring spiritual program with the theme “My Small and Big Victories with God.” All of our activities — both spiritual and physical — beautifully reflected this theme and helped the youth experience victories and view them through a spiritual perspective.

We are deeply grateful to you for this incredible gift. Thank you for allowing God to increase the volume and capacity of your hearts and for choosing to take part in this life-giving event. For many refugees, especially refugee women with children who are currently in Poland while their husbands remain on the front lines in Ukraine, such a trip is nearly impossible. Renting apartments, often without stable work, and caring for several children makes it extremely difficult to afford an opportunity like this for their child.

From all of us — Thank you!

That is why it is such an immense blessing to know that somewhere thousands of miles away, across oceans and seas, there are people who so deeply desire to help and to be God’s instrument in our lives. We truly wish we could hug each of you personally and all of you together.

May the Lord richly bless you!

The view from the top of the advanced slope.

We witnessed many joyful experiences and true victories. Most of the teenagers had never skied or snowboarded before — yet every single one of them did it. By the end of the third day, everyone was riding from a higher "advanced" ski slope and felt like a winner. There was not a single disappointed person; on the contrary, everyone said that the trip should have lasted a whole week.

Thank you for these feelings and for allowing us to be in God’s presence — dancing, worshiping Him, praying, fellowshipping with one another, performing skits, speaking about Him, praying for one another, and embracing one another. This was incredibly valuable for our emotions and for our inner well-being.

Many teenagers received strong encouragement to continue walking forward, serving, loving God, and knowing that they belong to this community of young people. We have already agreed that in the summer we want to go together on a three-day kayaking trip. We are also planning a youth prayer retreat, where we hope to cooperate with youth from other churches so that God can do something great through all of us as we unite across different churches.

We bless you, we bless your families, and we pray that the Lord will continually delight you with His surprises and long-awaited answers, and that He will richly reward you for your contribution. May you not be without fruit — we already see your fruit through videos and photos. We also want to reach out to you, embrace you, and thank you personally.

Thank you so much!

In Yeshua,

Lisa

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What People Had to Say...

Svita

And I want to thank Liza for her faith. Because in my opinion, everything starts with this.

With faith and obedience to God. For the fact that she believed it was real, even if she was scared, she didn't run away or hide, but she moved this locomotive forward.

Thank you for all the "train conductors" (madrichim), for the conductor of "train of our God", the God of Israel, who opened the hearts of sponsors, leaders, and children, for the whole team, because it is in unity that God's power and His Spirit reside there.

I believe and know that the Lord renewed everyone there: physically, spiritually, and in their souls.

Much of it is still invisible, but in the spiritual world, a whole block of ice has shifted, which is melting and will flow through the cities of Poland and beyond.

Because the living water that the Lord filled us with will not be held back by anything or anyone.

I am very grateful to everyone who prayed, invested their strength, and hearts ❤️❤️❤️.

Our instructors were incredible! ))) .

Nina

Sincere thanks to Liza and all the servants who organized the youth trip to the mountains for our young people! Thank you for your work, love, care, and contribution to every detail of this trip. All of you are incredible, cool, and great guys 👍✨ May the Lord abundantly bless each of you, strengthen you in your service, and fill you with peace, wisdom, and new strength. May everything you sow in the hearts of young people bear good and abundant fruit 🙏✨

A very special and heartfelt thank you to Joel!❤️🌷💐

Thank you for your big heart and for finding the funds to help make this trip possible so that everyone could go.🏂⛷️🎿🛷⛸️ Even though you didn’t know most of the kids at all, you chose love, care, and generosity. Thank you for your open heart ❤️ toward God and His people. May the Lord richly and powerfully bless you🫶, your wife, and your children. May your home be filled with peace, joy, protection, and His presence 🙏✨ May all the goodness you sow return to you a hundredfold.

Tanya

Shalom to all, I want to thank God for this trip, thank you to the sponsors, and a huge thank you to all the ministers who prepared the program, served our children, and took care of them. Thank you so much, may the Lord greatly bless you all ❤️❤️❤️

Tomasz

Thank you so much for organizing the camp and for taking care of the children, the worship, the prayer, the word, the sports, the fun, the food, and the transportation. Everyone who contributed to this, may God bless you greatly. I'm glad that this happened, and I believe we will see the fruits of all this in our children. Mine are delighted. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Of course, thank you to our sponsors!

Mariia

Joel, thank you for your service and your involvement. Your help was truly meaningful and valuable. May God richly bless you and all the sponsors who opened their hearts and made this trip possible. Glory to God for all of you 🙏