A creative start to the KKI Europe Leaders' Forum...

This week saw the start of our KKI Europe Leadership Forum. After three days of meetings with the ELT (European Leadership Team), yesterday we welcomed 30 more people, national KKI leaders from all over Europe. We should have been in Poland this week, but coronavirus restrictions sabotaged that for all of us. Nonetheless, our Polish hosts did an amazing job of welcoming us "to Poland" and to the forum this week. The opening session was one of the most creative zoom connections that I've experienced since this pandemic forced us all online.

At the "airport," we were ushered to Gate 7, where we all boarded Flight 777 to Poland. A real pilot and flight attendants welcomed us onboard. We saw an "in flight" video of beautiful Polish scenery, and our hosts, the Skrobarczyk family, introduced to typical Polish food and shared an inspiring Bible meditation based on Ephesians 6 and the story of how the Polish Hussars were able to overcome the enemy in the 1683 battle of Vienna.

Today we had times of praying for each other as well as group times of talking about how our partnering with local churches has had to change and be more creative in these days of coronavirus restrictions. This afternoon, the 30 of us from Europe joined other KKI leaders from all over the world for our monthly global zoom call that is preparing for next year's international leadership assembly in Egypt.

Tomorrow, we'll be reflecting on God's heart for Europe and taking time to pray for our continent and our ministry in the coming years.