Dear Friends!

God has given our family the opportunity to go to Poland to serve Ukrainian refugees.  As part of a larger team, Roman, Hudson, Ellie and I hope to leave June 30th for Poznan, Poland and return July 9th.  We are going because we know Jesus calls us to go serve strangers, the hungry, the oppressed. I can't imagine many in our world who are in greater need than these refugees.  Jesus's heart breaks for these mothers and their children living through such displacement, fear, and darkness.  

Our team will be partnering with Bread of Life ministries to help meet refugees' needs such as food preparation and distribution, organizing housing spaces, and playing with their children.  Approximately 50,000 refugees a day cross the border from Ukraine into Poland.  While males older than 17 are legally required to stay behind and fight, mothers journey to the western border with 2-3 children. Upon arriving, they wait for some stranger to pull up in a car with a hand written sign in the windshield saying, "I can take 4".  I am stunned at the level of desperation that forces them to blindly trust and climb into the car. We count it a privilege to go serve their physical needs and hope to bring a brief repsite of joy to lighten their load, showing them the love of God.  We also hope to bring some relief to Polish families who are likely growing weary as their hospitality to open their homes and lives to Ukrainian refugee familes drags on month after month.

"Team" is the keyword in this trip and any mission endeavor.  Although Jan, Rebekah, and Samson will not be with us physically in Poland, they are still a part of our team as they stay behind to pray and to serve daily at home, supporting us to go.  I am writing to ask you to become a part of our team as well.  1 Corinthians 12:12-27 is an amazing passage, describing God's work being done through the body of Christ with each different part of the body being crucially important.  Verse 27 says, "Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it."  Our team already has brains to plan, ears to listen, mouths to speak, feet to go, and arms to lift.  We need knees to pray and hands to give.  Would you consider joining to pray for us daily?  Would you be a hand by partnering financially?  To join the team through prayer, please email me at paulr@meandmyhouse.org and I will communicate the petitions and praises.  

To join as a financial partner, please click link at the end of this letter, just before our Reynolds' signature (it will take you to Perimeter Church's secure giving page and you will see on the bottom of the page the money is going specifically to the Poland Trip for supporting Paul Reynolds (as Roman, Hudson, Ellie, and I are raising support as one). Ignore any "me" or "my" langauge below as it is auto generated by the software.  We hope to see God provide at least 30 prayer partners and a total of $4,000 of financial partnership.

To God be the glory for the things He has done and will do!

P.S. Call me if you have any questions (678-643-7378)