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When Rosemary Scott and her family ar-
rived in `Poland 1ast.stunmer, they were not
there as regular tourists. They were there
on a mission for God.
Part of Teen Missions - a non denomina-
tional, interdenominational organization
that strives to keep teens excited about go-
ing out and working for the Lord, the Scott
family numbered five out of a group of four
leaders and 32 teenagers, who travelled to
Poland last summer with thoughts of help.
ing reconstruct and/or renovate one of that
country's churches.
The Scotts spent five and a hall weeks in
Poland, renovating, building and evangehr-
mg, but they also spent approximately the
same amount of time prior to that in a
Florida boot camp, preparing for their trip
Boot camp itself was attended by more
than the team heading to Poland. According
to Mrs. Scott, who lives in Zurich but nurste
in Seaforth, all of the Teen Mission summer
teams were at the camp at the same time
And since some were destined for more
remote locations than Poland, all teams
trained with that in mind
"Everyone there prepares for the most
remote team that's going out." said Mr:
Scott
"If everyone prepares for the very. ver•,
most primitive of conditions, then it's no;
such a big culture shock when they reac!
their destination."
Mrs. Scott noted by comparison that he'
team was "the Holiday inn team of Tee:
Missions". simply because it was housed ul•
doors. and had a kitchen. beds, showers an,:
indoor plumbing. Some teams, she said. has
none of those things and lived meal -to -mea,
"Our kids were actually quite pampered
m relation to boot camp," she said, adding
that boot camp wasn't bad, just hard wort:
"And it was hot. and you were always we:
- either from ram or sweat." she recalleu.
"And the whole day was systematical/\
laid outs There was no time for saunterms
about. There was so much to teach these
kids, so that they could go out and build
things. And they really did do exceptiona.
work with so little instruction time '
POLAND BOUND
After leaving boot camp the Poland tean
travelled by bus to New York. where the'
boardeu a plane destined for Franktur:
Germany. From Germany they travelled t1
Poland. It took, the team approxfmateiy st:.
days. from the time they left Florida, t.
reach their destination
Once in Poland the team was transporter.
to the city of Zwyiec, which is located in the
southern part of Poland and bas a popuie
lips o' approximately 20.00!• peopi.
Members lived right downtown lel ao,
mitories located at the complex they wer,
working in, and while there built storag-
and working facilities for the city's oniy not
Catholic church. as well as a double ea!
garage which will be used in the future to
ambulatory -type purposes
As to her impressions of Potent.. Mr:
Scott said she was surprised by some thing:-
out
hing`out not by others. She admitted her mitia
reaction was to pack everyone back on• tri•
bus and take them home. but said she pre
bably over -reacted •
"There was no place to store things .c'
work, and if, looked so messy and unkempt.
but that feeling lasted about one hour." stir.
said
"The people were so friendly and outgom,
and couldn't do enough for us. They treater
us like their own family."
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TEEN MISSIONS LEADER Rosem'ary Scott middle, a resident of Zurich but a nurse a:
the Seatonn Community Hospita' was at the Oueensway Nursing Home in Hensel!
recently to ten residents there about her summer trip to Poland as Part of Teen Mrs
sions Intemationa! Mrs . Scot. ooses with Oueensway residents Albert Miazga o'
Polish descent. and John Karts who served in Europe during World War II Mcltwraitr
ohotc
As tor the country itself. Mrs. Scott said
was "iust beautiful" and not unlike Canaria
"The seasons and the weather are very
much the same. Their growing season e-
shorter. and they don't have the same hey'
season as termer:, in Canada bu• tn•
geograpnc li very mucn like herr " sh-
saic
Mrs. Scott rioted some difterences in the
toodr - mainly that there aren't all the foods
that are available to Canadians at home
She noted. tor example. that while truits anc
vegetables are abundant in Poland. there
nave been no bananas there tor seven veer:
Another Canadian mainstay that is `iris
in m tnr. Polish diet is peanut butte:
although the Polish people love it. Cocoa ',-
also
salso unavailable in Poland. and cereal is 011•
Iv distributed to families who can prove tne-
have childrei., Meat is rat -tonna:. with a:
Jamie' c' tour receiving 12 pound>i pe'
montn. Farmers get less. And cneese. while
it is not rationed, is imported iron) Holianc.
and is bought up quickly
"Poland nas gone pretty weir se!r sufi
cient. but there are a lot of foods we take to.
grantee - like spaghetti and brown sugar
that tney don't nave, For example, tnev'v'
never near -1 ci maple syrup ' sag!' Mr.
Scot:
"reread is aiso supposed to oe in snort sus
piy, our we never round it to or - altnough 1
is more or 0 rye bread, oecause tnev don
nave a lot or win .e fioui -tney bon t refine :
enoug,`'
Mrs. ncott noted that gas was aiso ration,••
es. so people aon t appear to travel aroun :
as mucn as Canadians, and detinitee• uon .
commute to work. Housing is in snort suppi'
and Ls expenslvt •
r amities sne saru, are insular tnan tne••
are m Lanaua,'and don't fragment as muc:. •
F ermine tectuuques are about 4i1 year -
Denied Inose practised in (anada, and Lie.
average terra is about IG acres.
"They Use every bit of land, even the ver.
tical ups and downs, making it necessary tot
tner: t Itlaltivatt. b' hand Thel aist
transport by norse and wagon.' said Mn:
Scot:
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The hospitals too. were behind the times
But, they weren't, according to Mrs. Scott.
lacking in service
"They don't do things very much different
from us, aside from the fact they don't have
the technology," she said, adding that all
hospitals are government -run, and provided
inexpensive service. She noted one of her
teens had surgery for appendicitis, was
hospitalized for five days. and was onl.
charged $330. Most payment is done ut cut
flowers and coffee
As for the country's religious practises
Mrs. Scott said she was surprised by the
freedom to practise religion in Poland
"1 guess I had the normal preconception
of what a communist country would be like
Poland is predominately Roman Catholic
and 1 was quite surprised that the govern-
ment seems to be more tolerant there of pec-
pie practising their religion, than other
Eastern block countries." she said. She add-
ed however, that Team Mission did not have
the opportunity to evangelize as much as it
would have liked, but that members made
use of every opportunity that came their
wad
'9 t wer, willing to experience the
culture. and some kids became fairly prof 1-
cient in the language '' she said
"The} learned ' some new songs, and
taught' the people there some English as
well. There was quite a bit of language ee-
cnange, and I think the fact we were wiilme
to try to speak. their language made the peo-
pte feel pretty good. They treated us like we
were tainily.'
Mrs. Scott said the trip to Poland. while 'it •
was mtended as a working trip, opened her
eyes to a lot of things, and gave all members
of the team a new appreciation for their life
Pack home.
"Over the summer we learned to make do
without a lot of the extras we have here tun
Canada). And, we tonna we fu nctsonued
quite well. The kids, I think, saw the advan-
tages they have m North America, and feel
more fortunate as well; Moneywise we are
affiuent." she said. •
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