For those of you wondering whether or not that is a polska in my hand it is not- it was a small flute that I always kept with me in case something were to break out that I would regret not being a part of.

This one was about the food. For about $5 you could get chicken and rice or a nice spaghetti or something I couldn't pronounce, but of course, once your mouth is full that's a good thing.

This young lady was playing on a 200 year old violin, and making it sound her own, young and vibrant. She kept up with Jojo and the rest of us with ease. I wish that we had the means to record some of that time. With a dozen drummers it was a little loud, but it was very good.

From Todd:

"I'm not quite convinced that the best part of going is returning, but I'm trying that part out now"

"Now if I can stay awake today and sleep through the night- no more let lag!!! (I think)"

Camping Pictures.

Pictures from the trip.

This was during our time in worship. Joseph (my drum) was taking a little vacation due to the high humidity in Poland- he had no voice, so I had to find other means to worship and minister... This was effective as well.
This is not what it looks like, although it was very warm in that room and I was jet lagging pretty heavily, I was not asleep.







I used the brooms because of the humidity and not wanting to stretch the drum skin by beating it with something heavy and hard.














This is warfare here- The Brazilian Christians sent missionaries to Portugal and the Portuguese thought of them the same way most of the world sees missionaries from the US who are excited by their new revelations.
Denny Hurst on the left, who has recently moved to Lisbon, Portugal and was there to represent Portugal and Olgalvaro Bastos of Brazil in the red shirt doing warfare on the drums

contending for unity between the nations

Todd Adams I don't know that we'll have internet access in Madrid, but bless you all and thanks for praying. Athens was a success. On to Madrid. This is going to be really fun when these reports are about worship gigs 8^)

Todd Reports:

In Athens now... Not picking any fights- but seeing some amazing things happen. Chatting with new friends from Kaliedjeskope (how did they spell it and why that way?) {It's Polish for the one that you can't spell in English, either} Poland was hard to get around in because of a different alphabet... Greece isn't any easier... I wonder how Brazil will be next year...

There is a necessary tension between definitions, language, boxes and freedomto redefine ourselves. If we call ourselves apostle, prophet, evangelist, etc, we give others the right to define us, tell them what to expect from us- and yet their definition or understanding or definition of a word may not line up with how we ourselves would want to be defined with regard to the tasks set before us.

Our discussion leaned more toward definitions in secular terms so that the church wouldn't have the ability to "pigeon hole " us while the world, we in and those of, would have the freedom to express our callings and visions unfettered by tainted and deficient language.

Hello! the roundtable is going well and growing each day as more delegates from around the globe arrive. Brazil, Germany, Macedonia, Greece, India, Portugal, Venezuela, Czeck-Republic, Hungary, Thailand and even Poland! Many friends being made, many friendships getting deeper and you can see the river of youth that is going to shape the church as it responds to todays cultural necessity.

There is an excitement for nations that is papable in the eyes of these young men and women dedicated to the cause of Christ. They have already been broken before the cross as they witness the church missing people groups and cultures and they are dedicating their lives to pursuing a healthy church body in their home nations as well as those that hear the whispers from the Holy Spirit wooing them to be todays model of Abraham's servant drawing the Bride to the side of the Master.

I am encouraged by there hearts and their longings. Bless the Lord for a hope and a future.

Last night I heard an incredible band called Masala- I think that they are in the "pre" stage of life, but my gosh they were fun. Eclectic Southeast Asia, Jamaican dub urban hip-hop throat singers. Absolutely WILD!!! And in a short time a band called The Violet Burning, for those of you who have been around for a day or two... and Elisabeth ;^)

Hello from Poland! weather is nasty, drum has no voice, jet lag is killing me- I'm having a great time!!! Connecting with ministries from Brazil, Greece, Portugal, Beijing, London... The next step.. is Sunday moving on to Greece, and then Spain. Slotfest is an amazing event done every year here in Lubiaz- you should come next year if you get the chance! Next update when I know something new LOL

Well, that went well. For us. But I couldn't for the life of me figure out why I was getting dirty looks from everybody.

I was trying to figure out whether it was the pious look of a Polish supplicant or if I just incited something deep within people to distrust strangers, or just what it was.

Then I thought that I may have an idea... I'm a skinhead. Well, I'M not a skinhead but I look like a skinhead. To someone who doesn't have eyes to see.

At the end of our assignment we sat in the courtyard and felt the peace roll in.

I watched the clouds roiling, and when I went to take a picture or a video, they would slow.

And then the swallows came in and chirped and flew in circles around the courtyard- they looked full of joy unspeakable. And there were more of them flying about the compound as we walked out.

Anyway, we completed our assignment there and got good and thoroughly lost on our way back. I didn't mind... It was autobahn... How fast is 170 KPH? I'm just wondering. I'm pretty sure that I had never driven that fast before.

We missed the airport exit because the sign was hidden behind a big truck. We looked to find our way to Lubiaz, and couldn't figure out where we were for most of the trip, but we did find our way and then finding our way to the Retreat House where we are staying, well let's just say it's kind of satisfaction you feel when after you have been lost driving around and then locals get lost looking for a place not far away from where you are.

Poland is beautiful, the people are beautiful and I'll be happy to come back someday, but- it's a big world with a lot more to see. Some of it has come here to see me, and more of it is waiting for me to come there.

But today belongs to Poland... WIECEJ RADOSCI!!! MORE JOY!!!

It's 03:30 a.m. and about 6:30? there. 9 hours difference... and I'm jet lagging, sleep deprived a little and going to attempt to say a little, so...

The adventure so far: a little more detail.

I'm pressed for time so it's still not going to be hugely detailed, but-

AMTRAK wouldn't take my case, or the amount of luggage that I was biging up with me, and so I ended up driving up with Ramona and Andrew. This was Ramona's first act of ministry since her ordination 4 hours before we left.

We met Trevor on the US side and he took me across because of passport insufficiencies.

Then Trevor saw the second incarnation of the box to send Joseph in (very large drum, actually almost the size of the restrictions for air travel) and so we took two rubbermaid boxes and destroyed their usefulness for anything else and successfully covered Joseph and the Lord protected its coming and going and the enemy was foiled in his attempts to stop its travel...

I was up all night building and 11:oo pm to 04:30 am and our ride to the airport arived at 05:00. We got to the airport and went to check in with our electronic boarding passes and there was a problem that they didn't want to explain until we got checked in.

The plane that we were originally booked on was not going to malke the trip and they changed it to a smaller plane which meant someone was going later.

This was not an option for us as we had two other connecting flights and we didn't know that Toronto to Duesseldorf was going to be a forced march for a little over half a click. Crazy. We arrived at the gate in time to hear the final boarding call announcement.

We are now in the city of the black Madonna and have been praying about our part.

We covet your prayer as well. Amen

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Posted By Brother Bear to the toad less travelled at 7/06/2009 06:14:00 PM

We are safely in Wroclas! After leaving Vancouver yesterday at 0800, we are in Poland at 1100. Thanks for praying us through!

David McLain here. I'll be posting updates on Todd's status from time to time as well.

If things are going according to plan (and I think they are), then Todd & company is on an airplane right now, winging his way over - let's see, I guess he'd be heading over northern Canada - on his way to Poland.

It will be a long ride. Please pray for rest (they were up most of the night re-building a drum case), for strategy, for perspective, and for all the usual "travelling" stuff: health, good connections, great relationships, etc.

Also, I will be updating my blog via text @ http://ecclecticecclesia.blogspot.com/ It's a blog I've been keeping for a while, so there is some stuff in it from long ago, and some from not so long ago. And THANKS for your prayer- I'll be needing it.

Final Roundtable Update

Finally, the 2nd Global Roundtable begins one week from today, Wed. at 10am and we have a really cool group of leaders coming. We have a number of Festival Directors, Network Leaders, Pastors and Church Planters, Missionaries, Bible Translators, Editors, Musicians and Creative Ministry leaders. I think we will have an amazing time together.

The newly update delegate list is below

Also, we have some great news, Violet Burning will be leading our worship session on Fri. morning and Michael Pritzl will lead the Fri. morning roundtable session.

Festival fee free for all Delegates

Also, the leadership of SLOT told us this week, that they have decided in appreciation for the work we are doing, the distance some of us are traveling and because they really we feel privileged to host Kalejdoskop, that they would like to make the festival free for all delegates, not just those who have scholarships.

Morning Roundtable Sessions

We have a few updates on our Morning Roundtable sessions.

Wed. - Wolfgang Fernandez - "Creative ways of funding your ministry"

Thurs. - Andrew Jones - "Going Apostolic" - Focus on igniting movements to reach your country

Fri. - Michael Pritzl - "Altar Building", making our offering to God, wherever we are on the earth, in our rooms, at church, at colleges, clubs, festivals, wherever we are making music, we are building altars and offering our lives, our hearts, our praise to the Living God.
Sat. - Olgalvaro Bastos Jr “Inspired, not Copied”, discussing about how ministries, nowadays are copping successful weapons, but are not seeking for revelation on how to work on God’s Behalf.

Morning Worship times

Please remember to bring an indigenous instrument from your country, to join in with our drum intercession focusing on different regions and issues.

Newly, update Delegate List

Global Andrew Jones - Boaz Project -

Poland Radek Grygoruk - SLOT Festival Director -

Poland Krzysztof Słaboń - SLOT Program Director

Czech Republic Tomas & Monika Koblasova, Freakfest,

Czech Republic Sasa Flek - TaCesta -

Czech Republic Lukasz (Jumper) Firla - Godarchy ministry

Czech Republic Darek Firla - Tentwork ministry

Ukraine Oksana - UPfest

Ukraine Slavic - UPfest

Romania Olga

Macedonia Scot Brower - 24/7 prayer

Macedonia Alpin Ponikolov - Glasnost Church

Greece Philemon Armenis - Fusion

Spain Carlos Laborada - Coverbacks Motorcycle ministry

Portugal Denny Hurst - Rock on Rock

Portugal Claudecir Júnior Church planter

Portugal Nuno Soars England

France Simon Bourn - Associate Director of OM in France

Netherlands Max Paans - Jesus Freaks International ?

Germany Hajo Muller - Jesus Freaks

Germany/USA Annika Mongan - The Refuge Florida

England Martin Brown - Asylum

England Jonny Baker - CMS, Grace, Alternative Worship

England Ian Nicholson - The Matrix Trust/ 24-7prayer

England Adam Dyer Yeovil Community Church / Urban Warriors

Brazil/England N - Rodrigo Veiga Tribal Generation Missionary

Brazil Olgavaro Bastos Jr. - Tribal generation

Brazil Deniz & Andrea Vargas

Brazil Ronei Jr. - Sao Paulo

India Ravi Joseph Landge - Wildfire Tribe

Thailand Gary and Ineta Lansdowne - YWAM

Far East Wolfgang Fernandez - Next Step now

USA - Becky Garrison, Senior Contributing Editor for Sojourners and The Wittenburg Door

USA - Todd Adams, Olympia WA - Drum Intercessor

Canada Trevor Macpherson - Underground Railroad

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"Using a gift that God's given you, while in prayer, your connection is broadband now."

TLA

Up all night building a third case for Joseph. This one is pretty Red Green looking, but I think it will get me through to Poland. Maybe someone will help me build a new one there... Me thinks someone is afraid of the power Joseph packs

The war is not yet begun but the battle is begun. I can't take the train north so I must drive. Keep praying.