GO...mAkE fOlLoWeRs...aNd bApTiZe tHeM...

That's one of the things Jesus tells us to do isn't it?!!! (Matthew 28:18-20)
I was amazed and delighted with the time with Rachel, Richard and little Anna at the "daisy farm"... they are trying to follow permaculture philosophy in their farm... I read some things about it and it's pretty cool how they intend to reach a balance between humans and nature, caring for the well being of both...focusing on production rather then consumption... planting a lot of diverse things and putting things on the right place so there's no need for much hard work...
We had nice conversations dreaming together about our farms and how we could start exchanging our different products in the future :-)... we have lots of Olive oil in the land in Portugal...they have lots of nice teas, berries and syrup :-)
But what most impacted me was Rachel's hunger for God :-)

That was one of the reasons she was begging me to go there... I met them last year in the Czech Rainbow gathering...they rescued me in their tipi, after getting soaking wet from the night rain :-)
I was with Emma and we end up sharing about God's love to Rachel, Emma prayed with her and I shared my personal encounter with Jesus... we kept e.mailing and she kept asking more and more about God...we even prayed few times through skype :-)
On the first day I was there we had a powerful time praying, and I felt to ask her if she was ever born again... we read some Scriptures and she told me she was asked that question several times in her life, but never felt it was the time... so we spoke about baptism and I explained her what it meant... in the end she simply said "Why not now?! We have a river!!! " (I thought about Philip and the eunuch :-) quite the same )
So we went to the river...a rainbow style baptism...naked :-) it was fun !!!
She wants to follow Jesus and know His Love :-)
she was having serious problems in her relationship with Richard, but along those days and with few prayers, things were changing, her heart was changing and in the end she was even thinking about having another child :-)
Be praying for this family...

One thing she really misses is community...and she told me she doesn't want to become like most of the christians she knows, all the different churches with all their different rules...
they live almost isolated in that farm...they wanna build community there, but who will join them ?!! there're some budists wanting to use the place for meditation...there's a "Jehovah witness" going there to teach the Bible... but I don't think that's what will fill the void in her soul and Spirit...
I will give Sirki, a reggae Dj I met at Slot Fest to visit them... at least they can have communion with other christians "like them" every once in a while... and I invite them to go to the land in Portugal for a while when the winter gets too cold and long here...
If anyone is interested to visit them, ask me for directions :-)

wRacLaW...wAiTiNg fOr tHe wInD tO bLoW...

Just to inform you that Baska Mleko is my name in Czech, Barbara Milk :-)
I went to Wraclaw after Slot with Julita, the one who also picked me up when I arrived...she's amazing...she dreams to have a second hand shop where people will be welcome to hang out, have a cup of tea or coffe, and a nice conversation...she has also relationships with most of the artists in Wraclaw, specially in the music scene...she's also a wonderful singer and you should see her conducting a choir... a lot of energy there :-) beautiful !!!
So, I got a ride with her back to Wraclaw (you read "Vratsvav") and I was planning to go to Berlin and be with the family there...But as I got to the train station around 1pm I realized I only have 2 trains a day to Berlin, one at midnight, the other at 8am, and they were too expensive for me ... so I just went back to Jula's place and I was going to think about what to do...

For my surprise Uli was there as well and she would stay till wednesday...Great !!! More time to hang out and chat with her :-)
I thought I would go to Czech to visit Rachel and Richard, but it was already the 25th and they said they would live to UK on the 26th...so I was changing plans...
I was going on tuesday to Gorlitz (polish border) instead of Berlin and Hitch Hike from there...it would be much cheaper and I could visit some Jesus Freaks friends I have there :-)...
But God changed my plans again...As I checked my mails, I got one from Rachel almost begging me to visit them... I was happy with the idea, even though I couldn't stay for long as I had to be at Freakstock on the 3rd of August and also wanted to visit Jane and Martin in Prague :-)...
It took me almost 3 days to finally go...it's really hard to get any information at the train station as no one speaks english (only one woman speaking german) and no one seam to make an effort to help...so finally Richard sent me an sms with all the train stops I should take to reach their place, and on thursday morning I left...
I was glad I got "stuck" in Wraclaw, coz I had a real pleasant and restful time with Jula, Uli and then also Geerard (Dutch) and Patricia (Polish) who came for breakfast on wednesday...Jula left on tuesday, but she let us be at the house :-) sweet !!! there was also another polish couple who slept for few days as well... the house was quite packed I would say :-)...Geerard was sleeping at the kitchen floor :-)
O.K., the Wind was blowing... time to GO !!!

slot aRt festival (PoLaNd) & mIdDlE eAsT cOnvOy

An amazing festival where it’s almost impossible not to create …
It all started about 10 years ago when a group of Christians wanted to express their art and give others the opportunity to share their art as well…it started has a 140 people gathering and now it comes to more than 4000 people from all parts of Poland and also foreign countries…
70% of these are not Christians and this was also the goal of those who started…
Jesus is expressed in many different ways, through arts , through relationships and other forms…
He’s there enjoying the party !!! :-)

There’s lot of "freaks"…artistic people…different subcultures together…different generations…
And the venue is simply amazing…
inviting creativity to arise!!!
It’s an old monastery from the XII century, apparently abandoned, but during those 5 days it comes to life as art is spread in all shapes and forms…
The atmosphere is simply amazing !!!
I was seated one day in the main cathedral, watching a friend (Ulli) practicing her dance, and I was just led to contemplate the scene around me…Ulli was dancing and I was amazed how she could bring out so many emotions from herself and from all of us who were watching… I let my eyes wander around and I notice how the cathedral seamed abandoned and naked from all its past religiosity…symbols were gone, statues were gone, walls were broken, gold was gone, not even a single cross was left from the old days when the monks use to live there (I’m imagining here)...
Suddenly I realized that place was full of life, living saints were walking back and forth, Uli dancing in front of the altar, preaching with no need of words…a child approached her, amazed with the freedom of the dance…the father of the little child took a picture of the moment…there’s laugh and freedom…the music fills the ancient room…paintings and pictures fill the walls…sculptures are spread here and there…Communication is everywhere…God was there, that’s for sure…that “dead” place was full of life … religiosity was gone, life and freedom breathed in… everything was expressing Love…God in us, the One who created us after His own image and likeness ?
I feel I don’t have enough words to describe this festival, so I ‘ll leave some pictures of what my eyes have seen ? Hope you enjoy !!!

Slot Tv "studio"...
these guys worked hard!!! really hard...they spent all day in this room around the computers to present a 15minute Tv show about each day in the Slot Festival...everyone comes to the main stage to watch Slot Tv...definitely the big high light for most of the peopleeven though I couldn't understand most of the jokes, I really enjoyed the famous "Slo T Man", a really "shantii" and cool polish "super hero" :-)

The main cathedral...


The Czech Reggae tent..

for me, one of the best hang out places in the Festival...nice teas from "Godarchy" team, the anarchic czech group



Djembe workshop...

who says is too late to learn new things ?!!! :-)


People were juggling all day, during and after the workshops...beautiful to see !!!


a lot of Freedom to express ourselves...











Freedom even to sleep at the exhibition place :-)



a lot of different materials to "play" with ...







music recording workshop...


Chanting workshop....simply amazing !!! the place also offered wonderful acoustics...


other expression of worship...


Different and creative Prayer rooms...



Beautiful atmosphere...on the last day, there were different presentations at the main cathedral....no words to describe !!!


For me it was also a meeting place …actually, I missed most of the workshops because I was mostly hanging out with people :-) of course I didn't mind at all :-) I had fun just walking around and taking pictures (as you notice I took a bunch...spoiled by the digital technology)

Sweet and funny Agata ... I really enjoyed being with her, praying with her and goofing around as well :-)


Ola and Marcin (in this picture), Agata's brother...the couple who missed the plain in Lisbon on their honey moon (for those who read last years' posts)...they were busy with Slot Tv, but we had some time to chat...next time hopefully we'll have more time to hang out :-)


Gosia, the gipsy polish woman :-)... another wonderer, going with The Wind of The Spirit...blessing each place she passes by...


Ulli ... butterfly sister...the one who blessed me with a dance, and so much more... a networker...


Miri...my german/brazilian sista... a sweety...she might go to Portugal during the winter to help with construction in the land...she's a carpenter :-) just finished her studies...


Edi will also go to Portugal to help in the constructions...he's also a carpenter and is on his practice time...I might write a post about this...it's pretty cool, but this post is getting tooooooooo long already :-) sorry !!!



Louise, from Speak network (UK)...it was a nice surprise for me to see her there !!! Actually, me, Louise, Ulli, Gosia, Agata and Emma all heard about each other last year, and we met in different times and circumstances, and now we could be all in the same place... really amazing !!! God's network !!!


Mik (on picture), one of Jesus Freaks leaders...Andrea(next picture) and many other Jesus Freaks also showed up... It's always a pleasure to meet them anywhere !!! I feel more and more as family with them :-) I'll be with most of them in Freakstock soon :-) !!!




Sylvia (the one I met at Willow Freak...laughing a lot...) and Miri saying good bye...



I already mentioned Emma...Yes, she was there with the CONVOY THAT IS GOING ALLTHE WAY TO THE MIDDLE EAST......it was their first stop, after leaving from Lueneburg, 2 days before they got to Slot...
They came in one van with 5 people, Emma (Irish), Karen (UK)Jonathan and Anna, and Mathias(Lueneburg)...Tom (Scotland), who came on the same flight with me from London, join them after Slot...They were going to meet with the other van with 3 more germans...Pray for unity in all these diversity !!!

They reached yesterday the romanian-bulgarian border and God has been blessing them alreday in many ways...Be praying for them if God brings them into your hearts...

Their second stop was at the concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where more than a million jews were killed in gas-chambers by the german nazis. A time of prayer and reflection...
Their third stop was at high tatra mountains in slovakia, a time for worship in creation...there they also met an israeli couple right from jerusalem...God has His ways to set up meetings :-)
Another amazing meeting that thrilled me as I read their e.mail...they met a priest from an armenian orthodox church who gave them coffee and invited them to his church building... AND GAVE THEM COMMUNION!!!
orthodox churches NEVER give communion to non-members of the church and often persecute other christians!!! imagine the situation!!!
that priest invited them into his church, looking like dirty criminals (their own words, not mine), and two other romanian non-christian guys they met (drinking alcohol)... there they were, in this very old church with very strong rules and having communion!!!!!!!
They sang worship songs , praising Jesus and started to cry...

pray that God keeps guiding them and showing them where to go and what to do !!!
May PEACE keeps following them...
They are having technical problems with one of the vans...and because of all the situation in the middle east, they don't know if they will even reach Israel/Palestine...
But their focus is on the journey anyway, not on the destiny...