A beautiful country with friendly people
It’s a good 1,000 kilometers from Wiesbaden to Ustrón in the Carpathians. I set off from Gaussig in Saxony shortly after 3:00 am. At 4:45 a.m. I’m standing in front of a house in Gryfow. Jan Goszyk gets in. The 70-year-old has translated my first book “I have seen God” and my fourth book “An experiment with God” free of charge. When I thank him profusely, he just waves me off. “I really enjoyed doing it and kept thinking about the individual stories!” Says the friendly Pole, who was born in Ustrón. Together, we will now drive hour after hour south through Poland towards the Czech border.
Like so many others of his generation, Jan was an advocate of the socialist idea in his youth. But he has long since stopped pinning his hopes on political promises. The convinced Protestant Christian and his Catholic wife put their faith in Jesus Christ.
The blue sky and bright sun accompany us all the way to the Carpathian mountains. The roads make a good impression and the driving style of the people is highly disciplined. We have reached our destination. Ustrón lies at the foot of picturesque mountains that are now whitewashed with powdered sugar. With a cable car, you could immerse yourself in another world full of alpine pastures and hiking trails if you had the time. At 9:00 a.m. Jan invites me into a patisserie. The café is nicely decorated and the confectionery tastes delicious. Strengthened in this way, we cross the threshold of the Szaron publishing house at 10:00 a.m. on the dot.
Grzegorz Przeliorz (40) greets us with a friendly smile. Years ago, he set himself the impossible goal. To set up a bookshop and publishing house in the far south of Poland, when everyone knows that the days of bookshops are numbered. Amazon and co. are driving retail stores all over the world into bankruptcy. “But trusting in God, we dared to do it anyway,” says Grzegorz. And lo and behold, his Christian publishing house is growing and even turning a profit. 16 employees look after the growing clientele and year after year there is more work for his team. Madness.
“Do you come from a Christian family?” I want to know. “Well, actually no. My parents both had an alcohol problem. Through the power of prayer, they became free and sooner or later that convinced everyone in the family!”
After my laptop presentation, he receives my 4th book in Polish. Jan Goszik made it possible. “I will read the book and then make a decision,” the publishing director remarks in an aside. And he talks – or rather gushes – about his experiences with God. He talks about full churches and Christian projects overseas that Szaron supports with money and prayers.
Over lunch – we are served a delicious Polish mushroom soup in the restaurant – he tells me about the general situation in his country. “The economy is booming and the mood is excellent. People are working hard and companies are expanding!” I think to myself: “What he’s telling me is the exact opposite of the current situation in Germany!”
Around 9 p.m. in the evening in Upper Lusatia. I am sitting opposite Michael and Elisabeth Mörl. Since 2004 they have achieved incredible things for Diospi Suyana. For over three years they themselves were active at the Diospi Suyana Hospital. No one can count the number of lectures that the Mörls have arranged for my lecture tours. They only serve healthy food. We talk together about old times and future projects. They are very special people who belong to the Diospi Suyana network. Committed and selfless. Self-sacrificing and helpful. And each of them experiences the reality of God in their own way.
If the publisher were to distribute the 4th book, we would prepare a lecture tour through Poland for May 2026. A fascinating thought. /KDJ++
