This Summer is for us always a busy time of planning and organizing our summer outreaches as a church. This summer we had the privilege and opportunity to work with over 60 kids in our English camp and it was our best one yet. Every year we always have a great response of kids who have continued to not only learn but enjoy the camp that we put on and this year was no exception. We had more friends of friends who wanted to come simply because they had been hearing about this great English camp in summer for the last couple of years from their friends who have attended in the past. We had a so much fun spending time with the kids teaching them English, organizing games of baseball, volleyball, and for those not interested in going outside they had opportunities to create their own craft calendars, pipe cleaner pets, dyed shirts etc. The evenings each of the leaders had an opportunity to share their testimony with all of the kids, which also generated opportunities to answer questions in their rooms until the late hours of the morning. The last night one of the young men Camden, who attends our church, was able to share his testimony and his gift of art with the kids and it had a great impact. Camden is not much older than the kids that were attending and his testimony and presentation left a lasting impression. So much so that one of the ladies in our church, my wife Cynthia and my oldest daughter Sedona were able to share the gospel with one of the girls who came for her first year. We were laughing because when we met her Cynthia had to ask her to not wear a hat that had profanity on it because it was against the camp rules. This girl Claudia, had a lot of questions that evening and eventually invited Jesus into her heart for the first time and showed up to church the next Sunday. It was a great finish to our outreach for this year. We could not be more proud of our little body of believers who take time out of their busy schedules to volunteer and help with this camp. With the exception of one friend, who caught a train in from Hungary, the kids were served primarily by the body here in Bistrita and some friends from Bucuresti and Timisoara who caught trains or drove for over 400 km to come and serve these kids.
Another great example of how much an impact this camp has on the kids is we had one 15-year-old boy, who heard about the camp from Oradea, which is over 300km away and his dad drove him to the attend the camp with a friend. When they had to leave, he had so much fun and had developed some great relationships that he was actually tearing up because the camp was over. Another teenage boy who had attended last year told both Cynthia and I that he really appreciated the camp and that this is the best camp that he has ever been to. Both already told us that they will see us next year.
Next up is our concert outreach in August with the American band the New Divide and we cannot wait to see what the Lord is going to do.
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| Couple of boys that were new this year |
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| Lunch |
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| getting the wiggles out |
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| games |
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| classes |
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| Getting to know each other |
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| table tennis is always a big hit |
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| one of the team members striking a pose |
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| we call this game "beat your neighbor" |
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| one of the boys showing his musical skills |
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| testimony time |
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| hard work studying |
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| Afterall this is an English camp |
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| but it's not all work, we like to play as well |
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| and show off our creativity |
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| This Crina she was awesome help this year |
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| Volleyball was very popular as well |
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| We also like to have games that can be used as blackmail later |
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| bonfire preparation |
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| There may or may not have been a lot of smores consumed on the last night |
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| Camden sharing his gift with the kids |
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| finished painting |
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| possible blackmail photos |
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our sentiments exactly for the camp
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Praise reports:
Please keep Claudia in your prayer that she would be established and strengthened in our walk with the Lord.
Please also pray for the conversations, questions answered, relationships that were established or further developed and that God would bring life to the seeds that were sown in the hearts of all these kids.
Prayer requests:
Please keep the upcoming concert outreach in prayer as we finish the final logistics with planning. Pray for favor with the authorities and divine appointments to before, during and after the concert.
Pray also as we are planning on coming back on furlough next summer. That God would provide the finances to fly back and opportunities to share the great things that God is doing here in Romania.
Please also keep all of our kids in prayer and us as we begin school September 11th.
Please pray for the upcoming pastor huddle in September as we plan for the next year.
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