The camp has been amazing so far. Campers arrived on schedule and we immediately got them involved in some pick up games. Some played basketball, some soccer, others frisbee and even a couple wanted to trampoline. We spent the entire second half of the day meeting kids, trying to pronounce their names and make them feel at home here.
The entire camp was divided into 4 teams. I'm on team 4 with Beverly but I don't know where the other members ended up. The groups are small, each with about 5 campers, a study leader, a translator and one or two Americans.
Each day will be packed with events. Already we have had a leaders meeting at 7:30, bible study at 8:30 and breakfast is at 9:30 I believe (hope). After breakfast we will have a worship time where Darko (the leader of the camp) will give a short sermon after a couple songs from our worship leader. After that is lunch and rec, led by the Americans. After wreck is snack and after that is more games until supper at 7. After supper is another worship service with sermon and then a night game also organized by the Americans. Bedtime is midnight.
We were tired coming into the camp, but now we've got to be energized and ready every day. We need to be ready to capitalize on opportunities and share with everyone we can. Please pray for strength, positive attitudes, and spirits to serve in the midst of our constant aches.
James and Katy come today with a few more campers so we're excited to see them.
We just ate breakfast and are getting ready for worship within the hour. I'm doing my best to upload pictures but the internet is again moving pretty slowly. I've been uploading pictures for the last few days as I can so hopefully I can get them all up by the end of the week and then start working on uploading the pictures from the camp.
If you have questions, please comment on the posts. I'll do my best to answer them, and do it quickly. Otherwise I'll just be updating synopses of our days and then anything especially memorable from those times.
Ciao
The entire camp was divided into 4 teams. I'm on team 4 with Beverly but I don't know where the other members ended up. The groups are small, each with about 5 campers, a study leader, a translator and one or two Americans.
Each day will be packed with events. Already we have had a leaders meeting at 7:30, bible study at 8:30 and breakfast is at 9:30 I believe (hope). After breakfast we will have a worship time where Darko (the leader of the camp) will give a short sermon after a couple songs from our worship leader. After that is lunch and rec, led by the Americans. After wreck is snack and after that is more games until supper at 7. After supper is another worship service with sermon and then a night game also organized by the Americans. Bedtime is midnight.
We were tired coming into the camp, but now we've got to be energized and ready every day. We need to be ready to capitalize on opportunities and share with everyone we can. Please pray for strength, positive attitudes, and spirits to serve in the midst of our constant aches.
James and Katy come today with a few more campers so we're excited to see them.
We just ate breakfast and are getting ready for worship within the hour. I'm doing my best to upload pictures but the internet is again moving pretty slowly. I've been uploading pictures for the last few days as I can so hopefully I can get them all up by the end of the week and then start working on uploading the pictures from the camp.
If you have questions, please comment on the posts. I'll do my best to answer them, and do it quickly. Otherwise I'll just be updating synopses of our days and then anything especially memorable from those times.
Ciao
We'll be praying then for strength and stamina, beneficial sleep when you have the opportunity, and good health, in addition to Christ-like attitudes and divine opportunities for conversations that glorify Jesus and lead to salvation. I'm curious, is this camp just one week? Do you have more than one camp? In other words, will you be with this group of students a while or just a few days? Then a new group after that or back to the city? I love you, Dylan. Thanks for the update.
ReplyDeleteYes ma'am, just one week and one camp. We will head back to the city on Tuesday :)
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