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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Kecy - Levice






Well what can I say? It was another great camp! God was really at work in the hearts of the students. We only had 6 boys at the camp but it was still pretty good. There were enough girl leaders to connect with the girls and for the 6 guys there was about 14 guy leaders. It was really neat to be able to connect with the guys and to talk with them about God and life. They all seemed pretty interested in God, Let's pray that they will finally decide to follow Jesus! We did have two or three girls come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savour through this experience. Please pray for the team in Levice as they will continue connecting with the students and building relationships. Pray that they will have boldness in sharing their faith and in pursueing the students. God is really in the ministry here it is so neat to see young people here taking their faith seriously and seeking others. I really hope and pray that there will be a revival in the youth here in Slovakia. There are so many students searching for meaning and purpose in life. It is so cool to have the oppertunity to be able to share it with them, and to encourage the Slovak believers in relationships! Also for those who were praying for my friend and his Father, Thank you! His Father is doing a lot better, they think he will be fine. I think that this young Slovak guy just caught a glimpse of who God is through this experience. Please pray for me as I go into this next camp that i will have the energy I need to connect with students and to do everything I need to. Also pray for the team as it is only their second year doing camp and they are a young team. Pray that they will not get discouraged with things mess up and that they will be bold in all they do and lean on God for guidance! Thank you everyone! Enjoy the pictures!

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Castle visit






We went to this castle:

Presov Pictures






Here Are some of the pictures:

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Presov Camp!!!!

Well we just finished our first camp and let me tell you, it was amazing!!! I have never felt so many connections with students. It is also exciting to me that I will be in this town in the fall so I will still be able to connect with the students. It was so neat to see the students connecting right away and engaging in what we were doing. Typically it takes a while for students to be comfortable, but at this camp it happened very fast. During the evening we were doing a new thing for English camps. We were going through the story of of God and having discussion groups about it. This was very hard at first because the students were not really wanting to interact, but as the week progressed we changed things and it got better. We are still trying to figure out changes we can make for the next couple camps. I really connected well with the guys in my cabin. They were really fun guys to be around. One of them was an exchenge student in the U.S. in California. The other two guys were guys from last year that I never was abled to connect with. They were all excited about camp and seemed to be very interested in the Story of God. I am excited about building better relationships in the fall with them. I believe a lot of the students were really touched by the stories of God. Please pray that God will continue to draw the students towards him. Also pray that the students will want to come to clubs during the year. I am not able to put up pictures at this point in time, I will later. Please pray for the next camp in Levice. Pray for the students, Slovak team, American team, and my intern team. Pray that we will pe relying on God first and that the students will be drawn to God. Pray also for protection for the camp.