1 Thess 2:8

Camp is hilarious and SO MUCH FUN! Somewhere between bonding, big hair, random karaoke, getting thrown in the pool, blindfolded food samples and pee in your pants funny skits.... God grows seeds that are planted by ones who love Him.

God keeps providing us with unbelievable experiences. Sometimes I don't realize how great something is until I leave it.

Every time I go to camp, I forget how much I will really miss it when I leave.

We just left Hradec Kralove. For the past week and a half, we have been with students! Camp was first and then we got to join them in their city, stay with them in their homes and visit with them in their world.

I wish I could tell you every story of every heart at camp, but it is impossible. Hear me when I say that it was awesome. It's awesome that God asks us to share our lives and love with them.









It's not our responsibility to make them Christians. It is our responsibility however, with joy, to love them. I am really trying to make an attempt at understanding the gift of loving people with joy. God has authority and power to make us do anything He wants. Instead of making us, He gives us joy to love people. It's something we like!

One girl at camp told me that she had never really thought about being a Christian. but that she was starting to think about it because of

.......the way Christians treat each other.

We had to say good-bye this morning to students that we have built relationships with. It sucked. But... it's great when you don't want to leave. Seeing 20 students run along side of the train you are leaving on is an emotion on it's own that I can't really describe. I'm feeling all of the things I didn't really have time to feel at camp and during follow-up. It's a rest I don't experience much.

As we all group-hugged each other at the train station, Ryan read 1 Thess 2:8

We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well because you had become so dear to us.

We will spend this next week in Frydlant resting, doing laundry and being with one another to pray for our next camp. Please pray for rest and built up energy for the Prague English Camp next week. Also, please pray for ordained conversation and intentional relationships built for the sole reason and purpose we are here..... to share what we already have

with them.