Nove Mesto & Hejince

Well, we have one camp behind us and another staring us in the face. There were a lot of hard things about this camp for me personally and for us as a team. We had three roles at this camp
1) The Americans
2) The Interns
3) Training the Czechs how to run a camp

So, it was really taxing. But, I really learned a lot. God is teaching me to lead well. I was the teacher in my English class. I had two of my fellow interns in my class with me. So I was leading them through some things they had never done before. I could really see God stretching me in my role as a leader. I had 3 students in my class who weren't believers. Two of which never had heard of Jesus before. So I had the privilege of teaching them and doing evening discussion with them every night. You could see the Spirit working in these students hearts every night. If the whole point of this one camp was to get one student thinking about Jesus then I count it as a succes.

We have to be sensitive to the culture here. They think about things for a long time. More often then not if a student is going to make a decision for Christ they usually make after camp. Even more often then that it is after their 3rd ,4th ,5th ,or even 6th camp. So we were seed planters and this camp and every camp we will be at. Now it is time to let those seeds be watered and grow.

God is doing great things in the Nove Město & Hejnice youth group. I'm excited and blessed that I got to be a part of their very first camp, a part of their youths history, and a part of their churches history.

Please be praying as we head to our second camp for strength, energy, and in all we do that we do it with God Honoring Excellence.

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Jackie