How Can You Pray for Camp Slot #1
Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »"I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Jesus Christ." 2 Timothy 2:10 I have adopted this verse as an encouragement to me to help me get through summer ...
English Camp Slot 1 Is Underway!
Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Sorry for a lack of pictures, but we are right in the middle of our first slot of English camps. Via text messages and short phone calls, we have heard that the California team is doing well as they undertake ...
Training It Up
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Tomorrow night we will commission one of our 2 North American teams to be sent off to do English camp! The teams from CA and IA arrived last night, right after a serious wind and rain storm that brought down ...
2nd Annual Dance Party
Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Who'd have guessed that last year our summer team started something that demands repeating this year...we called it "dance party" last year. We were doing some camp planning activities in Kiev, and our team rented a small apartment (Collin slept ...
Iceskating in June
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »We had an excellent camp planning visit in Zdolbuniv, the smaller town where we still do a camping camp each summer. This will be their 6th JV English camp, so they "get it". They do an amazing job of setting ...
Happy Father’s Day!
Saturday, June 14th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Here's a special wish of appreciation to our dads, grandpas and others who've played integral roles in our lives. I know my own grandpa is moving out of his house of 50+ yrs. to live with my uncle. I know ...
Least Favorite Days of Summer
Saturday, June 14th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »There is something about these 9+ days before summer camps start that I find myself dreading. Actually, it's not dread but nervousness and worry. I try to "not be anxious about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, ...
The Pre-Camp Tour
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Here are some fun moments from the 1st 2 camp visits and planning times we had with the Cherkasy and Lviv churches. Visiting Cherkasy required 2 dirty 10-hr. overnight train experiences, plus 2 hot, sticky bus ride for 3 hrs., but it's ...
It’s 3am, I Must be Lonely
Saturday, June 7th, 2008 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Actually it's only 1:30am, and I am not lonely. Quite the opposite - just revved up on caffeine and taking a quiet moment for myself to try and get caught up. Blog postings are delinquent for no particular reason. I could blame ...