Week-end camps

“ But the labors are few!”

We get used with God opening doors here ,changing hearts and now we are getting ready to see Him raising up workers and see them do something for Him ! And since we are the only workers in the area (except 2 more down south the county ) ,it was quite frustrating to see so much work that has to be done and no one willing to get involved .In fact the problem was to get involved since in the very few churches in the area are no youth .

During the years of ministry God prepared the hearth of some kids that are now youth and we believe soon we will have some help in the ministry .Because the kids and teens we work with are so many and 2 of us can not cover all the villages ,schools and orphanages in the area ,we had chosen that beside regular ministry we need to do week-end camps ,to spend more time with some of the kids ,to invest more in others and develop relationship with most of them.

Therefore from the beginning of this year we already had 2 week-end camps and on 5-7 th February we will have another 3 days camp, since the kids will be in vacation then .

The first one was with youth .About half of them were ex-kids we knew years ago ,they started to attend weekly bible classes ,camps and other activities .They were encouraged to bring friends with them .It end up being a great time together .We enjoyed the snow ,Vio enjoyed playing in the snow and I sort of enjoyed cooking for 35 hungry teens.

Sliding ,skiing, making snow men and most of it sliding with plastic bags . After playing so much in the snow and since they have so much energy ,they continued playing inside the camp Of course Vio was right there challenging them ,playing with them ,while I was playing with the carrots ,onion, potatoes and other stuff in the kitchen .

Seeing teens having fun might not be so interesting ,but we were encouraged by their attitude at the Bible studies “Claim your victory “.God used those times to show us He can put the thirst for His Word in young hearts ! We give all the glory to the Lord for all attending ,Christians and non Christians .

The ones that started a relationship with Lord became part of our family in a way and now since they are disciples we spend more time with them and invest in them more .

Among these ones are Anca ,18 .She is already helping on Saturdays at 3 villages .And when the time permits she would help in the week-end camps !(yellow blouse in the picture)

Miri is 16 .She attended the week-end camp for younger teens .She made a decision to follow the Lord last year in the camp and since then she helps with whatever in her village were it is a weekly bible study and after that comes to our place once in a while to ask for more advice and support .She needs prayer as the environment she lives in discourages her so much .Can not say too much about it ,but I had to admit that if I was leaving in such a “family” I would have lost my mind .

One decision was made for the Lord in the first week of week-end camp .Roxana is 17 and all her life she thought God does not need her since she is not a beauty .We believe she is beautiful and our prayer is that her inside beauty will come out and many will see it .Continue to pray for Roxana as she is at the age of many decisions and also pray for us to have wisdom in involving the teens in all kind of programs according their gifts .

Thanks for praying and helping us God lead you in the last years ..as you can see results start to show up.This does not mean it is time to stop ,but it is time to take advantage of this and do a better ministry for the Lord ,so that others will benefit from it as well.

Looking forward for opportunities to serve Him and others

Estera & Vio