July 7, 2011

Today was a great day of bonding with our teams. We visited a castle originally built in the 15th century that has undergone major renovations until the beginning of the 20th century. Some of our team visited another much older castle with a few of the Czechs while the rest of us stayed behind to have coffee with the rest of the Czech team. It was a day filled with great conversations and excitement about camp. Tomorrow we begin our English camp! We will spend the next 7 days in the mountains near the Czech / Poland border with about 60 Czech students. This is the largest camp we have ever done with a total of almost 80 people (including our team and the Czech team)! Both Vlada and Zuzka have told me that there are about 20 new students coming for the first time to our camp. Some of them are coming because their friends have invited them. Others are coming because we met them this spring when a team of 8 of us came to Vyske Myto and spent a week in the schools here teaching english, building relationships and inviting them to camp. It is great to be able to see the fruit of the spring trip! Please be praying for our camp that we are able to bond with the Czech students and that they will be open to the gospel message.