Camp is Almost Here!

After a lot of preparation time and training, the first week of English camps is about to begin. We're all super excited to be working with students, planting seeds, and prayerfully watching God move. This week I'll be at the day camp with Calvary Chapel church here in Celje. (Kari and Heather are at Ljubljana's junior high camp and Mallory and Nate are at Ljubljana's high school camp.) I'm teaching the advanced English class with Polona (she's an awesome Slovene with great English). We're expecting around 4 or 5 kids in our class, 15 at the camp altogether. Should be fun! The camp is from Monday to Wednesday and goes from 8am to around 2:30pm each day. Then on Thursday, I'm going to orientation for the second week of camps; I'm looking forward to meeting the church team coming over to help. Then Saturday starts the next week of camp. I'll be heading to a castle in Austria with around 40 Slovene high schoolers. I can't wait! Plus, Nate and Kari will be there as well. So after a week and a half without them, that will be exciting too.

So, that's the basic plan for me the next two weeks. Here's more specifically what you can be praying for:

- Strength and energy: The interns, church teams, and missionaries are going to need it as two weeks of camp back-to-back will for sure be tiring! Mallory has been sick the past few days, so pray that she'll be feeling good again soon and that no one else will get sick.

- Communication and unity: Pray that we will all be able to work well together, that communication (especially between the Slovene Christians and us) will be strong, and that we will be clear examples of love to the students as they watch us interact and serve along side one another. Also pray that any problems that could arise between members of the team will be noticed and taken care of now before camp starts.

- God-honoring excellence: One of JV's core values is God-honoring excellence. We want to pursue excellence that pleases God as we begin camps. So, pray that God will give us as leaders wisdom, that we'll be able to teach English well, and that we will put on camps that students want to come back to next year because they are planned out and professional, while also being fun.

- Trust in the Spirit: And this one might be the most important of all, but please pray that we'll be filled with the Holy Spirit, that we'll trust Him in our lives, and that we'll follow His leading at camp. Pray that we will be flexible and courageous, stepping out of our comfort zones when He asks us to do something. Pray that God will very clearly be at work through us and that we will be able to plant seeds that grow and produce lasting fruit in people's lives.

Thanks for partnering with me through prayer : )
I'm always so encouraged by all of you.