This camp was our first English camp this summer and it was an absolute blast! This camp was for Vilandes Baptist Church in Riga. The fun and challenging part f what we do here at JV in Latvia is bringing teams together to accomplish the task at hand, that of which is running an English camp for the purpose of bringing teens into a relationship with the Jesus we so long for them to know as we do!
There was a team from Texas here, which consisted of 10 high school students, 4 leaders, and 2 kids.
There was a Ministry team from Vilandes Baptist Church, which consisted of Toms, the youth Pastor, and 4 of his youth leaders.
There was the Intern team of 6, which consists of an American, 2 Canadians, and 3 Latvians
And then you have Paul and I, who are the JV staff.
16 Texans, 5 church leaders, 6 Interns, and 2 JV staff…
Talk about coming from all areas of life and experience!!!
The only way that all of these people could come together and produce anything that would bring glory to God, is if God is the CENTER of it ALL!
And that he was!
27 kids from all over Latvia bordered a bus in Riga and traveled to a town about 3 hours away called Viesita. These kids came from all walks of life, some from churches, some went to church every once in a while, some just coming because they came last year, some with no idea about Jesus or church!
This has to close to my favorite camp ever. The sense of Christ in that camp was evident in so many ways! He worked in ways I cannot even begin to explain. I was so blessed to be apart of the work Christ did through each one of us there. The Texas team was more than a blessing. The Vilandes Ministry team was amazing. The Interns held it all together. Which made Paul and my job quite easy and gave us much joy to see it all come together.
This camp was full of Fun, games, singing, dancing, making new friends, speaking English, Learning English, butchering Latvian language, laughing, joking, and not much sleeping!
But above all else I believe that each teen there was touched in some way… I can honestly say we all left there different, changed, touched by the love of Christ.
Here are a few pictures of it all:
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