Camp Day 6- From the voice and heart of Hannah Zimmerman

Dzien dobry (Good day) from the land full of tears of joy and laughter. Today was very eventful! I don’t even know where to start.

This morning consisted of discussing romans 11 and complaining about a lack of peach yogurt at the hotel continental breakfast while a few of us walked to the bakery to get our daily fix of Polish pastries.

Romans 11:17-21 “If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the other and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, do not boast over those branches.  If you do, consider this: you do not support the root, but the root supports you. You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.

This short paragraph of Paul’s letter to the Romans has been one that stuck out to me today and I’m assuming a few others on our team.

Walking into the school seeing a bunch of smiling faces was a great way to start off the English camp day 6! We proceeded into the main meeting room for a sweaty camp dance. Most teams have strayed away from the normal lesson plans but Chuck and I did speed dating with our class today! I received a lot of complaints from the other classrooms that Chuck was being too loud but he was simply explaining what “energetic” means to our Polish students.

The afternoon was a wet one! Our team competition games were filled with water balloons and slip and slides. Evening program was particularly my favorite, as Abby talked about Paul from Acts and how we were created for one purpose, we all have the same purpose, to have a relationship with God! She used the analogy of trying to cut a piece of cake with a water bottle. We would begin to get frustrated because that’s not what the water bottle is made for; it was created for holding water! The same way God created us. If we aren’t using our lives for the purpose God created us for then we will continue to be frustrated.

Today’s night was a little different from the others as the Polish team set up a prayer labyrinth for the campers to go through and talk to God. Once they were done they had the opportunity to ask us questions or just simply talk. Multiple people decided to give their lives to Jesus today and we just praise the Lord for that and all that he has done these past few days! It is truly amazing to be apart of this wonderful experience!

I ask that you continue to keep praying for us and our now very close Polish family! I can only pray that the next few days go just as well as todayJ

Thanks,

Hannah