Field Trip Day

I am a firm believer that the gospel is best presented when lived out in our lives through relationships. Up to this point of camp, our focus has been big time on building the relationships with the campers in order to point them to Jesus.

 We continued growing in those relationships throughout our day today.  

Day 4, today, is what we call affectionately call “field trip day” here at camp. Somewhere in the middle of the week we take one day off of our normally scheduled camp day and do something off site of where camp normally takes place. Today, due to the weather, we were subject to plan B of our day would look like. We rode a bus with the campers to a trampoline park in a nearby city- followed by lunch at the mall along with a movie. Due to the movie being dubbed in Polish, us Americans decided to pass and had a chance to hang out at the mall. Between walks to and from the bus, bus rides, sitting at lunch, and walking in the mall, our goal for the day was to have conversations with the campers that might not happen in all the craziness of a camp day. We prayed that we would have courage to go deeper with them; to begin asking deeper questions about faith and their lives.

After the trip, it was fun to sit in a room with our polish teammates to talk about conversations that were had as well as to be able to pray by name for campers- both those who have not yet come to place their faith in Jesus Christ, as well as those who need encouragement in their daily walk.

Overall, it was another day of deepening relationships- showing God’s love through our actions and smiles as well as asking questions that show we care- Questions that were all across the map but questions that showed love and listening ears. 

Tomorrow, students will have a chance to hear about the victory that happened on the cross. All of our evening talks and our intentional relationships have been building up to tomorrow night. 

After the evening talk, each camper will have a chance to go through a series of stations where they can reflect individually on their lives and where God fits into that. At the end of those stations, they will be given the opportunity to say yes to giving their lives to Jesus. 

Our prayer is that no one, not a single one of us, walks away from this camp unchanged. We pray that people come to know Jesus for the first time, we pray that campers who do know Jesus are strengthened and encouraged in their faith, and we pray that we would not be the same people leaving this trip that we were when we came. 

Would you pray with us? 

On a side note- sickness has been running wild through our team. The enemy has been trying to knock us down but know that he is not succeeding! Everyone on the team was able to be at the field trip day today! Please pray that this continues to be the trend rather than what has been happening thus far. 

Thank you all! Sending our love from Poland

Abby