Day Four

It was business as usual at Camp Come Together. Our day included English lessons, games, crafts and worship. Tonight was our first segment of the CTN News video--written, produced, directed and presented by the advanced level students and teachers. After 6 hours spent in the editing room, all enjoyed the production at the beginning of our evening worship time.

Our Olympic challenge today was the shot put--yes we packed the shot puts in our suitcases. (Water balloon shot puts that is!) The event nearly got out of hand when a water balloon fight broke out, but the English teachers prevailed and restored order with as little water shed as possible.

The afternoon activity, organized by Przemyk, was an international game of Capture the Flag. With Marc and Glen as team captains, both the English and the Polish students and teachers defended their flags with honor. Everyone had a great time running around the campus, taking prisoners and making plans to capture each team's flag. The winning team won both times.

Worship tonight was a beautiful combination of worship songs (in both Polish and English) and a moving testimony given by Marek Glodek. The Holy Spirit was certainly among us during this time together. At the end of worship time, we were able to practice a Polish song that we will sing as a surprise at Adam and Marta's wedding. The song is a blessing taken from the Revelation of John.

Thank you so much to those of you who have been adding comments and praying for us. It means so much to us to know that we are in your thoughts.

Let the Learning Begin

Dzien Dobre!
As usual, the campers are learning English more quickly than the Americans are learning Polish! Today was the first day of English lessons which went smoothly. We all had a lot of fun--especially since we are incorporating an Olympic theme in lessons this year. Today lessons ended with campers being assigned their "Olympic" teams and then participating in a javelin throw. (A.K.A. Pool Noodle Toss) Every day lessons will end with a new "Olympic" challenge and medals will be awarded and tallied.

The campers all added to their wardrobes today as they created their own unique t-shirt using fabric pens, iron-ons, and masking tape. The creative and artistic works the campers come up with from a few simple materials always amazes us.

God strengthens us through devotions every morning. Today was especially meaningful as the following Bible verse was shared by the Polish team during devotions and then again by Jen during the American team's devotions. Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." It is great to see how God has us come together.

Our day ended in warmth, both in worship and around the bonfire. It was a perfect ending to a perfect day.

English Testing Day!

We started our camp today with an English test (oral and written) to determine which class each student will attend. We have students ranging from the very literate to those who need everything translated. Our hope is that everyone will leave here speaking English better than when they came and that they have fun learning it.

After testing we had some free time, unfortunately like last year we had a cool rainy day. We spent the day mostly indoors dancing (Macarena anyone?), playing ping pong and doing crafts. Then just before worship a beautiful rainbow appeared. It was a just the thing to lift our spirits , reminding of us the rainbow we saw last year. A perfect reminder of how God works in all our lives no matter where we live.

During worship, we had a special guest at camp, someone very familiar to Camp Come Together. Adam, a counselor from last year, is getting married this Saturday and wanted to personally invite the entire camp to be a part of his special day. We are all looking forward to this very special occasion.

That's about it for now. Till tomorrow...God Bless!

We made it!

Hello everyone. After a long trip to camp we finally arrived safely. We met up with some old friends, had a great polish dinner, opening ceremonies and had a wonderful time of worship. We are looking forward to getting to know all the new faces we saw today and rekindling old friendships.

We are getting settled in and will have more for you tomorrow. Keep us in your prayers as we begin this 6th year of Camp Come Together.

Friends

We are looking forward to seeing friends old and new in just a few days at Camp Come Together 6. We have been praying for those who were at camp last year and those who will be there this year. Please join us in prayer for all the children, youth and adults who will be at Camp Come Together this year! Please pray throughout the length of camp including our travels to Poland and home. July 19-August 1, 2008.

We Are Home

We have returned home. What a bittersweet feeling. While it is good to be home in our own beds, our hearts go out to those we left behind. Some of us have already been in contact with our newfound friends from CCT5!

We will keep the ministry we began in our prayers in hopes that God will water and nurture the seeds that we planted.

Please keep the WSC Team in your prayers as we begin the re -entry stage. We know that we will survive this phase of the trip but we acknowledge it is tough as we deal with jetlag and withdrawal from our daily routine.

Thank you for all your support during our mission trip. We felt all your prayers as we continued in our daily routine.

God bless...

Camp Come Together 5 Comes to and End

On Wednesday we had our last morning of English classes. Our 2nd session included our annual Scavenger Hunt.

God has truly blessed our time hear and we look forward to sharing more details about our last night of worship and the late night we shared with the campers last night!

Blessings and prayers for a safe return.