Camp - Day 5 - July 22

Croissant and Nutella has become the new favourite breakfast for a few, or at least I can say so for myself. Although waking up may be getting harder the more tired we are getting throughout this week, but the LORD gives us strength, energy and patience to begin an awesome new day at camp glorifying to Him. Today's day at camp began with a quick game of Army Navy and Ninja. Heading off to class, we prepared lessons/activities around the theme of Chitown. Jared, Ben, and I facilitate the Intermediate level, and we started off showing the campers some sights of Chicago while they worked on a crossword puzzle filled with famous people, places, and events from Chicago. It is extremely interesting to watch as they open up more and more each day. I feel like our most successful activity is "speed dating". Don't be alarmed by the title, we just prepared 7 questions for them to ask/answer around the circle of chairs, and they feel more confident in their speech when it's one on one. With the leaders among the group we could make sure they were speaking good English, and having stronger conversations with each person as well. They also love any chance they get to speak with the Americans.

After class we moved on to a message from Andrush(sp??) who spoke on why it is important to know Jesus, and what Jesus has done for us all (as sinners). He made a cool movie connection with Lord of the Rings, Narnia, and Armageddon just capturing the theme of atonement and redemption. Even though worshiping Him through music and singing is a foreign concept to most of the campers, I notice each day more are participating and enjoying it. The worship music also helps open up topics about God in small group, that truly gets them thinking on the meanings of these songs (i.e. Blind Man, Your Everlasting Love, We Want To See Jesus Lifted Higher) The campers in our small group give back great feedback from the message, and are asking fabulous questions. It brings such joy to my heart to see them so close to being ready to accept Christ as their personal Savior, and seek that relationship with Him. Students will pull me aside after group as well, and ask more questions. I love how intrigued they are. I was also blessed with the opportunity to share my testimony today. Making friends with the campers has been such a exciting experience this week. I can't wait for next week!

Learning Hungarian words during lunch time and the afternoon activities has also been really fun!! =)
Isten áldja a szíved! (God bless your heart!)

The afternoon activity today was a scavenger hunt taking place surrounding a pretty popular street downtown Budapest (that i can't remember the name of at the moment). This scavenger hunt was very particular so it was a bit of a challenge, most teams weren't able to complete all the tasks, but we all still had en exhilarating time. It was sad that today was Friday so we lost a few campers that are not continuing on to the second week, but thankfully through technology we can still keep in touch =)

After camp the team went out to dinner at a Mediterranean restaurant . Delicious! (I had salmon for the first time covered in a mushroom shrimp sauce, with a side of rose potatoes). This team is absolutely wonderful, I love each member, and am so glad for this Godly fellowship. We are having so much fun serving.

Please pray for His healing hand over this team, for gradually each day its seems someone is getting sick or not feeling well. Pray that the hearts of these students continue to open up and accept the lessons we are willing to share with them, particularly the good news of the Gospel, but teaching them the language of English as well.

Felicia
P.S. Shout out to my family. I miss you Tim, Ma, Marianna, Andrea and Amelia. I have surprises for you all =) Thinking of you always. XOXOXO