Tonight is Invitation Night...So PRAY HARD. :o) I know that God has
Awesome plans for many of the kids tonight and even throughout the
day.

This week is Orpahn week...which means the majority of the kids
at this camp are orphans. On the english tests the kids are asked to
write the alphabet and a paragraph about themselves--their family,
their school, their friends etc. When Calyn and I were grading them
on the back of one of the tests a boy we placed in one of the beginner
classes had written "My name is Sasha. My family is not. My mother is
not. My father is not." It really broke me. So, I would ask that you
pray for him tonight specifically. Pray that He would come to know
God as his Father and to know that He very much Is. That He loves him
so much more than any earthly parent could even fathom loving.

Last year duting orpan week two girls accepted Christ. They went back
to their orpahnage and began to share God's love with the other kids
at their orphanage...By the end of one week being home in their room
which was supposed to hold 10 children they had crammed 20 beds and
everyone was anxious to be near these two girls. Several of the other
orphans at their orphanage have accepted Christ b/c of their eagerness
to share and it is obvious that the other kids have seen the
difference in their lives and want to be close to it. God is so
good!!!! That one story makes it worth being here again this year
(and their are countless more) God is doing huge things in Ukraine
through Radooga. It rocks my socks off to think that two girls heard
about Jesus and loved him so much that they wanted all the kids they
lived with to know Him, too and now there is an orpahnage full of kids
who didn't know Jesus ready to tell the world. That's what the gospel
is all about. Knowing Jesus and helping others to know Him, too.
Love God, Love People, right? :o)

Team 2 arrives this afternoon. I will begin orientation with them.
There are only 6 of them so the American Summer Staff will be very
busy during this next camp so please pray that we will get sufficient
rest and will be able to get everything done that needs to be done.

Camp One has been awesome thus far and I am so excited to think that
there are six more camps to come. I know that this summer is going to
fly by and that kinda makes me sad, so pray that I will be here in the
moment and not focused too much on what's next. :o)

Water Day for Rec was yesterday and it was super fun. God was all
over it, b/c it was freezing in the morning and rainy. Carli decided
that we would have to cancel it...:o( then, tbe sun came out and it
was warm during the seconed session of English classes, then when we
were setting up the sun went behind a cloud and it was freezing
again...and we discussed other activities we could do...then, at Rec
time the sun was out and we played all the games and Jake and Roma had
a water balloon launcher and they were shooting water balloons at
everyone and it was great. And as we were walking back from the rec
feild it started pouring again. Crazy. God is so good to us. Even
something that seems as unimportant as water day is still important to
HIM. I love it. :o) It reminds me how special we are.

Peace Out!
Lori