Camp Day 2

The kids are busy, tired, and happy, so it's Shelly reporting in quickly today.

God is at work. We talked about that this morning (Wednesday) as we prepared our hearts to serve and as we reflected on our day yesterday.

Each morning we have a brief (30-45 minutes) Bible teaching/testimony during which students meet in small groups to discuss the talk and ask questions about the Bible passage for the day. Yesterday, discussion stretched to an hour as students were opening up about their lives, asking questions about God, and sharing about their understanding of salvation. This was truly a work of the Holy Spirit because the Italian youth workers were able to learn so much more about where these students are at, spiritually, than they had known before. The Italian kids were asking many deep questions about faith and God and salvation. Many of our College Church students were also able to share some of their stories around the table as well. It was a sweet time in the morning.

The afternoon was filled with games and English lessons, which are also going well. The heat has broken a bit, and it's not as humid, so we're feeling much better on that front. Thankfully, nobody has gotten sick from the heat yet.

A couple of prayer requests:

* Pray for a young girl who visited the camp yesterday, Alyssia. She lives in a home for girls and comes from a troubled background, but her social worker (who came with her) said that in the brief time she was with us her face lit up like she had never seen before. Pray that she would come again today and hear God's message for her.

* Pray for the rest of the kids, especially those who started to ask questions and open up about their faith yesterday. Pray for Amy Tews as she shares her testimony during the big group/Bible talk time.

* Pray for continued protection over our group. We've had a couple minor cuts and bruises, but nothing serious.

* Pray for changed hearts among the Italian kids. Pray that God would truly bring some to faith this week.

Camp is in full swing for the day already, and kids are outside playing games. I'm the water station lady all week, so I'd better go make sure everyone stays hydrated! (My kids will surely laugh when they read this.)

God is at work!

Shelly