Part II Begins!

Hello!

How are you? I hope you are doing well and that you are experiencing encouragement throughout the body of Christ.

As American-team Training Part II is coming to a close, I know that many of us here have been encouraged. Most of our English-speaking team is here together; Sherri, Rachel and Melissa have come from CFC in Evansville, Indiana and we will greet three more Americans later today.  For this second camp, Matt Hartman will be leading our intern team (Esther, Sarah, Ben and Chelsie); we have come to know the Hartman’s (Matt and Amy, Hannah, Kaden, Asher and Hayes) very well and we are excited to be doing camp with this family.

Our first night here at team training, Dave Patty, President and founder of Josiah Venture, shared Josiah Venture’s history with us. I apologize, I do not have the words to describe the encouragement this was to me and I think many others. God has given Dave Patty a contagious vision, the mission and the means to carry it out. Young people of Eastern and Central Europe are being equipped to spread the gospel and there will be revival.

We are stepping into work that God has already begun.

Listening to Jenda's testimony Thursday night. 

Yesterday, Ben and I (Esther) were able to share the purpose and practical tools for English classes. I consider this an honour – to encourage the American teams to “invite students into valuable conversations with kingdom dwellers!” A goal of English class is to increase the confidence of these teens in their English conversations. However, our kingdom goal is to be witnesses of Jesus Christ – in the way we speak, what we speak, the way we love and the way we teach!

“Come and see what life is like in God’s kingdom!”

Please continue to pray for our English camp and the many other camps that are going on throughout Eastern and Central Europe this week. Thank you for taking part in this, we can do our part without your support!! Praise Jesus for His working body!

Rejoice in the Lord, always!

Esther.