Yesterday at Camp Viktoria and at the park in the morning, we had some great one on one time with the kids and also were able to do our Bible story and singing/craft time with them. God has just opened that door so wide open for us. Fontanka door was closed but we know that because of that, we were able to spend twice as much time with the kids at camp. Spending time with them, playing with them, walking, talking, making necklaces, face painting, and everything else, helps us to bond closer together and helps the kids to really listen when we talk about having a personal relationship with God. There were so many individual stories shared last night of how God gave different people opportunities to share the Gospel and how the kids accepted Jesus in their little small groups or in their one on one times. So many kids and teenagers came to know Christ. Some of the teenagers are kids that SACS has had relationships with for 6 or 7 years so it is incredible to see the seeds that were planted years ago bloom and grow.
Today we are hoping that it is warm enough for the kids to be at the Black Sea. We are having a Baptism time. Some of our team members want to be Baptised (which was our sermon Sunday). We will open up this time to any of the orphans who have committed their lives to Jesus and also wish to be Baptised.
Also...Carol, Igor, and I are going to go to Fontanka today to give some gifts to the director. These are things that we had already planned on giving them and we are also giving them the crafts that they would have done if we were there.
Please pray for this time. I think it will go well and our prayer is that everything will be fine for next year when we come back. We pray that the door isn't closed to us forever.
Today is our last day with the kids. We want to continue to share the Good News and we want to be able to do our last lesson with them so that is another prayer request for today.
It will be a sad day of goodbyes and we will all be full of emotions. We will stay late at the camp so that we can spend as much time as possible. Saying goodbye to the kids is one of the hardest things we do on this trip. Our heart stays behind with them. We always let them know that God is still with them and that our love is with them. We remind them that they can pray to God anytime, anywhere, and He is there. He is their joy and reason for living and we want to leave them with that.
I never have time to re-read my blogs to check for spelling and grammar, so please excuse any mistakes. Everyone is downstairs at breakfast waiting for me and this is always done in a hurry but we want you to know how things are going so it is important to do even if it's in a hurry.
LOVE YOU ALL!
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