Wow, so this has been an amazing trip. I don’t know if I will ever get to explain it to anyone in a way that justifies the wonders that God has done. So let me see if I can put it in a short form… I have a feeling that another of my famous posts is about to happen… So let me see if I can tell you all what has happened. So I left Columbia at about 19.30 on Sunday the 10^th and drove to St. Louis. I got to bed that night at about 0.00 that night. I got up the next morning at about 6.00 and went with my sister to the air port. I took off at about 9.00 I think and landed in Chicago… took off from there to Charlotte, N.C. I met up with David and Amy and their daughter, Bess, 6 years old, Charles, Faith, Nick and Becky. We flew over together and landed in Munchen. From there, we flew to Krakow where we were met by a guy from the Missions organization that GCM Poland works with. They are really a solid group of people. Any way we met up with more of our team Corrie, Carrie and Roz, Steve and my Dad. We had a few days of orientation and then Dad and I went up to Poznan while the others went to Auschwitz/ Birkenau. I had already been there a few times so I didn’t really feel like going again. I also really wanted to spend some time with my dad. He is pretty swell.

We got up there and began getting ready for camp. Our camp Motto was “Think Again”. Every morning we met in my parents house for breakfast and devotions. We met the rest of our team who were… Sasha, Ania, and their baby Katie, Uncle David, Aunt Mindy… Lukasz (our beloved translator)… and the rest of my family… Mom, Graham, Isaac, and Lynne. Those were great… after that we all headed over to the school where we had our camps. We spent a day or two getting ready…

Then the campers came and we spent time getting to know them with games, taught classes, ate together, and had an evening of fun where we had a theme song and dance, other fun songs like Pharaoh Pharaoh, and then dad would speak for about 20-30 minutes. After that we broke down into discussion groups and interacted about different questions that Dad had for us pertaining to the talk. 

It was so cool. I guess over time I will have to relay the things that God allowed to happen and the confersations He orchestrated. For now know that the Spirit was there and was strong… One guy said… you know, I know people from all over the world… here here here here and here… but I have never met anyone like you guys. He said this to about 4 people and by the grace of God and honestly the Spirit inside us we all responded similarly. We were all like well you know, that is really cool, but you know it is not because we are American. It is God inside us that gives us the joy you see and the peace you see… it was so cool. He later told us that this camp was interesting and that his favorite parts were not the games or food or teaching… they were the talks Dad gave every night and the testimonies that 2 Polish teens gave at the end. He said, you know, this camp has really helped me to “think again” about some really important things in my life. I think I will have to think more on these things. (Praise the Lord, right?) Another guy told his discussion group that he was atheist blatantly… graciously but bluntly. We were all ok with that and just loved him the same… by the end he said you know I think that I have begun to “think again” about God and all. It was so cool. He also mentioned that he liked Dad’s talks a lot and that he thought about them the rest of the night after he finished… he would go home and go to bed and think about them the whole time…

I don’t know what else will happen as a result of this camp but I am sure we will see more fruit in the days and even years to come… the growth process is really slow here. So that is what happened in a nut shell.  

I am now spending time with my family for a few more days before I return to Columbia… I have mixed feelings about returning and don’t know how to take it. I am asking… pleading with you to pray for me as I return. Pray that God’s presence will be strong in my heart. Pray that I be filled with the spirit and that I respond to natural feelings of returning through the lenses of the Word.

Well that is about all, I think. So yeah, I’ll keep you updated.

(P.S. I tried to post pictures but couldn't gert them uploaded. I'll try to do it later.)