Privyet!!! It is very obvious that God's presence is here. We have been meeting since Wednesday evening in training, Bible study, team building games, English preparation, prayer, worship, and Russian lession--just imagine 24 southern Louisianians trying to speak Russian. We have been drawing closer as a team and God has been enrishing us as we prepare for our camp.

On Friday, we spent half the morning loading luggage on a bus that had only 24 seats and not near enough room for our luggage. We had to get to the camp grounds. We literally rode an hour on top of each other and luggage to the camp grounds. You have to be getting along in order to be that close in a foreign country.

We spent most of the day doing last minute preparations for tomorrow. We have been sharing testimonies with each other and with our translators. God has been moving in each of our testimonies as we share different stories about what God has been doing and is doing now in our lives. Tears were shed many times as we got to see the hearts of each other completely yielded to God. The translators have amazing stories about God has called them to be believers in homes that reject Jesus. They have such faith. Pray for our translators. We could not do what we do withouth them.

Our verse for our journey is Act 19:23, "There arose among them no small disturbance for The Way." We are here to cause a disturbance for The Way. We are here to make the name of Jesus famous. Be praying that we will keep our hearts focuse on the journey God has for us. Tomorrow the campers we will be serving will arrive starting around 10:00 a.m. Pray for our drama team, worship team, and recreation team. Pray that the campers see Jesus in us.

On a side note, everybody is healthy. Some struggle with Ukranian food, but we all have plenty of snacks. The guys are all sleeping in very closed quarters and there are not very many showers in their dorm. God is definitely stretching them. Pray that we keep focused as a team in everything.

John
Phil. 1:6