Last week we held our first camp of the summer. Champs Camp is a day camp for children 6-12 years old. We also have a number of teenagers who help with the camp. Most of them were campers in the past. Many of these teens also come to our youth camps, and some hang out with us throughout the school year. The Saturday before Champs Camp we had training for the teen volunteers. We had a blessed and joyful week with the kids, and we are proud of the 13 teens who were serving every day with us. We also had with us Mike Donahoo, from Pond Springs Church, my sponsoring church in Austin, Texas. Mike did a great job with both kids and teens.

The theme of the camp this year was, Created by God, Built with a Purpose. The main memory verse was:

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that very well.
Psalm 139:14

Each day we had a Bible lesson, crafts, sports, games, food, and we watched a short Christian children’s video. That was very special for most of the kids, and they asked if they can watch something like that next year. We are grateful to our Lord that the kids responded well to Mateja’s Bible lessons. Some of the kids next year will be teens and they already asked us if they can join us in our youth camp next summer.

After the week with kids, we took our teen volunteers to Terme Tuhelj, a water park about an hour’s drive from Zagreb. We spent there a nice two days with them. The first evening Mateja had a short lesson just for the girls, and Steve and Mike had a lesson for the boys. The second evening Mike shared a brief lesson and testimony. We finished our evening with some social games.