Lots of Changes

It's Sunday night in Poland. Today was a day full of changes. First, Kenji left us. He is due back at work tomorrow morning, so as I write this, he's on a plane somewhere between London and Los Angeles. We're all a little sad that part of our team is missing now. Heather is especially saddened by his departure. She's stuck here for 5 more days with just us Soderlunds (yikes!) and the other new friends she's made.

Today is also the first day of the children's English camp. This place feels very different with 180 children running around! It's exciting to have them here and to see some familiar faces from 2 years ago.

Here's what we'll be doing this week:

• (Heather) Assisting with a small group of girls. This means sleeping in their cabin, eating with them, making sure they are where they're supposed to be, attending their devotional time, etc.
  
• (Larry) Lifeguarding at the river.
  
• (Larry and Chrissy) Leading morning devotionals for the staff every morning.
  
• (Larry and Chrissy) Speaking at Monday night's big meeting on God's love for us.
• (David) Eat, sleep, play.
  
• (All) Helping out at the Snack Shack when they need us.
• (All) Doing whatever else needs to be done.

Below are some more videos, for your viewing pleasure. These are from our last day at the Real Action Festival in Sandomierz and also from our day off on Friday, when we went to the ancient city of Krakow. But first...

Here's how you can pray/praise right now:

• Pray for travel mercies for Kenji who is flying home to LAX right now. (His plane is scheduled to land around 7:30pm, CA time, today.) Kenji was feeling a little sick when he left, so please also pray for his health.
• Pray for Heather as she adjusts to camp life without Kenji and to her new role as an assistant.
• Praise God for the 180 children who are going to hear the gospel this week! Please pray that their ears and hearts are open to the good news that Jesus loves them.
• Pray for Larry and Chrissy as we prepare the devotionals for this week. Since our community group at home just finished a study of Philippians, we are planning to take some ideas from that.
• Pray for Larry and Chrissy as we prepare for Monday night's talk on God's love. The evening lessons lead up to Wednesday night's invitation. Most of these kids fear God; few of them understand that God actually loves them. Please pray that God gives us the words to speak to the hearts of these kids.