Camp

Camp so far was amazing!

Praise God for Maja, Meliha, Rijad, Sanela, Amila, Amna, Amela, Senad, and Goran from Zenica came! Students also came from other cities but ours was the best represented!!!! We prayed and prayed and you prayed and prayed and God answered our prayers! Nine students are more than we expected! Each Bosnian shared a two-person tent with one of our American students. We all had great late night conversations!Amela shared a tent with me and I love her! She is Senads girlfriend and very sweet and fun!

Every morning we had and inductive manuscript like Bible study. In my small group Meliha and Amela had great insight into the prables we looked at. We enjoyed fun each afternoon at the lake or on the soccer field or throwing an American football. Then after dinner we had a speker teach on some part of relationships. Dating and Marriage, Friends and family (focusing on forgiveness) and Relationship with God.

We prayed every morning at 8 and expected God to move! He did. We had great conversations. But it was also very hard.

The last night 6 of our Zenica friends left to hang out with their other friends who were at camp. Those of us who had been investing in them the last 3 weeks (or for me year) cried and prayed in the back. Not because we were mad at them for leaving but sad because I want Senad to know Jesus. I want Amela to know the love and forgiveness he offers. I want them all to spend eternity with the one who created them and loves them. But they rejected even the idea of listening to what God might have to offer them.

That led to a good conversation with Amela about her relationship with God and what that meant to her. It ended up being mostly a conversation about the Muslim rules she follows with no purpose behind them but it was a good conversation. and in the morning I took my sadness to Gods word and found once again that he must know what he is doing. He has perfect timing and its not for us to know that time. Isaiah 55 was also a great encouragement to me because it says Gods word wont return without fulfilling its purpose. They had studied the Bible even if they didnt hear that last night they had heard from Gods word. So I was reassured. But I did get to taste a bit of what dissapointment looks like in missions such as this. its hard soil with many rocks.

On a happier note. Maja shared deep things in ther life with me and i feel our friendship is very strong.

Thanks for your prayers.