4th camp

here are a few pictures from our last camp...
jelgava camp!

my team, "the duckfish"

"syzygy"

"the juicy dopaloupes"

HA!

the "name what kind of ball is hidden under a t-shirt game"... the campers did not know fletcher's head was under one of the shirts haha

priceless

jokes on you fletcher

i will not miss doing this dance twice a day for a MONTH

sarah in english class

dexter loves english class

HEY!

artsy fartsy

edgars & his wonderful collage

kristine & agrita on the amazing race

helen is kind of photogenic

brennan, sarah, arturs & edgars in the back


edgars

arturs

anna

camp picture


leaders & campers

dance party

"the duckfish," aka 1st place!

w/davis

w/ endija, sabine & ieva

3rd camp

here are the best of my pictures from the week...

one of the local kids from kazdanga

toms about to grab a clothespin with his mouth after spinning around 10 times


making guacamole in english class

the human pyramid contest

elina!

at the bonfire

the jail staff for english class rotations

w/ oskars & martins

tiki torch madness

good people

the disco dance party

i dressed up as mike tyson for the dance party

saying goodbye to the limbazi & texas boys

the camp teams...
the homies

the pretty pink ponies

the stork dorks

vilandes camp!

2nd camp

here are a few of the best pictures from this week...

baptism

montis, anna, elina & jaycee

the camp dance

my english class

this is what i look like according to my students

playing the balloon tied around your ankle game

two of the interns, elina & anna

aubrey, janis, kristen, greg, peteris & charlie

wearing "the dress of despair" w/ the youth pastor in kuldiga, gatis

end of the week dance party

rudolfs

rudolfs was sent to our camp by his mom because she wanted him to learn better english.

on the first day of camp it was clear that he was not happy to be here. he begged the local youth leader to take him home. as the week progressed i saw him quickly warming up to the camp. on the third day of camp during one of the night games he ran and collided with another camper and knocked out his two front teeth! we sent him home that night so his mom could decide what she wanted to do with him. we found out later that the next morning he begged his mom to let him come back to camp! he promised her that he wouldn't lose anymore teeth! haha.

he came back the next day and as we were walking to breakfast i asked him what his favorite part of camp had been. he quickly replied, "all of it!"

when i was saying goodbye to him this afternoon he told me "see you next year" at camp!

i pray that over the next year God would continue to cultivate the seeds that were planted in his heart this week. please join me in praying for rudolfs and the many other students we encounter this summer!

1st camp

God is definitely doing something very cool here in kazdanga!

here were a few quick pictures from camp that i thought you all would enjoy...

the amazing race

the classic shaving cream fight

techno dance party

playing buck buck

w/ montis & deivids

our team trying to build a spaghetti noodle & gummy bear structure

the camp teams...
bamdazdeka

udder destruction

and last, but certainly not least, the holy pirates!

going 6 days w/o a shower... gotta love camp!

on to the 2nd camp...

at camp for the next four weeks

camp officially started today!

summer summer summer

we have four camps this summer. they start on june 29th and go through july 25th. all of the camps will be held in the small town of kazdanga at the barons pils (castle) which is shown below.

we have a great team and are all very excited about this summer! here is the intern team that i am working closely with... (from left to right) myself, anna, montis, megan, daniel, elina s, jaycee, sarah, agrita, adam, oskars & elina k who is not pictured.

we truly covet your prayers this summer. please pray for strength throughout the four weeks. pray that the students would see Christ in our words and actions and that as a team we would be unified and loving in our interactions with each other. and lastly, that many lives would be transformed by Christ! that is why we are here, right? amen.