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Al and Stacy said, "This year was the best ski camp we've had with their high school kids since we've been in the Czech Republic." As our CA Team of seven was preparing to travel to Slovakia for the Camp, we received a phone call from Stacy saying, "There is no snow we are not sure what we will do so be flexible". Our team prayed, and in Slovakia there was a miraculous snow fall that began the weekend camp started and ended the day we left. This enabled us to actually ski at the camp.
The leaders are an important part of the camps. In Young Life, the leaders model a relationship with Christ as they build relationships to the youth. The Czech youth are drawn to the love they receive. One youth said, "This is the best week of my life, I don't want to go home." Al and Stacy are so grateful to have CA teams join them to help teach English and build relationships with the youth through skiing and having fun together during the club time.
Being part of a CA team to the Czech Republic is not easy, the youth being raised in an atheistic country will challenge your faith and you will witness youth deny Christ and want nothing to do with the Christian religion. Every person on our team had personal opportunities to share what it means to live life with Jesus. But the greatest gift we give is love. The youth can turn away from theological discussions, but they long for the love they feel and experience from those who know and love God. The speaker this year gave a bold challenge to the youth, and there were several young people who made decisions to follow Christ, and even more that said they were open in pursuing what it means to follow Christ.
It is great that we support Al and Stacy Anderson with our financial gifts through our Going offerings and it is an added blessing as we travel to the country God has called them to - and join with them in serving the youth in the Czech Republic.
From Steve Teitzel:
I think the things that hit me from the time in Czech the words I use to try to describe to folks what we saw is that it was a amazing to see the principals of relational ministry applied in a post-modern post-communist youth culture and adapted to the needs of the culture. What is hard for folks to realize from here is that conversations we had didn't start with "who do you believe Jesus is" but that that these are kids living in an environment that is missing the context of a society familiar with the existence of God, let alone Christ or the Gospel. Having time in lines, on chairs, conversationalize English by asking about the club talk or cabin times were a great opportunity to help verbalize and think through the gospel.
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