Sunday adventures

It's been a whirlwind of a day here at Berea! After a good night's sleep, the team began the morning with devotional time. We visited a nearby castle and met with Dana's cousins for lunch, and then went back to Berea to start preparing for our retreat this week. We also saw the status of the renovations and toured the dorms where the teens will sleep this week.

We had an unexpected surprise when we found our that our teaching time will be less than we had planned, so we will have to cut down our sessions, but nothing is unexpected for God.

Some of the teens arrived for dinner with their youth leader Juraj. They are energetic and ready for a week of camp! After dinner, we introduced ourselves and played some games with them.

Please pray for the following:
Christ to work in the kids' hearts
God's equipping for Maggie as she teaches a session on surrendering our stuff to God
Opportunities to forge meaningful connections with the teens
All of our technology to work tomorrow during the teaching session

Thank you for praying!

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  1. Liz DawkinsAugust 7, 2017 at 8:31 AM

    Dear Dana, Maggie and Team Slovak,

    Sounds like you have been adjusting well to the different activities. Praying that you can shorten your teaching content and still communicate the gospel message effectively and that your passion for Christ would be obvious. ". . . for zeal for your house consumes me. . . " Psalm 69:9

    Blessings to you as you serve Him in Slovakia,

    Liz

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