Amid a war that worries many in the world, where the news announces that people should be ready to evacuate, thanks was being given for the Bible camps held in the Ukraine in the spring.
One 12-year-old girl came as a refugee from the east of the Ukraine. It was her first time at a Christian camp. She said: ‘What you do is very important, because through these camps children learn how to open their hearts to Jesus. Please don’t stop running camps, because this world needs what you’re doing.’
Then there is Taya, a former camper, who served on the staff for a couple of years. Last year she went to work in Russia. Camp director Bevz explains: ‘Taya sent a message to me that she wants to sponsor a child at camp. Her reason is that when she came to the camp she felt love and acceptance, she saw how we treated one another. It definitely differed from the way of this world. Now Taya wants to help another child to feel the same experience that she had.’ Camps extend help to all ages. With the camp as the focal point of the year, distribution of clothes and bedding continues beyond that time, along with sharing the good news of the Christian faith.
