Last night we met John, the leader of Student Venture in Russia. (Student Venture is the high school branch of Campus Crusade.) John told us that 86 students will be coming to the camp in Sochi on Thursday. He said that most of them come from homes that, although they likely do not practice any faith, are told that anyone outside of the Russian Orthodox church is of a cult. He said, “These kids parents told them, ‘Learn all the English you can, but when they talk about God, don’t believe them. They’re cultists.”
About 40% of the kids who will come to the camp have been here before, and they’ve seen the love shown to them by God’s children. The Truth of God’s Word says that love covers a multitude of sins, and speaking lies about God and His people is a sin. Pray that the love we strive to show will overcome the lies that have been spoken to these students about us, about God, about His love, and about His plan to save men from their sins.
The third and fourth days of the English camp (Saturday and Sunday), the English lessons are about values and dreams, and the family whose story contextualizes the English lessons discusses their values and dreams. The grandfather tells the children a story about two men who build two houses, one on the sand and one on the rock (sound familiar?). At that point we’ll have the opportunity to use the Four Spiritual Laws (printed for them in Russian) to talk about how we’ve been building our lives on the one Foundation that is the Rock. Pray for the Spirit to shed understanding and light on their hearts, to move in their lives and call them to faith. Pray that the Light will shine on a people walking in darkness because of God using our mouths to speak His words.
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