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While I was not able to visit all of the camps
held during Week 2, I heard and read their
reports on Saturday night at the report dinner.
All three camps have teams who have come
year-after-year and have been establishing
relationships with these churches over those
years.
Above are some pictures from around Budapest and
1 from Szentendre where we've had two teams, one
each week, both sponsored by the
Szentendre Baptist Church.
The smallest camp in Week 2 was in
Seregelyes, where a team from Amarillo
has gone for 6 years. It is one of three camps
the church in Szekesfehervar
sponsors during the summer. The camp is held in
a school where the administrators are not yet
believers, yet they welcome the team because of
the love and service the team gives to their
children. The school teachers, as well as the
students, continue to be very "curious" and
interested in the Bible lessons. The team also
ministered at the Szekesfehervar
home church in Sunday worship, in a youth
meeting, and adult Bible studies.
Most of the FBC McKinney team in Pecs-Somogy
did not return to the hotel for report because
they are serving in another camp in Week 3. Last
week they had a camp of 52 students (the most
their small church could accommodate) and had a
waiting list.
A team from O'Donnell, Texas, served in
Pecs for the third year. They had a
children's camp in the morning and afternoon,
then an adult conversation group in the evening.
The church showed a video series for the adults
and there was a discussion time afterwards. Lots
of discussion and great questions, and one young
adult professed Christ. Two girls also received
Christ during the children's camp. One of the
girl's mother came to speak to the team leader
the next day and told him that her daughter had
learned more in five days of camp than she had
in eleven years in a Reformed Church school.
Many of the churches who have had camps are
reaching out more and more in their communities.
Several teams were taken to gypsy communities to
minister for a day, in hopes of starting a camp
in those communities. Teams made visits to
nursing homes, hospitals, and homes. One team
reported that they had a translator who had been
a former camper. She was able to share her own
testimony and prayed with one of the students as
she accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior.
Janice
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