Наш Бог так велик! (Nash Bog Tak Velik)
Ukrainian for How Great is our God!
This last week in Ukraine has been pretty amazing! We spent it at camp for the 2nd time. There were about 50 kids there from the ages of 14-18. The whole week was consisted of lots of sports and worship activity. Clinton and I were in charge of baseball, and we had a blast doing it. (Besides the fact I got hit with a baseball bat. Accidentally of course!) There was also football(soccer), dancing, and another sport that I'm not quite sure what it was, haha!
Worship. I can't even begin to describe how that was. Just wow! All these teens wanted to participate in singing in front of everyone and we even danced! It's so amazing how me and Ukrainians can worship the same God in different languages! We sang "How Great is our God" is Russian, and I know how to sing the chorus in Russian! Each night, we would play some funky Jesus music and just danced and worshiped the whole time! So much fun!
Clinton preached again on how God is a father to us, and I shared my testimony also. That night, we all had prayer for one another. On another night, Clinton talked about why he does missions, and why we all should do it and how we are called. I shared all the places I had been to, and why I came to Ukraine. Also what I have in mind for next summer (but I'm not mentioning that right now because it's a secret!) haha!
I think the most challenging thing I did this week, was hike up a mountain for 9 miles! If anyone knows me well enough, they know it's not easy for me to do these things! But I did it! With only one stopping point that wasn't even 5 minutes. When I was at my weakest point climbing that mountain, people were helping me. Helping me climb, offering to hold my backpack, and just encouraging me. I listened to my funky Jesus music the whole way and I told myself "I've got this! I've got this!"
We had a water day, where we had different stations of events the kids could do water-wise, and I was going to help lead one, but turned out I had to join a team. So I had to do water activities. To be honest, I did NOT want to be involved with the water, but it turned out to be fun. But, the pastor kept dumping cold cold cold water on me about 5 times! And so did about 3 other people!
We had one kid that was baptized. His name was Michael. God is Good!
This week of camp was lots better than the last one, I think the only thing I didn't like about it was I didn't get to remember all the kids names because there were so many! But I loved every minute of it.
I wouldn't trade this month in Ukraine for anything. It has been so amazing here and it's sad that I have to go back to the states in 3 days! I honestly want to stay here longer. It's bittersweet. But, I guess I can say I'm ready for a new chapter in life with college. I can't wait to see what god has in store for me next summer! It has truly been amazing this past month. How Great is out God? I'd say pretty dang great!
Show Love, Be Love.
Tonya!
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