Countdown

Readers and Campers:
As you know we have only a few more days until camp starts, this is very exciting. Today, one of our leaders, Tapio picked up food for the camp at three food banks. These food banks from Helsinki, Vantaa, and also Espoo donated food to our camp, it is now being stored at Arkki-leiri in freezers. God has blessed us so much with this food, He takes care of His children! And thank you to Tapio for working so hard in picking up this food, what a blessing!

Читатели и участники лагеря:
Как вы уже знаете, осталось всего несколько дней до начала лагеря, и мы этому очень рады. Сегодня один из наших лидеров, Тапио, забрал в трех пищевых банках продукты для лагеря. Эти продукты нам пожертвовали пищевые банки из Хельсинки, Ванты и Еспо, на данный момент все продукты уже в морозильных камерах Ковчега. Бог так благословил нас этой едой, Он действительно заботится о своих детях! Спасибо огромное тебе, Тапио, что ты так потрудился собрать продукты, это благословение!

These next couple days will be very busy as Tapio, Tuuli, Matti, Dima, Oksana, and I will be getting done last preparations, so we ask for your prayers. We need the wisdom of the Lord in making decisions and we also need strength from the Lord, we cannot do it on our own. Tuulia, Oksana and I have all been sick, we ask for your prayers. Please pray that God would heal us before the camps start so we can serve without the hindrance of sickness. Lately, through my devotional readings I have been learning how the promises of God are unchanging because God is unchanging. If we would grab a hold of this idea and apply it to our lives it would invoke such faith. To face trials, or even the daily tasks of life we must have faith and hope in God's promises. What are we living for and what are we looking to? We must hold fast the confession that we have been saved by the blood of Jesus, now He is our High Priest and we can come to Him freely with any of our needs. We must also remember to share this with other believers. It is God's call upon the life of every believer to put on love each day that we may encourage, challenge and lift up each other. I know I have a long way to go but I think the writer of Hebrews encourages us in the best way. Hebrews 10: 23-25 says, "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching."
Here are a few things you can involve yourself in by praying:

- for Tapio and Matti - strength and wisdom as they handle a lot of information these days and make many decisions concerning the camp

– good health for all team members

- for traveling mercies and protection over all volunteers as some of them start traveling to the camp or get ready to travel from different countries
- for the children as they are getting ready to come from Russia, that their hearts will be ready to receive God's love
- for the orphanage workers who are planning to come with children, that God's plan for their lives would be revealed
- financial provision for all of the needs of the camp
- and good weather during the camp...
Thanks for reading and we are excited to see you soon!!!