Czech Rep - Day 8

We have come to the last day of camp!  Pray for us as we travel home on Saturday that we would have no problems.  And that we too will arrive home safely!

Pavel Jr. - on the right (who is the son of one of the Elders of Runway - Pavel Sr., who led us in the Lord's Supper at the church plant) shared about a time when he had an emergency on the side of a mountain and had to call for a helicopter to rescue his friend. He shared with the kids that the helicopter came and the rope was too short, so they called a 2nd one and that one took his friend to the hospital for surgery.  In the end the friend was rescued and saved from his injuries.  In life we are also on a journey, and we have to realize that we have a problem in our heart. In the situation that Pavel was in, they tried to come up with their own solution and didn’t want to admit they had any problems after his friend got hurt.  If they didn’t call for rescue, Pavel's friend would not have gotten the help he needed to save his friend’s life.  

Pavel shared with them that we all have a problem, and it is called sin.  There is no one we can call help us, except Jesus.  He came and died for us and paid for our sins.  We have to call upon God to save us from our sin.  Pray for these kids to have an understanding of the gospel and choose to believe.  We were able to be apart of the discussion groups in some way through out the week.  The discussion groups are in Czech - which is the best for the kids to hear about God in their own language.  Today the kids were mostly silent and did not answer the questions, but we know and trust that God will work in their hearts and lives long after the camp. Pray for these kids to connect to the various activities and clubs that are offered at Runway, and that God will use the activities to further spread the gospel.

We met a man who reads the radio waves and he put the radio pieces together for us.  The rescue team gave us coordinates, where we would be rescued and taken back to an airplane. Lonnie and Stephen got to be a part of the rescue team.  We arrived back at the plane where we took off and arrived to the Olympics.  This week we solved many challenges, but learned that God is always there to help us in these challenges we have in our lives. It has been a great week. Continue to pray for God to work in the ministry of Runway Bystrc.