Coming to an End

Well, it’s the last full day here at Dorcas camp. It has been an amazing week getting to know all the students and volunteers. We taught a lot of English, learned some Hungarian, listened to some really inspiring testimonies, sang a lot of worship songs, did a ton of skits, played signs, mafia, blitz, foci (soccer) and much more. I’ve been really encouraged by how the students have connected with us and want to hang out with us during their free time. Even the ones who know only a little English try hard to make conversation and ask about our lives. God has used Dorcas camp to change the lives of hundreds of people and I can see those results and also the work that is being done now. I don’t feel like I’m halfway around the world. I’m used to not being able to understand conversations right next to me, although I am picking up on words and phrases more and more each day. The great thing about the body of Christ is that I feel at home away from home. I’m going to miss the people that I have been serving with here. I feel that a big part of my purpose here was to encourage the other teams along with the campers, and in that I have been immensely encouraged as well. There has been a lot of laughing and a lot of smiles with nothing lacking but sleep. Pray for the rest of our time here. We all leave Saturday after breakfast. I’m not sure if I’m going back to Mikepercs with Russ or heading to Budapest with the Ohio team to hang out with them for the day. My plane doesn’t leave till Tuesday so I have a few days. It would be nice to be in Budapest already for my flight home and not be three hours away in Mikapercs. I’d throw up some pics but the internet here is incredibly slow, but hey, I’m glad to have it.