Extreme Camp

The first activity with the students here in Moldova for this academic year was a camp entitled 'tabara extrem' (Extreme Camp). The camp was attended by just over 20 students from Chisinau and Balti. The extreme part of the camp consisted mainly in sleeping in tents in a forest, eating some special delicacies cooked on an open fire and getting told off by an angry monk from a local monastry for swimming in a nearby lake. The theme of the camp was investigating Jesus. On the first evening we were introduced to Luke, someone who investigated Jesus in great depth. Then, for the next two mornings we studied two passages from his gospel to see what he had found out about Jesus. Each afternoon, the students also had an opportunity to search in the forest for Bible verses telling them more information about this Jesus. On the final morning, each group of students presented what they had discovered about Jesus and I made a brief conclusion, pointing out that there is a lot of evidence and good arguments for the truth of what says in the Bible about Jesus, and emphasizing what is possibly the best evidence i.e. that of changed lives! I was able to do this by giving a brief testimony. A number of students gave positive feedback after the camp and hopefully in the coming months, both in Chisinau and Balti we will be able to build on the relationships formed at the camp.