Last day of the camp in Africa...

It's been so good over these last five days to watch our diverse team of people make the transition from being strangers to being friends and team mates. From more than fifteen different nations and at least three generations (the youngest team member is age 5; the oldest is 60) we truly are a multi-cultural, multi-generational expression of the family of God.

The young people have responded well to the different teaching times, which have been on a variety of topics such as: experiencing the character of God, learning to hear God's voice, spiritual warfare, and "Why do bad things happen to good people?"

Once you know how to hear God's voice, this prepares the way for exciting times of intercession. One of the most encouraging prayer times during the camp was when we took time to listen to God and pray the things that were on His heart for Africa. The young people worked in smaller groups to prepare Africa "maps," using materials like flowers, leaves and stones. Then each group led us in an amazing time of praying out the things that God wants to see changed, transformed or removed from the African continent. 

We've also had some good times of prayer and preparation for outreach: for the tree planting phase, for medical ministry, and for the other kinds of relationship building and friendship evangelism that we'll be involved in over the rest of this month. With today being the last day of camp, we're all looking forward to the adventures that God has for us in the days ahead.

(Some of those adventures of faith are due to unexpected circumstances. Click here to read my Africa blog for more news about that.)