Final showers before camp (i.e. for the next 5 days)

Ok, from top to bottom on the pics:

The top 4 pictures are of Rachel, Amy, Jeremiah and Grant.  These head shots are a part of the scavenger hunt game that will kick off camp in just about 9.5 hours from now.  In case you are wondering, Grant is eating a pizza that looks like it was made for 10 year olds - french fries and hot dogs....and it wasn't on the kiddie menu.  I figured you were wondering.

The next two pics are from worship at Risttee Church this morning.  The bottom pic is from the spiral stairwell that heads to the top of Oliveste Church - it is from Sat, but was too good not to post.  A very, very, very long stairwell that is also very, very, very narrow....

Back to the important stuff:  worship.  Peep preached from Acts 16 while Timo sat with us and translated.  We also Still, I think most of us agreed that the best part was the privilege of worshiping through music in another language.  We sang Heart of worship, Agnus Dei, Draw me close to you, Glory to God Forever and Here I am to worship.  When we talked to Daniel afterwards he said it was pretty cool to hear the Americans singing the songs in English (at least when we could remember the words - which was for most of them) mixed in with the Estonian.  And, of course, it is always an incredible thing to participate in communion - especially the way that Risttee practices communion where you get to serve the elements to the person standing next to you.  For many of us, it was the first time for us to serve communion to someone else.

Au Sinale, Igavesti - that is how Glory to God forever is translated into Estonian. 

After worship we had lunch and then went to a training session where we discussed cultural issues, logistical issues and general camp planning.  After about 4.5 hours of this we were done and nearly ready for camp.  We are slowly overcoming our jetlag - just in time for camp where we have heard that 4 hours of sleep per night is about typical.  So, yes, you now now how to pray for us - that our limited rest would be multiplied, that our bodies would hold up both while we are at camp and once we return to the States and that in the midst of all the activity we would be able to focus on our calling (at least for this week) of being a part of God's story here in Estonia.  So much incredible cultural stuff to share - maybe I'll be able to update the blog in the morning before we head off to camp, but for now my alarm is going off in under 5 hours....

Thanks for your prayers!  We look fwd to sharing some amazing stories on Friday afternoon when we return from camp (Friday morning your time).  We'll be sure to shower before we start blogging again - for most of us, our last shower for the next 120 hours has been had...and I'm fairly certain that you won't even have to try that hard to notice that this blog is scratch n sniff....

Heb 10:24