From One Generation to the Next

"One generation shall commend your works to another." - Psalm 145:4

Royal Rangers workshop at Kids Camp Orahovica 2022

Jeremy here. Although I wasn't at Kids Camp this summer, the picture above jumped out at me as I was looking through the highlights on social media. Besides the fact that it was taken in Orahovica, a place we lived for nine years and have spent most of the summers since, the man on the right is a friend of mine and a significant part of the time we spent in Orahovica. His name is Filip and he was six years old when we moved to Croatia.

Filip was one of the first boys in our baseball ministry back in 2007 when I invited whoever wanted to come to the local soccer field to learn how to hit and play catch. He was a young teenager when we began Royal Rangers in Orahovica. And this past week, he led the Royal Rangers workshop at Kids Camp. We're thankful for Filip and his desire to commend the Lord's work to the next generation.

To be clear, this is not our doing. Filip and others like him are the result of his Christian family, local church, camps, other ministries and ultimately the grace of God. But it's these sort of stories that we came to Croatia to be part of. We don't see ourselves as disciple makers, but rather as members of the Body of Christ that makes disciples. And so it's this sort of example that excites and energizes us to continue the work.

Today, as Teen Camp begins, there are 6 leaders from our local church in Zagreb, including our pastor who leads camp. The goal of camps throughout the years has been to provide a place and an opportunity for each person, leaders and participants alike, to have an encounter with God. We invite you to pray with us that this would indeed be the case throughout the next 3 weeks of camps.

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