In closing...

If you haven't noticed yet, the entire champfleuri team is trying to blog today. A quick summary of the day: We went to Annecy, swam, paddleboated, shopped, ate, and were merry. The food (Erik) consisted of either salami or ham sandwiches, chips, granola bars of either the chocolate or apricot variety, orange juice, and chocolate chip muffins for lunch. Then steak with bread and potato wedges with bread (with salad to start) for dinner. We'll be greeting you with many souvenirs soon!

Looking back on camp, I realized just how much God blessed us. Granting us food, sleep, and energy to survive France and it's "unique" culture. But I think the most noticeable gift from Him was the change in the French campers. For me, "S" humbled me with his curiosity. Throughout camp, he was extremely quiet. He really only hung out with a few kids, but I got to communicate with him a little because he was in my room. One day, during shower time (free time before dinner), I took a little nap by listening to music. "S" was in the room but I thought nothing of it because of his usual attitude. Upon waking, "S" quickly reached for his Bible. He turned to the back cover and asked me, "What is the song with 'all I am is yours?" God made one of the quietest kids in the camp start a conversation about Him for me! I got to look back through the list of songs that had played while I had been sleeping and answer his question. And then we chatted. The door to his life was opened to me, and I got to push our relationship to a comfortable position for me to speak with him about his place in Christianity. I certainly didn't change his life forever, but I am now capable of continuing our talk on Facebook or elsewhere. Prayer would be greatly appreciated in my efforts. I am very optimistic about many relationships, but this is the one I feel the most blessed by.

I hope all of you gain as much joy from hearing these stories as we got from living them. Your support and prayer made all of these things possible, and for this reason we thank you. More stories to come upon our return, get pumped!!

God bless all you faithful and new readers alike,
Tim Shack