So long Champfleuri

Our time here at Champfleuri was filled with many different emotions. We felt tired the whole camp, but energized at the same time, we may have been frustrated at the language barrier, but we have learned to be patient in all situations, and finally we have been so happy at how many relationships have been formed throughout the 10 days, but extremely sad to see the French campers leave.
Throughout the camp God has blessed us with everything from strength, to safety, to energy. We all got to build strong relationships with the help of God. I'm going to talk about one of the relationships that I have formed in my time here at Champfleuri. One of the campers who I got to know very well was a 14 year old boy who we will call T. I talked to him a lot the first few days of camp. We played basketball a lot over course of the camp. When we were playing it was a good chance to talk to him and get know more about his life. He was not a Christian. He was very friendly towards all of us, and though his English wasn't great he would actively engage in conversations with us. Getting to know him well was a great blessing during this camp. Please pray for him to realize how great our God is and also for God to work in his heart in the rest of his life. I also pray that he would return next year to learn more about God and Jesus.
One thing that I learned on the short term missions trip was how to be a servant with extremely good patience. Serving others was one of the key things that we were told to do coming into this camp. I feel that God gave us the patience to hint of others before ourselves. I learned that patience is a great way to avoid unnecessary problems. God truly blessed us with this and as a result many uncontrollable variables (uncontrollable by us) were nullified. He truly blessed all of our work here.
So to finish I would like to say so long Champfleuri. Our time here was only temporary but it will hopefully have eternal impact on us and in the lives of the French teens. Thank you all so much for your prayers.

Because of Him,
Kris Peterson