Since then many things changed. I am sure it is just the beginning of my life with God in such closeness! And it is incredible! You get to know Him, that He is so awesome and wonderful! He loves us so much despite everything! Marvellous God! And when you begin to understand who God is, you want to do something that will glorify His name, because God did so much for us! What can I do for Him? I think I can do many things. I think it is not a coincidence that I was invited to try myself in Mission Impossible 2008. So what will change in my life? I think I will learn more about God through it. He will show what He is able to do through us. I really want to know how the personal relationships of other team members with God will develop, what He will reveal to them, what revelations He will give them. All of this will help me to grow spiritually and bring fruit to the Lord, and also to serve for His glory. Of course, participation in the project will give me an opportunity to meet new people, make new friends and have wonderful time of communication with them. Still the main goal is to become closer to God through the participation in Mission Impossible project, it is another opportunity to express my love to Him through this ministry. Thus. I do not know if it all will happen but I really want it to happen. Because this project is something new and unprecedented for me. It is not like other ordinary summer projects – summer camps etc.

And the preparation to it is different. I think that in any case, simple participation in this project will be very interesting and funny, and the most important thing is that it will bring the joy to the Lord. And this is main goal of every Christian.

I also worried a lot about participants’ health. Because I had almost no experience in the first aid. And it is really scary when you don’t know how to help a person. But God blessed me! As I coped every time, He truly gave strength and protected from wrong actions.

I was very lucky with my team. Because children were ready to talk since the first day. We didn’t win any team competition, but we made really good friendships. And I think that is what matters.

There was one moment that impressed me greatly! It was the last day of our camp. It rained in the night, then it stopped raining, but when it was time to go to the morning meeting, it started raining very hard. We were in our tents, and all of a sudden children began to sing worship. They sang several songs at the same time, they often missed the notes, but I think it was the best time of worship. It rained not for long, and we were able to have the last day and the evening with an altar call! I could not even imagine that so many children would go up front for the repentance call. But all praise should go to God that their hearts turned out to be so open! Praise the Lord!

I also liked our team! We were truly united. And everyone supported each other so much! Because it was tough for all. A special blessing and an incredible encouragement were the times when David came to our camp, especially one time when he brought coffee and chocolate! You realize because of such moments that life is wonderful and God takes care of you as never before

Another thing that I liked was the fact that I communicated with our English speaking members of the team pretty well. And we became good friends. I don’t know why, but when I hear how well our translators speak English, I feel like I’m stuck and I can’t say a word properly. I guess it is a complex but praise be to God that the situation changed to the end of the camp

Well, these are the brightest experiences of the camp. Praise the Lord, that He allowed us to go through it all.

I think that the main reason for the mission to remain impossible is the abscence of God’s will for this project. Or the abscence of His blessing. At first sight, perhaps it sounds strange, that there is no God’s will for serving Him. But the Lord sees our hearts. And if we really want to fulfil this project for His glory, I think it all will work out.

The next reason is as important, in my opinion, as the first one and it is insufficient spiritual preparation of a team. Even if God will bless us with this mission, still it is required to spend much time in praying and meditating on the Word, so that God could control us, our thoughts and ideas. If there are no close realtionships with Jesus in all of that, then this ministry will be simply empty and it will not benefit to anybody. Especially to God. And we are doing it all primarily for Him.

Our laziness may be an obstacle. I am closely familiar with a condition when you know that it is so important and you simply have to do it, because God wants you to and everyone else expect it, but you just don’t want!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is a very dangerous condition. Who, if not we, will burn for God!!! We are to try and do our best for Him!

Financial issue can be a hindrance, especially this year when sums of money that are to be raised are so high. It is difficult to find money for the students. Still I believe that there is nothing impossible for our MARVELOUS God. And God can show us once more His mercy and faithfulness in a difficult situation.

The previous mission was a great blessing for me, as it was for many people who took part in it. That is why satan may create many reasons that can interfere with our ministry. They may be people who would oppose us as much as possible, circumstances that at first sight seem desperate. But God is so strong! He will never ever give us a challenge that we will not be able to bear! And recently I am more and more convinced of that. The most important thing is to trust Him completely and give our heart to Him fully, not partially.

One more insidious reason is the worldly vanity, that can suck down unnoticeably and so deeply. For that very reason one should always remain in fellowhip with the Father and “watch” all the time. Work and studies are very important areas of our life but there is its time for every thing and a season for every activity under heaven. When these areas become our first priority in our life, we may come down and not even notice it!

The obstacles may be so serious that our faith may be insufficient. The doubts that we allow into our hearts grow very quickly. For that very reason we should guard our hearts.

One of the most unpleasant reasons is the wrong motivation of our heart for serving God: when serving the Lord in the project is not on the first place, when we yearn for participation because of new friends, self-actualization or other selfish purposes. I do not think it will be pleasant for God to look at such ministry.

When I was the leader in a youth camp for the first time, one story happened to our team. The team consisted of close friends, we would never think that we could quarrel with each other during our project. It just didn’t cross our minds. But it happened. And praise the Lord that we quickly settled everything and to the end of the camp everything was okay! That is why in my opinion, organization of a team as one organism is very significant. Although it is not the most important thing. We have to be united in everything. One God, one faith, one baptism.

Therefore, these are all the reasons of mine, because of which this project may remain only a dream, that did not come true: abscence of God’s blessing, insufficient spiritual preparation, laziness, finances, circumstances, people, vanity, insufficient trust in God, self-serving motivation, misunderstandings within a team.

I really want this project to praise God, change and strengthen us spiritually! I really hope this will happen.