Prayer focus

THANK YOU, GOD

• For the start of the summer camp season in Ukraine. As CCI/Ukraine, we thank God that camps are welcoming children and youth. Through 17 training events, we equipped 1,500 camp leaders from 341 camps before the season, and this preparation is already bearing fruit.
• For the 50 campers who attended a one-day camp on May 30 at a local church in Armenia.
• For the wonderful Staff Training Workshop in Georgia (June 3–6), with 79 participants. We are thankful for the strong training program and for the opportunity to grow closer to God and be united in one spirit.
• For the prayer gathering of pastors and church leaders in Country X, with 32 leaders from 19 churches, to reconnect, pray for unity in ministry, and support the spread of camp ministry across the country.
• Camp The Light During the War, Ukraine, ran four camps across two public schools and two orphanage schools, with a total of 440 campers. The children heard about God and took part in Bible lessons, crafts, and sports games led by a team of 10 staff. The program started in late May and continues throughout the summer with more camps planned.

ACTIVITIES

• This week, CCI/Ukraine began preparations for its September Covenant Group Forum. Leaders from 30 camps who volunteer with our team year-round will review the season, discuss wartime ministry challenges, and plan future development. We are also preparing an online conference for displaced Ukrainian camp leaders worldwide, scheduled for June 20.
• CCI/Armenia is meeting with a local church to provide consultation on launching a Sunday school ministry. CCI/Armenia is also preparing a list of camps that team members will visit during the summer season.
• CCI/Country X is working on the camp location and program for its own residential camp session for 30 campers this summer.
• Camp The Light During the War is running another 12-day camp program in a local orphanage for 120 campers this and next week.

INTERCESSION

• Please, pray for the safety of camps, staff teams, and campers as Russia continues attacks against Ukrainian cities. Pray for health, strength, and emotional resilience amid air raids and hardship, and that children will experience care, security, hope, and God's love this summer.
• Please pray for seven churches in Country X, that are actively preparing for their camps and hope to reach at least 200 children.
• Please intercede for a safe and fruitful summer for the team at Camp The Light During the War, as they have planned 13 additional one- and two-day camp programs in local churches and two nearby villages, with approximately 490 campers expected to attend.
• Thank God for protecting Oleg, Andriy, and Maxim—the husbands of our CCI/Ukraine staff Oksana, Dasha, and Jenya—this past week as they serve near the war’s front line. Pray for their continued health and safety. Pray for Andriy’s recovery and for the full restoration of his leg’s function after he was wounded at the front line in January.
• With the sharp increase in Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and many homes destroyed, please pray, as God reminds you, for God’s protection over our Kyiv staff Oksana and Pavlo, their families and homes, and the CCI/Ukraine office located in a residential area.

FROM THE MISSION FIELD

Counselor Story — Camp Divergent: Chosen by Christ, Ukraine

Diana, 17 years old

Diana is a creative, initiative-driven young woman who enjoys meeting new people. She first joined our teen club after seeing an announcement on social media and later attended several day camps. Over the past year, God has been working deeply in her heart. She joined a home Bible study group for teenagers, where she began asking more questions about a personal relationship with God and repentance. This journey was not easy, especially as her parents had reservations about church and faith, yet this year became a defining season for her.

Her participation last summer in the residential Camp Divergent: Chosen by Christ was uncertain due to her university entrance exams and family concerns. However, God answered her desire to attend. Upon arrival, she joyfully exclaimed, “Hooray, I am chosen by Christ because I am here!” Diana became a blessing to her cabin group. She took part in all activities, attended workshops, and helped others. During Bible study time, she often needed more time for reflection. During worship, she was always in the front rows, singing wholeheartedly.

During camp, Diana received news that she had been admitted to university and needed to submit documents before the final deadline. Immediately after camp, she travelled to complete this process and later shared in the camp group chat that she had become a student at a teacher training university, which the whole camp community celebrated. God has been working not only in Diana’s heart but also in her parents’ hearts, who this year allowed her to be baptised. We believe she is already a blessing to her family and to her new church, and will be a blessing to our camp team this summer.