Prayer focus

THANK YOU, GOD

• For another summer camp season in Ukraine, the fifth during the war. As the CCI/Ukraine team, we thank God for camp teams who continue to serve sacrificially, welcoming children from military families, families of fallen Heroes, displaced families, and other vulnerable groups. We are grateful that camps remain places of safety, care, joy, and the Good News.
• For the outcome of Armenia's parliamentary elections. Despite strong Russian support for opposition parties, Armenian voters renewed the parliamentary majority of the pro-Western Civil Contract party, which gives hope for continued stability and progress.
• For a one-day Camp [Name Withheld] in Country X for 23 non-Christian children, where they were introduced to the Bible and the Church, and each received a children's Bible.
• For Camp ReNewal, Ukraine, which held a meeting with 15 teenagers to close their youth club before the summer camp season. The meeting included a quiz game reviewing key biblical topics covered throughout the year.

ACTIVITIES

• CCI/Ukraine is preparing for a one-day Zoom conference on June 27 for Ukrainian camp workers displaced abroad by the war and serving in camps in different countries. The conference was postponed by one week due to wartime realities. Meanwhile, camps urgently need counselors, medical staff, volunteers, support staff, funding for vulnerable children, and two large tents for 120-person gatherings. Please pray as we help address these needs through our camp network where we are able.
• The CCI/Georgia team is working on the report of the Staff Training Workshop, as well as collecting and reviewing participant feedback.
• CCI/Country X coordinator is travelling across the country, exploring potential camp sites for the summer, especially in the northern part of Country X.
• Camp ReNewal is preparing for a three-day day camp next week, with 35 campers expected.

INTERCESSION

• Please, pray for Christian camp leader and CCI/Ukraine Covenant Group member Volodymyr N., who was mobilized into military service. Pray for God’s protection, wisdom, and spiritual strength for him and his family. Although he prepared his camp and handed leadership to others, he cannot serve at the camp this summer. Please continue to intercede for a just peace for Ukraine. We believe God sees the suffering of our people and that His justice will prevail.
• Please intercede for the 18 churches that sent their leaders to the CCI/Georgia Staff Training Workshop for camp leaders, June 3–6, that their plans for camps this summer will fully come to fruition and yield results for God’s glory.
• Please pray for the Camp ReNewal team and for the safety of the children during their camp sessions. Pray that their discipleship work with campers would be fruitful and continue to grow after camp.
• 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

Camper Story Told by His Counselor, Camp History Makers, Ukraine

Oleksii M. came to Western Ukraine from the Donetsk region in April 2022 after his family was forced to flee because of the war. The move brought loss, separation from friends, and a difficult adjustment period in a new city. He attended our camp that year at age 13.

Oleksii is a creative young man with clear leadership potential and an interest in sports, logic games, and puzzles. In 2023, he began attending our teen Bible club, later joined a Bible study group, a local church, and completed the Alpha Course. Over time, his interest in water baptism also began to grow.

Because of his leadership gifts, in 2024 we invited Oleksii to serve at our children’s outreach events, and in 2025 he assisted at our children’s day camp, where he especially valued leading Bible lessons and sharing about Christ’s miracles. 

During summer camp for young adults as a camper, Oleksii had a habit of waking up earlier than his cabin group to attend the staff morning worship and prayer time. Later, he shared that this time was very important to him personally. He engaged fully in all parts of the camp program, including sports activities, Bible lessons, and evening chapels. After camp, Oleksii made the decision to be baptized.