Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Summer Interns...

Livada has eleven summer interns joining our staff in Romania for the summer. They will help lead the summer camps along with Sarah Meszaros, Rebecca Rasmussen, Ovi Sand, and Alina Muntean. Behind the scenes, Kelly Hornsby will be directing and coordinating millions of details for the summer teams. Marian Ciurariu-Gliga will continue to get the camp facilities in working order and help overcome all of the many obstacles in hosting 120 people per week at our Camp Vetca. Intern Michael Hale will be the camp pastor and STINT Sarah Meszaros will be the camp administrator.


Front Row from left to right: Rebecca Rigell from Florida, Hannah Bottom from Texas, Emily Dick from Kentucky, Daniel Mathewson from Tennessee, Austin Spurlock from Georgia, Michael Hale from North Carolina.
Back Row from left to right: Caitlin Braswell from Alabama, Bruce Thomas, Leah Ronk from Iowa, Kaylea Mattern from Florida, Justin Hendrix from South Carolina, Carrie Lomac from North Carolina

There will be six short term teams joining them for seven weeks of evangelistic orphan camps. The theme for this year is "Super Summer" and walks the kids through the book of Romans as they learn about the "Ultimate Super Hero" we have in Jesus Christ. Please pray for open hearts and that the Lord would give spiritual protection to the campers and leaders as they seek to evangelize the lost and encourage the believers.



The interns helped pack over 750 lbs. of supplies to take to Romania for summer ministry!

Intern orientation was held at the "Hodge Lodge" in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Livada Board President, Bruce Hodge, hosted the intern team at his home as they went through intern orientation.


Livada board member, Bruce Hodge with intern, Daniel Mathewson


Rebecca Rigell shares her life map as the interns get to know one another better during orientation.

Through prayer, team building, cultural preparation, and job training, the interns were made ready for the adventure that awaits them in Romania. Please pray for them as they help run the summer camp for around 400 orphans this summer in Vetca, Romania.

2 comments:

Shannon said...

Bruce, good to "see" you! Justin and Austin, I'm praying for you this summer (and your new friends of course). Keep us updated!

Jennifer Mathewson Speer said...

Keep those pictures coming. It is so good to see my son! It sounds like he is having the time of his life. Thanks for all you do
Jennifer Mathewson Speer