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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

What is Cordoba Immersion camp?

I have talked about Córdoba Immersions before, but never had we such wonderful advertisement for it as we now do, thanks to a film major named Nanda, creating beauties such as these.

This year, we are using the movie Back the Future, to resolve a problem of our own. We teach the kids some of the basics of film (and a little of how to sell a fight scene) and they have to make their own 3 to 5 minute scene to save a young indian girl in the wild west. Then of course, return back to the future! They have to show compassion towards the antagonist, utilizing a quote from Abraham Lincoln about making our enemies our friends.

We have a lot of fun in the process, and sometimes God allows us to go deeper with the students in our team. This particular video above is extra moving. Notice the last words of the video.

Then notice the blond kid every now and then who is playing Marty McFly (minute 1:42 for example). His name is Luciano.

A week after this camp, he and his father died in a tragic car accident.

Since I was not a coordinator for this week, I wasn't as close to the situation, even though yes, it was still quite difficult to bear. The coordinators who were there, particularly OMer Adam who was Luchi's team leader, had abundant opportunities to share Christ with the students that were hurting and confused. The CI leaders stayed in close contact, and continue to do so, to encourage the friends and family in their grief.

As we debriefed about last week's camp, a camp of 53 students who come from all corners of the country (think about the impact we now have the opportunity to make with this sort of social network!),  another coordinator, Tania, told us that one of the students from the first camp accepted Christ two nights ago.

Then Blas, yet another coordinator, told us about one of the parents calling him to thank him. Blas noticed one of the students looking sad at last week's camp, so he took the moment to encourage him. Apparently it made such an impact that the student (Fernando) went home and told his mom about it.

While the camp is not explicitly Christian, it is exciting to see doors open to deeper conversations with students. And teachers! We have seen a few teachers come to Christ over the years as well.

So.. while we have a lot of fun (perhaps too much sometimes ;) ).. it's a really cool ministry that you can add to the prayer list. This year we find ourselves struggling to keep schools committed to coming. A lot of them will say that they come, but in the end can not due to finances or miscommunication. It is also difficult to keep a location, as prices go up.

The next camp will not be until August, but we pray for more opportunities with the contacts we have already made, as well as other camps to pop up, beforehand.

love and chau! (and thanks!)

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