Young Life Vietnam!  Still in awe when I say that.  Just finished our first day and bottom line....I am so impressed with our leadership here, they are off the charts.  We spent today talking over the upcoming camp (starts on Friday) where we thought that they were going to bring 75 kids and 25 leaders.  Found out today that they are brining 100 kids!  I have attached a picture of all the kids names on a white board.  At the end of our training today we wrote these names down and then all prayed over them together.  I thought you could all join in and pray for all these non-believing Vietnamese kids. 

We have 15 leaders going to camp with these 100 kids and another 10 Work Crew who are leaders in the provinces around Vietnam.  We had provincial leaders come so they could see camp and learn how to do it themselves.  Found out today that one of our young leaders in the Dak Lak province just north of HCMC has already started 2 clubs.  He brought with him 4 incredible young leaders.  They started doing clubs after Josh Powell, Denae Wood, and I did our training with them last August.  They took what they learned, started doing contact work, and have now started 2 clubs with over 50 coming to each.  Kit, the senior leader there had to shut down the clubs however because it became too large and visible and the authorities told them they could not meet anymore.  They now meet at the front courtyard of a church (not ideal, said Kit, but the only safe place – love that by the way!)

One last note on today.  Three years ago Rob Crawford and I came here and did the first YL training.  Shortly after one of the new leaders was doing contact work and met a kid named Chang (pronounced way different than you think).  Chang met Christ at one of the first clubs YL Vietnam ever did.  Today he was there at the training and is going to camp as a leader with guys he has been doing contact work with on the soccer field near the school.  Our first YL kid to meet Christ is now a new volunteer leader.  I will snap a picture of him tomorrow and post it for you. 

By the way 100 kids to camp cost $1500 - $10 bucks a kid - love the leverage here!