Fondacio Asia Conducts Summer Camp in China

Following is the correspondence from Alice, of IFFAsia, who is currently leading a mission team in China.

Fondacio Asia is conducting a Summer Camp in China! The camp is organised by a local diocese for university students and youth in the parishes since some years now.

The theme of this year’s Summer Camp is “Youth, Hope of Families”. Topics include self-discovery, experiencing God, the meaning of love, the importance of family, and bringing hope not only to family but also to society.

The guiding text for this camp is: "You are the salt of the earth and the light of the world".

Schedule for the camp is as follows:
July 20 - 24         Leadership Training Camp (for 80 youth leaders)
July 25 - 31         Summer Camp (for 400 university students)

The team of animators composed mostly of former IFFAsia students from China (Wendy, Becky, and Lina) and from Malaysia (Mag, Nina, and Cecilia), and Alice has been sent on this mission trip to China. It is the first time for most of us to be sent here. The food, water and weather need adapting to. Some of us need to take extra care in terms of what we eat. Thank God, we feel very much being led by the Spirit and our sense of dependency and docility seems heightened.

Now, all of us are so much into speaking Mandarin. I feel that the team is doing well, and each one seems to be improving each day. God is truly with us!

To symbolize our solidarity and communion as one community, we carry the candle from the Fondacio Congress 2008, and will light this during our sessions and prayer time.

We ask you to be with us during this time. Please pray for us. We ask for the grace of docility to the Spirit and communion within our team, with the Church and the community.

In the spirit of mission,
Alice


We encourage each one to pray, most especially during the days of the summer camp, for the success of this mission trip and the well-being of everyone in the team.