Senior Basketball Camp

The senior camp (ages 13-18) is always a fun camp. The older campers know a little more English and most are very good basketball players. This year we did not spend as much time on fundamentals (they start working with their team coaches in two-weeks) as we usually do. We allowed them to have more competitive drills and of course, scrimmages.

Most of these kids have been to our past camps so it is easy to get them going in the right direction and they quickly catch on to the new drills, etc. One of the differences over here is that the boys and girls will compete against each other. The girls are very competitive and will get right into the drills and scrimmages and hold their on.

Two of our Cesis girls that have been to the camps for the past four years have been chosen to play for the under-18 Latvian National team. They left on Tuesday for Romania where they will be competing in the European Championships. That is a great honor for them and we are happy their hard work has paid off.

The neatest thing about this age group is that several have made professions of faith and are willing to share that with us. They have become more open about this during the last couple of years. I think it is a combination of trust, their own maturity and that they realize that is our number one concern for them. They have started opening up to us about their church involvement, what they see the teen-agers here need, etc. Several of these students will be the core of what we hope will be a strong youth group and possibly a Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter.

Today (Friday) the men of the group will travel to the Boys' Prison for some basketball and devotional time. Most of our team has been before but it is always an eye-opening experience. Maybe we can bring a little hope for some tough, young men.

Atta,

Mark