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		<title>Christian camps help provide kids with a &#8216;normal&#8217; life in Turkey</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Turkey (MNN) -- Summer camps provide refuge for Turkey's Christian kids]]></description>
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Turkey (INN/MNN) &#8212; You are a Christian child in Turkey. The Turkish government requires you to attend public school, but you are the<br />
only Christian in your class and in your school. Your classmates and your<br />
teacher see you as an outsider.
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Throughout the school year, you are bullied and called names. There is not<br />
one classmate willing to take the risk of being your friend. You are alone.
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Can you imagine what it would be like to be the only Christian in your<br />
entire school? That&#39;s how it is for many kids in Turkey.
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But there IS a ray of hope! Each summer, through <a href="/groups/INN">IN Network </a> Turkey, these<br />
kids have the opportunity to attend camp, where singing worship songs, praying<br />
to God, and reading the Bible is &quot;normal.&quot;
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Using the Christian calendar and<br />
making use of summer vacations, I.N. Network invites children to camps and<br />
celebrations at Christmas and Easter. These Christian celebrations are<br />
discouraged in Turkey, but the celebrations affirm the children in their faith.
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Turkish Bible camps encourage kids to have fun, play silly games, eat delicious<br />
meals, and even splash around in the pool. But one of the most wonderful things<br />
is being able to hear Bible stories, sing songs, and learn more about following<br />
Jesus. Some kids wait all year just for camp to take place again.&nbsp;
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The camp program they&#39;re working to support has a week for elementary<br />
school, middle school, and high school campers.
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The IN Network Turkey ministry team leaders are looking for ways to keep the doors open. And they need<br />
help raising the funds. Some donors have,<br />
in the past, been able to help raise money through projects like Vacation Bible<br />
School, youth groups, or a special missions offerings.
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Pray for the young believers in Turkey, that<br />
they would be encouraged and that they would be more effective than ever in sharing<br />
with their friends the good news about Jesus.
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