June 15, 2000
Since LifeNets established its office in Ukraine, one of its first projects has been to hold three summer 2000 camp sessions in Shayan, about ten miles outside the city of Khust and snuggled right up up the Rumanian border in the beautiful Carpathian Mountains.
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At one time this area was an exclusive resort area for Communist Party leaders and camps only for their children...to the complete exclusion of children of minority or illegal faiths. One of those was the underground Sabbatarian Church which has existed in Transcarpathia since 1946 but since the fall of the Soviet Union has come out into the open.
For years children were deprived of the benefits of a government which did not tolerate its godless agenda. The local people watched as children from all over the Soviet Union were brought to the beautiful Carpathian mountains for recreation and education.
Now, it's time for the deprived families to enjoy their own beautiful natural Carpathian setting.
There will be two sessions of camp for 35 children ages 8-12 each at Shayan. There is a swimming pool, hiking and other sport and nature activities. There will be Christian Living classes taught. A chartered bus will transport the children to other scenic areas.
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A third session of camp for 35 children will be conducted for children of the village of Uglya. This will be under the same sponsorship but from donor-directed funding by George August of Long Beach, California.
LifeNets Ukraine director Ivan Yurishko along with the Sabbatarian community of Khust/Rokosova are organizing this first summer of camps. The cost is minimal...three dollars a day per child which includes all food, lodging and other expenses.