28 July 2019 | Zatonie, Poland [Victor Hulbert] <\/p>\n
They come for many reasons \u2013 but they principally come because of the dream of one man, Ryszard Jankowski. Thirty years ago, he was Youth and Pathfinder director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Poland.<\/p>\n
Desperate for a campground for youth and Pathfinders he was told about a remote location deep in the forest. On visiting the campground he noted, among other things, graffiti on an outbuilding facing the lake, \u201cGod doesn\u2019t exist\u201d. <\/p>\n
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Through a series of remarkable miracles, the land became Adventist and two years later the first Camp Meeting was in operation on what was then a very basic site. It was during that camp that Pastor Jankowski found himself confronted by the very man who scrawled that graffiti.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was a drug addict, and now I have become a Seventh-day Adventist. I am so sorry,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to do something with this writing.\u201d He offered to help remove the graffiti and work to improve the site.<\/p>\n
Jankowski was moved by that confession \u2013 and thirty years later, now serving as President for the Polish Union, he still finds himself moved by what God is doing at a camp meeting that attracts not just 20% of the Polish membership, but draws back many from the Polish diaspora scattered around Europe and even as far as Australia. Others watch the services online.<\/p>\n