by Mike Cantrell | May 30, 2013 | Russia
Elama is a summer camp overseen by our Russian partner MIR; the camp is located north of St. Petersburg. Yesterday MIR director Sergei Tovstopyat and I went to Elama for the first time after the winter. It’s always a bit of a concern to see if anyone has broken...
by Mike Cantrell | Jun 21, 2012 | Russia
The team from Teen Mania continues to do very well at Camp Elama. The weather has cleared up (after a few cool, rainy, windy days), and the US students and the Russian campers are growing closer and enjoying their time together. We said a tearful goodbye to the Riley...
by Mike Cantrell | Jun 18, 2012 | Russia
WWW.ASPIROADVENTURE.COM/BROCHURE/JS/ Teen Mania sent a team to run a camp; they arrived a few days ago. Everything is going well, though the mosquitoes have been a sight to behold (and slap). The team has been helping open up Camp Elama after the winter’s...
by Mike Cantrell | May 14, 2012 | Russia
We had a work day at Elama on Saturday. It was cool and rainy, so we didn’t get as much work done as we’d hoped, but we had a great time of fellowship together. Elama will host quite a few people this summer. I’m now in Montenegro, awaiting the...
by Mike Cantrell | May 4, 2012 | Russia
Yesterday Sergei Tovstapyat and I went to Elama, our camp about an hour north of St. Pete. It’s time to start opening it up, and yesterday among other things we connected the primary part of the water system to be sure things are working. We also met with some workers...
