Opening Ceremony of the Greatest Scale; 3500 people and 40 VIPs
After the heart-warming encounters at the Kenya World Camp and meetings with the Ugandan and Malawian President, we arrived in Ivory Coast, the most enthusiastic country in West Africa, with the hope of the works and grace of God.
The stoppage time in Ghana was too short on the way to Ivory Coast that we may not have been able to retrieve all of our baggage but we felt thankful that we were eventually able to arrive with all the luggage. In such incidents, baggage usually arrive a few days later, so we could feel God’s works as soon as we arrived.
From the 27th to the 31st of July, the 2016 IYF World Camp in Ivory Coast and the Bible Crusade was held in the Treichville Gymnasium, also known as ‘Palais Des Sports’. ‘Palais Des Sports’ means the ‘Palace of Sports’ and it is home to a variety of indoor sports such as Futsal and Handball. The building also has an outer structure that mimics that of the Coliseum in Rome.
The Opening Ceremony of the World Camp and the Bible Crusade took place on the 29th at 7pm in front of 3500 participants. The Camp participants were full of excitement and expectation at they began to fill the venue. On this day, the vice mayor of the city of Abidjan and many other VIPS were also in attendance. The songs of the Choir of Ivory Coast led people to sing along as well as brighten the atmosphere before the beginning of the Opening Ceremony.