We are now all officially home from mission camp 2010. It was a great trip filled with a lot of fun memories. We served others, heard some "good preachin'", celebrated the fact that many of our students more fully surrendering areas of their lives to Christ, had a student dedicate herselves to missions/ministry, witnessed two guys devoting themselves to lifting each other up for the rest of high school and generally grew together into a stronger group. The theme of the week challenged us to ask, what am I 'DEVOTED' to? We redefined passion from faith based on personal feelings, emotions and excitement to faith based on continual sacrifice to God's will. Being passionate for something doesn't mean that we are simply excited about it, it means we would die for it. Much of the week was devoted to understanding that living as a Christ follower means that we will have to face trials and we will have to pick up our cross and walk daily but in that trial we have one thing the world doesn't, hope.
Personally I love the time at camps to connect with students and share in the wonder of watching them walk toward God, watching them make decisions that will change the course of their lives for good, watching them grow into young men and women of God. Those students who wanted to be 'unstuck' in their faith were moved and that is one of the most exciting things to watch.
- Students: I appreciated your general willingness to open your heart to God both through the camp and also through us as leaders.
- Parents: Thanks for sharing your kids with us this week.
- Meghan, Tyler and Taylor: Thank you so much for your dedication to sharing God's love with our students! As always, it was great to serve with you.
- Todd
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