Thursday night, I couldn't believe it, another cancellation by a student who wasn't going to make it to TOMORROWS camp! I had been praying that God would bring those who "needed to come," but that was the 10th (yes 10th) cancellation.
You ever have one of those days where you wonder why you do what you do? If your reading this you probably don't think that a (gasp) full time Christian worker with The Navigators could feel that way. Well I did. And wasn't feeling great about all the time I had poured into the coming get-away with our group of students.
Friday came and my blues blew away as the adrenaline of going away with a group of students took hold. I had billed a dynamic international speaker (me) for the weekend's four talks and so I had conscripted the help of a couple past students (Cyril and Marcia) to help with the running of the weekend.
Our theme was transformation. We used John 11, Lazarus' trip to death and back, as the central story for the talks and group discussions we had after every session. With Linkin Park's theme song from the first Transformer movie as the intro to each talk and enlisting the help of a worship team from our local church, Hope, we set the tone for the weekend as fun as well as one where we were open to hear from God.
I'm not sure if it was the talks I gave, the worship, the mud filled obstacle course or the late night games and chats around the fire, but God did show up. 14 students were moved and made a commitment to hear Christ's call and let Him start the transformation process in their life. I hope to put onto the blog a few of the 14 stories of transformation.
Each student we love.
Every one has a unique story to tell.
Praying with many of them personally and hearing what God had been doing in their hearts leading up to the weekend camp confirmed exactly what I prayed. "God bring those who need to be at the camp."
The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
1 Thessalonians 5.24
He did it.
check out more photos of the camp
here.
