Hi everyone,
We just finished a whirlwind weekend at the first ever youth camp held on the Shofar Mission grounds! The camp began just as the final nails were being pounded into the somewhat trialsome CR's... (they got plenty of use which made all the building effort well worth it!) The camp was a mixture of youth from Lutopan, Toledo and beyond. They came ready to learn and full of energy.
The camp was filled with games (improv. skits, shaving balloons and more), worship music led by Mike L. and Avegail, a 4-part Francis Chan series called "Courage," small group discussions, a session on purity and godly man/womanhood, and large group teachings by Tim. We set up a volleyball net (American height of course!) and the Filipinos joked about how Americans weren't allowed to jump so the game would be fair. We lit up a bonfire on Friday night and showed the kids how to roast marshmallows- something they hadn't done before. After the final session on Saturday, we finished with communion.
We also got to eat some amazing food, thanks to the sweet ladies from Freedom in Christ church that volunteered to cook. They made fried rice, ginamay (delicious mystery stew,) lumpia, puto cheese (spongy sweet bread,) and the grand finale of roast pig.
Each of us on the team led a small group for the discussions, and were blessed to get to know the kids better and talk about their struggles standing strong for Jesus in a world filled with peer pressure. In the final session, we talked a lot about serving God with your time, talents and decisions and running the race of the Christian life with a heart to win and finish well.
This was a tiring, rowdy, laughter-filled, blessed camp and we all gained a bit more understanding of how big and full of love our God is.
-Laura
11 comments:
Looks like you had tons of fun at the camp. Thanks for the great pics! I am especially fond of the pig head one.
We're remaining faithful in prayer for you all. Please pray for us back here as well. The battle rages on...
It sounds like an awesome time! Was the content challenging for the attendees?
Very cool to see about the whole thing God is doing. Loved the part about the marshmallows!
It is amazing how green it is around Shofar now. When we were there everything was just mud. absolutely beautiful. And that tent looks perfect for the retreat.
Cool to see Shofar in use like that (neat pic)...I bet the kids loved roasting marshmallows! Sounds like it was fun.
Thanks for the update and awesome pictures!
great photos Laura! The big view shot gave a good perspective of the camp! a lot has changed since '07..
I'm so glad you got to do the small group thing; that was so awesome at the discipleship retreat! I'm so glad the weather held out, God is good :)
Awesome update...the group picture is pretty amazing..that is a lot of youth. Way cool. The picture of roasting marshmallows is especially precious.
Thanks for the photos. It looked like a great time! The tent was huge... I hope the weather was good, too. Did you bring marshmallows or do can you get them at Kathy's?
Laura D
Shaving a balloon - not that easy!
Praying for you guys still :)
Josh: yes, the content was challenging for the students. God has allowed us to be in contact with the Lutopan church youth and another church call JCIL where we've had the opportunity to follow up with the students since the retreat. I think there was definitly an impact made with some of them. Time will tell!
Did anyone shave their balloon without popping it?
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