Dear Prayer Coordinators,
It was a wonderful weekend, and a very fast weekend!
As winter camp approaches we get so excited and the kids
can't wait to see the campers. I get into the bus and drive down the mountain
and am so thankful for your prayers that I know you all have been pouring out
as an offering to our Lord.
When I picked up the group last week they seemed a little
different than the campers usually seem when they come up to winter camp. I
sensed a little more apprehension in their spirits than normal. I realized that
over half the campers last week had been evacuated last summer after two and a
half days of camp or had missed camp altogether the following week due to the
evacuation. They were ready to be loved on and needed to hear about God’s love
for them in His Son Jesus. Our theme this winter is #whoisjesus_winter2014. Who
Is JESUS?
One camper that really received the love of Christ was Jennifer. Jennifer was a very needy camper, what she needed was the love of Jesus! Jennifer was always asking for something, "Will you put my shoe on?" and she
was always getting hurt. She even sprained her wrist playing Foosball and
needed it to be iced and then re-iced for the next day and a half. She just
really needed to know that someone cared. As is the case with many campers that
come to camp Jennifer needed to feel loved and accepted by her family here at
Camp Alandale, her real family.
I had a chance to talk to Jennifer about how God our Father has
adopted us into His family! We talked about how there was a legal contract that
was made - a new covenant in Christ’s blood, and that through Him she was
adopted as a child of God. She could not be any more His child than she was
right now. I shared with her about how my children are adopted and when we
adopted them we received new birth certificates for them with our names as their
mother and father, the change has been made, legally and finally. It is the
same with our adoption into Gods family! Jennifer needed to know she was
secure in her Heavenly Father’s love, and she needed to feel the hugs of her
family at camp which showed the love of her heavenly Father. And she got it!
This fiery little red headed girl went home feeling the love of God deep in her
heart, knowing she was secure in that love. She found out who Jesus is and
realized she can trust Him.
Psalms 27:10 says, "Even if my father and mother abandon me,
the LORD will hold me close." Jennifer went home on the bus a changed
girl knowing that the Lord will never leave her or forsake her.
Thank you for your prayers.
Matt, Tarrah, Aiden, and Piper Pritchett
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