Dear Prayer Coordinators,
We had an awesome weekend over February 21-23 with the 7th
through 9th grade campers and we want to share it with you!
I’m so
grateful that one of our sweet counselors, Penny, sent me a letter just
after camp was over which she had written to her prayer team describing her
weekend. I’m pleased to share part of it with you below:
Penny wrote, “I had a wonderful weekend up at camp with the junior
high campers. God gave me a young girl named Samantha who was 15 years old. She
lived with such abuse and neglect that you would think she was unable to
forgive, love, or have true joy! She shared with me through our time together that the only thing that
kept her going was to care for her younger siblings. Now you may be asking
yourself, ‘Why am I sharing this with you?’ It's because I am amazed how God
can use even his littlest children to be a witness for him. I was blown away by
her story and how God prearranged her to be a witness of true joy and
transformation for me as I thought I was supposed to be for her. It was a total
divine appointment.
"Our weekend theme was #whoisjesus_winter2014. Well, Jesus
was a man who walked this earth and spent time in solitude, community, and
ministry. He gave purpose, he provided, he was powerful, and he forgave!
“As Samantha shared her story with me this weekend, I felt God
reveal to me again how he does and can turn our sadness into joy. I gave her
John 16:24 which says if you ask in his name you will receive and
will have abundant joy! She was doing just that and asked God on daily to help
her rise above and take away any bad feelings that still lingered from her
perpetrators that abused her. What a powerful example is she!
"For such a young
girl to surrender like that daily, really shows how great God is! I thought,
Jesus, I need that constant reminder to pull away from all that distracts
me from you and allow me to live in solitude, community and ministry daily.”
Also, one of our precious boy campers, Joey, decided to
commit his life to the Lord the last day of camp! His counselor Wayne had been
matched with him during the summer. So it was a double blessing to see how God
orchestrates these campers having some of the same counselors over and over
again so they can build a trusting and loving relationship.
We saw Joey open up
and receive love from his counselor as he learned about the healing reality of
Jesus Christ.
Thank you for all your prayers. We could never accomplish so much
through the Spirit of God without our prayers partners going to battle for us
daily!
Blessings
to each of you as you pray,
Jeremy
and Amy Allen
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