Letter to Prayer Coordinators for Session #7, July 28-Aug 2, 10th-12th Grade
Dear Prayer Coordinators,
Hello, my name is Irene and I counseled last week for our first high school camp, Session #7 from July 28 – August 2. It was by far the most amazing camp experience I’ve ever had. It consisted with many tears, smiles, laughter and hugs. I had two beautiful high school girls. They were both extremely quiet. However, immediately they trusted me and poured their hearts to me about their life. Both of my girls had extremely big trust issues, because people in their lives continually broke their trust.
One of my campers, Kelly was raped by her dad and since then she has never been able to understand love, or could trust anyone. Any person who had ever said they loved her had left her and hurt her tremendously. The same was true for my other camper, Sara. The reason it was my favorite week with these two girls was because of how honest, vulnerable and caring we were with one another, and to just witness God working in their hearts. They felt like little sisters to me. By the end of the week they gave their hearts to the Lord, and you could see the change in them. It’s so beautiful and honoring to witness a young girl realize that our Heavenly Father in loves them, and for them to know it, believe it, and act on it. When Kelly got home on Saturday night, she even called me to tell that she broke up with her boyfriend of 9 months, because she knew he wasn’t good for her, and now only wants to date Christian guys. God is so faithful, and once again He blew me away by how much He can change a young girl’s heart in a matter of a week.
Hey, my name is Tyler and I too counseled last week at camp. I was a little nervous going into the week because it was my first time counseling high school campers. However, I was fortunate to be blessed with two amazing campers. One of the campers that I really connected with was named Kip. On the first day it started off a little rough though. He was very anxious going into our first one-on-one and did not want to talk very much, so we just searched for lizards and snakes. During Bible study he refused to open his Bible and look up verses and he would not answer any of the questions. He could not sit through the campfire talk and was even making comments to the directors asking when the talk was going to be over. On the second day things started to get better. Kip actually started to participate in Bible study and he started to open up to me on our night one-on-one. Things continued to progress with his behavior as the week went on. In the middle of the week I went on a one-on-one and immediately he told me that he wanted to accept Christ into his life. I found out that he had accepted Christ once before but he said that he felt like he wasn't living like a Christian so he wanted to rededicate his life to Christ. We started talking about what it means to be a Christian and why he wanted to dedicate his life to Christ and he said he was tired of the way he was living and tired of the way he was dealing with anger.
After that one-on-one the transformation was absolutely insane. In our next Bible study he was so driven to learn about the Bible. Kip and I found some common ground as he took an interest in the book of Revelation. From then on he was always asking me or anyone else that he could find if they would read with him. He started bringing his Bible to amphitheater and reading it then and we would also read before we went to bed. It is absolutely crazy the amount of transformation that can take place in one week here at camp. Kip went from being completely uncooperative to craving to learn more about God. He even called me the day after camp to tell me his plans to read the Bible and how he wants to start going to church. Thank you for praying for us and joining us this past week!
Dear Prayer Coordinators,
Hello, my name is Irene and I counseled last week for our first high school camp, Session #7 from July 28 – August 2. It was by far the most amazing camp experience I’ve ever had. It consisted with many tears, smiles, laughter and hugs. I had two beautiful high school girls. They were both extremely quiet. However, immediately they trusted me and poured their hearts to me about their life. Both of my girls had extremely big trust issues, because people in their lives continually broke their trust.
One of my campers, Kelly was raped by her dad and since then she has never been able to understand love, or could trust anyone. Any person who had ever said they loved her had left her and hurt her tremendously. The same was true for my other camper, Sara. The reason it was my favorite week with these two girls was because of how honest, vulnerable and caring we were with one another, and to just witness God working in their hearts. They felt like little sisters to me. By the end of the week they gave their hearts to the Lord, and you could see the change in them. It’s so beautiful and honoring to witness a young girl realize that our Heavenly Father in loves them, and for them to know it, believe it, and act on it. When Kelly got home on Saturday night, she even called me to tell that she broke up with her boyfriend of 9 months, because she knew he wasn’t good for her, and now only wants to date Christian guys. God is so faithful, and once again He blew me away by how much He can change a young girl’s heart in a matter of a week.
Hey, my name is Tyler and I too counseled last week at camp. I was a little nervous going into the week because it was my first time counseling high school campers. However, I was fortunate to be blessed with two amazing campers. One of the campers that I really connected with was named Kip. On the first day it started off a little rough though. He was very anxious going into our first one-on-one and did not want to talk very much, so we just searched for lizards and snakes. During Bible study he refused to open his Bible and look up verses and he would not answer any of the questions. He could not sit through the campfire talk and was even making comments to the directors asking when the talk was going to be over. On the second day things started to get better. Kip actually started to participate in Bible study and he started to open up to me on our night one-on-one. Things continued to progress with his behavior as the week went on. In the middle of the week I went on a one-on-one and immediately he told me that he wanted to accept Christ into his life. I found out that he had accepted Christ once before but he said that he felt like he wasn't living like a Christian so he wanted to rededicate his life to Christ. We started talking about what it means to be a Christian and why he wanted to dedicate his life to Christ and he said he was tired of the way he was living and tired of the way he was dealing with anger.
After that one-on-one the transformation was absolutely insane. In our next Bible study he was so driven to learn about the Bible. Kip and I found some common ground as he took an interest in the book of Revelation. From then on he was always asking me or anyone else that he could find if they would read with him. He started bringing his Bible to amphitheater and reading it then and we would also read before we went to bed. It is absolutely crazy the amount of transformation that can take place in one week here at camp. Kip went from being completely uncooperative to craving to learn more about God. He even called me the day after camp to tell me his plans to read the Bible and how he wants to start going to church. Thank you for praying for us and joining us this past week!
In
Christ,
Irene
& Tyler
Summer
Staff 2014
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