Post Camp

It's always great when you're kids connect with God, and are open to hearing what He has to say to them. I wish I could say that was the case with all of our kids, but it was not. Parts of the week were incredible, and parts of it were absolutely defeating.

Camp overall was great (Student Life @ The Beach...what's not to love), and we did have some kids who walked away from camp different than they arrived. Greg Matte was good, and Ben Stuart was awesome, if you ever have the opportunity to hear either one of them speak, I suggest you take it. Charlie Hall is an incredible worship leader, and it was amazing as he guided our students to meet with Christ through his gift of music.

Unfortunately, the week was marred by the actions of a few students that honestly, were quite unbelievable. There's no reason to go into detail, but suffice it to say I think even a veteran youth worker would have been surprised. It was this incident that just crushed my spirit where these students were concerned. They had spent the majority of the week being 'too cool for school', slept during worship, didn't once bring a Bible, and hardly spoke a word during the share time (them not talking isn't the issue, the issue was that they had not LEARNED anything to share).

I think I just really needed to vent that. Please pray that this can be a growing experience for our students, and our Youth Workers! Have a great day!


Later Days,
DS