This was the theme verse for camp this week. God really spoke to me this week and convicted me of things in my life that need to change. On thursday night, I decided to give up all aspects to God and let him take FULL control, I rededicated my life to him. Like any Christian should, I have always wanted God's will for my life, but this week it became extremely clear that if I won't let him take control of all my life, that is not going to happen. We focused this week on 5 different areas of our lives that we needed to transform. Worship, discipleship, fellowship, ministry, and evangelism. The area that I was most convicted in was definitely evangelism. While the speaker was talking, I made a list of all the people I know who have not accepted the gift of salvation. My list was so much longer than I ever imagined. I realized that I may be the only person on their lives that have the opportunity to bring them to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. This week was extremely emotional and I really felt God helping me realize these things. It was so amazing. Like the speaker said, the transformation in my life has now begun!
Okay, so the week was not only spiritually amazing but also very fun! I was in a cabin with 9 other girls. We got really close! Our counselor was amazing! She was such a good influence and role model for us! These girls really helped me forget what other people think about me. They are amazing and I love them to death! I got a Filipino name! Its Tangkad, which means tall!
All of the counselors were absolutely amazing! I gad the opportunity to talk to one of them for about 2 hours on thursday. He helped me realize that I needed to work on some of my relationships with others. I was able to tell him anything and everything and I knew that he wasn't going to judge me. It was awesome!
I was on the green team..... Ratchet!! Woop woop! And in cabon 4.... INDIGO! =D
We had a pretty intense schedule to go by for the week! It included 3 meals, 3 games, 2 chapels, 3 hours of free time, rest time, cabin clean up, and discovery time (1 hr). It was a busy week! The food was amazing! =D The free time was a great time to relax. We swam one of the days. The games.... lets just say they were awesome! We played human tidily-winks, octoball, scalps (ouch!), sock-em-boppers, capture the flag, clue (over the whole camp), a golf ball game, battle for the all-spark (aka Mafia), chaos, mud tug-of-war, amazing race, and the most meaningful game ever... but im not sure what its called, ill explain it. We didn't know in advance what the game was. All of a sudden, a cop walked into chapel and told us that a law had been passed saying that any people preaching Christianity would be put in prison. We freaked out until we realized it was the game. So we wandered around in the dark and tried to avoid getting our lives taken away. It was really scary to think that people live like that everyday. My friends and I got stopped by a "cop" and asked is we were Christians, we said yes, and our lives got taken away. The aim of the game was to get to the safe-house. We did not want to continue so we sat down and chilled. It was a very intense game!
So yah. Camp was absolutely amazing! I loved every second of it! =D Here are some pics:
Volleyball "courts"
Our cabin door!
Janelle and I
The path we walked multiple times everyday
Micah (Ate), Grace (Bata), and Berlin (Ditsi)!
Part of our cabin!
Rachel (Payat/my daughter) and me (Tangkad/mom)
Me, Xiomara, and Jeremy (he is adorable!)
Mae (Manay) and me
Heather and me. She is like 6'2"!!!!!!!
Grace (Bata) and me! I <3 her!
Berlin (Ditsi) and me. She has the best clothes ever! l0l
Leif and me
Loly and me
Micah and me
Joe and me
Jessica and me!
6 comments:
SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD TIME! WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE CAMP YOU WENT TO?
it was Victory Ranch. I saw Jane there!! Her brother and Kristie Post were there for camp!
I TOTALLY WENT TO THAT CAMP WITH JANE IN LIKE 6TH GRADE! WEIRD.
that sounds awesome, amy! don't you just love those times when it is so incredibly clear that God is there, solid and needs to be fully in control of you. it always is such a relief that God already knows what my life holds.
looks like fun! :)
hey and we should play tennis soon...remember our goal! :) hehe!
NO WAY???? THATS AWESOMEEEE!!!!!!
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