Camp Wannahockaloogie is fun and exciting every year. This year, however, was particularly special. Our theme was God’s love for us, it is the reason we live and the purpose for our lives. We felt that it was important for the kids to understand their purpose in life, so we explained who God is to them. After all who could be passionate about God’s love without understanding who God is himself? The trinity seemed like it would be difficult to explain, but the kids were open and understood it for the most part.
Throughout the week we were open to and encouraged questions about God, the Bible, and our faith in general in the new War Room. By doing this we were able to address many questions that the kids had, and it opened our eyes to how hungry they all were to hear God’s word. Many questions were asked, and many of them were deep, spiritual questions that we had to research so that we could get back to the kids with an accurate Biblical response. God was present throughout camp, making his presence known in the questions the kids asked, and the worship time that we had.
There were a few different occasions where we decided to interrupt the originally scheduled events because God was flowing freely throughout our worship. It was an awesome week. It was fun as usual, but the important part of camp is making sure the kids leave knowing more about God and their purpose in life.We are confident that they left this year knowing more about who God is, and we know that many experienced God’s love and presence in a way that they had never experienced before.
By Joe Ernst – Summer Student Team