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Arrival time will be between 5:30-5:45 pm at entrance F.

We're Off!

Great last session of sharing!! Excited for students to share when they return.

We just left camp at 12 pm. Arrival ETA will be posted later so remember to check back in here at the blog later this afternoon for our arrival time to NMC.

God rocks!!

Wednesday Pics

Today the students went through an experience to get them thinking about how God can use them when they get home. What if we stopped seeing ourselves as just Jr. Highers and saw ourselves as God did? Ferocious warriors for Him to use. We asked them to dream and think about ways that God wanted to use them in their schools, their youth group, in their relationships, to help kids in need and to use the platform that God has given them at school. The responses that the students shared were incredible.

In the afternoon we went to Monsoon Lagoon for some fun times miniature golfing, swimming and Go-Karting. It was a fun and exhausting time together.

Tonight our session was about bracing ourselves to be used by God. We talked about the traps that Satan likes to use to make us think that we can't be used. Traps that we hold on to and take our focus and attention away from God's plan for our lives. We looked at the traps of Sin, Image, Selfishness and Fear. In response tonight we asked students to identify the trap that they were holding on to, release it and share with their leaders so their leaders can pray with and over them. Many students responded in some amazing and powerful ways.

More later . . . enjoy some pics for now.

Pics from Tuesday

Today we had a lot jam-packed in to the schedule. We started off with a Time Alone with God experience in which students were able to connect, listen and respond to God in their time with Him. Afterwards we "Braced Ourselves" for an amazing time at Kalahari Resorts. What an amazing place and what a time we had!!!

Tonight as we gathered together we spent some time talking about the experience from this morning. Today was about bracing ourselves to be loved by God. We challenged students to think about the amazing love that God has for us. It is too big to grasp or get a hold of. However, in Rom. 5:8 we get a glimpse at it. We see in this passage that God "Demonstrated" His love for us. His love was demonstrated for us as He died on the cross for us. What an amazing act of His love for us.

We do crazy things when we're in love with someone. We get dressed up for them, we buy something, we put on our best manners. But today the word "love" is thrown around and has lost its true meaning. It has become something empty that we just say. Has our love for God become empty . . . do we just say it but not mean it? Or do we look for ways to demonstrate our love for God? When we understand the love that God has for us and we accept it from Him our lives cannot help but be changed and transformed.

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The after math when jr higher meets the "Flow Rider"

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Just a taste of what we experienced together today!!

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Jr. High Camp - Monday

Just a few pictures from today. We arrived safely to Beulah Beach camp today just a little after 3 pm. We got settled in to our cabins and took a group picture. Afterwards we spent a moment to focus before splitting up for our Time Alone With God.

Tonight students were challenged to Brace Themselves to Be Moved By God.

Think about when you ride a rollercoaster . . . a big one. When you get on and your going up the hill are you the person who raises your arms in the air just before the big fall or are you the person gripping on for dear life? Although the greatest thrill comes when we throw our hands up in the air, as we start that big drop or things start looking scary, we start thinking that we have to take control. However, when we do this we can miss out on the true experience that we're suppposed to have and in some cases even cause ourselves more pain.

Tonight as we spent our time together, students were challenged to look at how they truly trust God. Do they only trust in God when things are going good or do they stand firm when things are going very wrong? We took a look at the life of Job which was a great example of this. Do we turn down allowing God to move in us because it may cause us pain or cost us something that we love dearly? Are we holding on too tightly to that? This week we must release them to Him if we truly want to be moved by God and go deeper with Him.

Pray that students continue the journey this week with hands and hearts surrendered to Him to allow Him to do all that He needs to do.

2009 Jr. High Summer Camp - Brace Yourself!!!

Jr. High Summer Camp is here and I'm excited to see all that God has in store for us. We could definitely use some prayer warriors as we head in to camp. Continue to check here for updates while we're at camp. Here are some ways that you can be praying for us.

The details (Health, weather, safety, sound/band equipment, etc.)
Traveling To Ohio/ Group Unity
Our Day at Kalahari Resorts
Student Cabin Groups
Jr. High Camp Leaders
Pastor Chris Lehane
Our Cooks for Jr. High Camp: Cathy Miller & Tonya Angle
Camp Nurse: Amy Woodcox
New Life Fellowship and Harvest Community
Spiritual Sensitivity
Brokenness
Repentance
God moments and Authentic Life-transforming commitments
A Hunger among students for an encounter with God
God might Reveal Himself to us
Pray against the enemy’s distractions (sound issues, rebellion, family strife leading into camp, etc.)

That Job 42:5 would be true of students and leaders at camp:
"My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you."