Third round….

This third week of camps was amazing. We had a team from Texas here to help with Vilandes Church. It was a great week! Texas was full of love and ENERGY!!! They blessed us all with all they brought to our camp.
This camp did not start out like other in the past. We actually only had 5 kids registered and at camp when camp was suppose to start! We were freaking out! how the heck do you do a camp for 5 kids and 20 leaders!!!
Well, the Lord had His plan al along!
Because of the small numbers we decided to split up the leaders and half of them would be sent out into the small town community where we were having the camps, just to build relationships and hang out with the locals.
Something we should have been thinking about from the beginning! It was a great move and tons of locals started coming out and just hanging out and talking with us. We had some basketball games with the local guys and crafts with the kids, and just hung out with the girls and the community! It was great! I am looking forward to see what the Lord has planned for next week and the continuation of those relationships!
Not only that but by the end of the first night 17 campers had trickled in and we were ready for camp too!!!
Spirits were low that first day and Satan did a number on us when it came to uniting all the teams. But through the Lords Grace and love we were able to mend brokenness and move forward in unexplainable love for each other! After that first day, there was a major shift and you could feel the lord working on everyone, not just the campers!
I was blessed to see not just one but two leaders on from Texas and one form Latvia share their testimonies and share breakthroughs that had just happened over that week!
It is beautiful to see that these camps are not just to reach the campers for Christ, but he is truly doing a work in each one of us along the way!!!

I sat with one of my dear friends who volunteered for this camp and we came to the beautiful conclusion that if we as leaders are not being moved and changed daily by the lord we cannot move students anywhere. There is no walking alongside someone in there faith if you are not walking yourself!!!

This camp was a true blessing to see EVERYONE moving in their walk with the Lord!