This week I was able to visit our Sr. High students while they were away at summer camp! Its is a 3 hour drive up to Honea Path, SC, but a well worth it drive. My kids stayed at their papa’s house to have a crazy good time swimming and playing with their cousins. I had an great friend who drove and we had fun catching up on things and being crazy. Camp is one of those places that you hate to love. It is HOT, I mean 128 with the heat index hot. It’s dirty, there are bugs and the food…well, it’s camp food. The love part is easy. Students come expecting fierce team competition, which is very healthy in appropriate doses, but more importantly, they come expecting great encounters with Christ. These students carry a ton of baggage that most couldn’t imagine, but Tuesday night was an incredible night of healing, of bondage being broken and of basking in the presence of the Almighty. The night starting off with worship led by Joel Davis and Ascend the Hill. I love worshiping with these guys. They truly know the essence of using their gifts for the glory of God! With the combination of Ascend the Hill and the prayer from leadership of counselors gathered from all churches in the lowcountry, It didn’t take long for the Lord to show up. Postponing the speaker (who followed up with an amazing word) students came forward for healing, to give up hurt, to surrender it to God. You could visibly SEE people become free from bondage when the stepped out and trusted God like they had never trusted anyone before. Then God used youth pastors and their wives and leadership to speak into students lives. Churches in the southeastern part of our great state better be ready to encourage and ready to link arms with these students that if you look closely, you will see the glow of God’s glory. Don’t miss what they received on that mountain by being petty with other things. Believe in them, encourage them. This is not a lost generation. This is a battle that has already been won!! Times at the altar are the times that make it hard to leave to come home. But I couldn’t wait to see my 3 boys. Jason comes home tomorrow and I cannot wait!!! We have missed him these past 2 weeks!!
I have a video of a little camp footage on my facebook, I couldn’t figure out how to put an iMovie on here without paying for an upgrade…not at that blog status!
Oak and Pines 