Camp Stories
Summer Camp 2005 "Teens" (20th Anniversary)
Our church here in Vancouver, British Columbia just had the teens summer camp week from July 18 to 22. It was a blessing for me to hear their testimony. They really had a good time with the Lord. Here are some stories...
Camper: We are going home tomorrow. Guess I'd better rumple up my panjamas and squeeze out of halp of my toothpaste."
A New York youngster, who was more accustomed to man-made wonders than the marvels of nature, went off to summer camp for the first time. There he saw his first rainbow. The attitude of the child, as he gazed upon the gorgeous display of the colours in the sky, was one of wonder and perflexity. He finally exclaimed to this counselor, "it's very beautiful, but what is it supposed to advertise?"
By what do we gauge a successful camp program? that the camper goes home to enthusiastically report on the really great counselor, the good food, or the number of badges he has own? or by a quietly spoken statement: "Mom, I met Jesus Christ while I was camp".
The great evangelist D. L. Moody was once asked, "How many converts did you have last night?" one teen answered, "Two and one half." --- You mean two adults and a child? "No", he replied. "Two children and one adult."
A child converted is a whole life converted to Jesus.
What a blessing!
Our church here in Vancouver, British Columbia just had the teens summer camp week from July 18 to 22. It was a blessing for me to hear their testimony. They really had a good time with the Lord. Here are some stories...
Camper: We are going home tomorrow. Guess I'd better rumple up my panjamas and squeeze out of halp of my toothpaste."
A New York youngster, who was more accustomed to man-made wonders than the marvels of nature, went off to summer camp for the first time. There he saw his first rainbow. The attitude of the child, as he gazed upon the gorgeous display of the colours in the sky, was one of wonder and perflexity. He finally exclaimed to this counselor, "it's very beautiful, but what is it supposed to advertise?"
By what do we gauge a successful camp program? that the camper goes home to enthusiastically report on the really great counselor, the good food, or the number of badges he has own? or by a quietly spoken statement: "Mom, I met Jesus Christ while I was camp".
The great evangelist D. L. Moody was once asked, "How many converts did you have last night?" one teen answered, "Two and one half." --- You mean two adults and a child? "No", he replied. "Two children and one adult."
A child converted is a whole life converted to Jesus.
What a blessing!
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