Camp preparation

Are you willing to swim against the stream? To go against the grain? To live upside down? Our society pushes us in all sorts of directions, but God is calling us to stand firm and walk with Him. 

In just a few weeks we will be headed down to camp for a week with a group of teens. This year we have Teen Camp for the 12-14 year-olds and we will be welcoming 24 campers. We are almost full (we can house 28 campers with 4 counselors). 

We will be looking at Matthew 5-7 and the amazing things that Jesus says. “You have heard… but I say to you…” We are excited about the opportunity to work with these teens and share the things that we will lear together from God’s word. And we are looking forward to a great week of fun and making new friends as well. 

This year we have quite an international group of campers, as we did last year. We have a few who speak French and English, others who speak Dutch and Ukrainian or Russian, and still others who simply speak Flemish (or Dutch). We have a team that should be able to handle the language challenges as well as the normal challenges that comes with working with teens. 

In the two weeks before our week, the older teens (15-20 years-old) and the Benjamins (8-11 years-old) will hold their week at camp. The past week has been very warm, but we never know what it will be like down at camp until we get there. We may not be able to have a campfire at the end of the week (the area has been very dry), but that will not put a damper on the fun. Somehow, we always find a way to have fun and learn about how to grow in faith. 

We are thankful for this opportunity. Please keep our teams and all of the young people in your prayers as we work through the summer. At the end of the youth weeks we will also hold a family camp week. Everyone is welcome at this camp where we will look at prayer. I will teach one lesson and work with the teens during the second lesson every day. 

We know that there are various camps going on around the world. Our young Ukrainian couple is off to Camp Amerikraine in Poland. Friends are organizing various weeks at Midwest Bible Camp in Iowa. And other friends have just finished up with camp from Colorado (but held in Wyoming). We pray that all of these efforts are touching hearts everywhere to walk with God in our daily lives.