Student Life Summer Camp - Day 2

Well day two is coming to a close and what an amazing day it has been. You'll be interested to know that every student woke up, without help and made it to breakfast on time (early in some cases), so let this be proof to you parents, they can do it! Waking up on their own is possible!

All the students are really finding their groove in camp today. They're getting a feel for the campus and for the schedule. I could not be more excited for the things that God will continue to do now that simple distractions such as confusion are out of the way.

Day two was the start of rec for our students. They had the opportunity to get to know a lot of students from other churches all while spending time playing some of the craziest most ridiculous games I have ever seen, and that is saying something. All our kids were having a blast, and despite another day of 100+ temperatures I heard no complaints and everyone was well hydrated, we just want to make sure that carries over to day 3!

Worship was amazing tonight. All the songs we sang we about devoting our lives to God. There was a lot of passionate worship from our students. At times I just stood quietly as I heard the voices of the EVC students fill the air behind me and to my side. It was incredible! My prayer is that is an attitude of worship that they would bring home with them and allow it to impact the worship services at EVC.

The sermon was equally as powerful. Camp speaker Jeff Mangum gave a heartfelt and passionate challenge to understand the importance of confession in our lives. Not just confession to God, but understanding how much healing comes when we let down our sinful pride and allow ourselves to be transparent with one another as the Body of Christ, as a family of broken people. This is something that, especially our younger teens, may have a hard time with. But when it came time for our church group time the spirit of God moved in a powerful way and encouraged us all to deal with some messy truths in our lives. I say this with all excitement that there was brokenness in the lives of many of our students, but there was also great healing. It was one of the more powerful times I have been a part of in all my nearly 7+ years in student ministry.

All that to say, camp is going great. I am sorry I didn't get to post this last night. It was definitely a busy night and we didn't finish till late. Be praying for energy for these students this morning. They are dragging a little bit, but they are excited and ready to take on a new day here at camp!

Remember you can send e-mails to your student by visiting the studentlife.com site and following the directions there. We had several students receive letters yesterday and they all want you guys to know how grateful they were for that!

On to Day 3!!!