Love and Labels!

I've just had a week of Youth Camp (from 7 to 12 Dec 08) - 6 days and 5 nights of living in camp with a bunch of 70 active and noisy youths and young adults - and I'm still a little tired from the experience. For this camp we decided to focus on the Gospel and emphasize the exposition of 1 John, resulting in more time in the Word of God compared to previous camps. Contrary to what many believed about the young people of today, many of them sat through and were taking notes diligently during the expositions which sometimes lasted an hour. And the youth leaders in preparation for the camp were doing devotions from CH Spurgeon who they found to be solid and deep, prompting them to think harder and moving them to live rightly. Who can imagine older teens reading from a 200 year old dead pastor and theologian and loving it!? When the Gospel and God's Word is faithfully declared; transformation occurs. The relationships in this camp were markedly different; being characterised by a love response and gratitude that God first loved us and that He demonstrated that through Jesus. We had one conversion and it was amazing to see the transformative effect of the Gospel - the countenance and posture of the youth was noticeable changed after repenting and believing into Christ. I am again in awe of what God can do when we seek to place the Gospel centre of our lives and Faith. Lastly, thank you to all those who kept us in prayer.


Ollie
Dec 2008